State operatives killed a recalcitrant drug dealer and arrested 15 others in separate inter-agency operations in a major shabu transshipment area in Picong, Lanao del Sur Friday.

Seven lumads arrested in a police raid on a makeshift education center at the University of San Carlos in Talamban, Cebu last Feb. 15 have been ordered released and the charges against them dismissed by the provincial prosecutor of Davao del Norte.

The red tide alert is still up in Hinatuan, Bislig Bay and Lianga Bay in Surigao del Sur, with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Caraga region reiterating the ban on gathering and selling of shellfish from there.

Kite flying may soon be regulated in Ilocos Sur to avoid accidents, some of which cause deaths, members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan said yesterday.

As part of efforts to fulfill his commitment to help overseas Filipino workers, Sen. Bong Go attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the OFW Village in Kidapawan City, North Cotabato last Wednesday.

Tropical Storm Crising weakened into a low-pressure area yesterday, but continued to dump rains over parts of Mindanao, the state weather bureau said.

A 73-year-old resident of this city died yesterday, just minutes after getting his first dose of AstraZeneca vaccine here.

Beginning today, five provinces of the Cordillera Administrative Region are under general community quarantine until May 31.

The Sandiganbayan has upheld the conviction of a barangay captain in Sampaloc, Manila for graft in connection with the use of the barangay’s name to take out personal loans.

Metro Manila sizzled yesterday afternoon as the temperature hit 36.2° Celsius, the hottest recorded so far in the capital this dry season.