The Moro National Liberation Front urged the Senate Thursday to fix what is for southerners “loopholes” in its Bill 2214, meant to reset to 2025 the 2022 Bangsamoro regional elections.

The police chief of Valenzuela has described as an “accident” the gunshot from a police officer’s service firearm, which caused the death of a teenager on the autism spectrum on Sunday.

Sixteen more Gubat sa Ciudad resort guests have tested positive for COVID-19, the Caloocan City government said yesterday.

Up to 15 tropical cyclones may enter or develop in the country between June and November this year, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration warned the public yesterday.

Davao Oriental Gov. Nelson Dayanghirang and his wife Nanette as well as Island Garden City of Samal Mayor Al David Uy have tested positive for COVID-19.

Bohol remains free of communist insurgents despite Tuesday’s encounter that left five New People’s Army rebels dead and a soldier wounded in Barangay Cabacnitan in Bilar town, according to the military.

Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte yesterday issued a show-cause order to Councilor Franz Pumaren for alleged violation of health protocols during his food distribution activity, attended by thousands, in Barangay Old Balara on Tuesday.

The Commission on Elections plans to limit the number of companions of persons who will file their certificate of candidacy for the 2022 national and local elections to avoid mass gatherings.

Philippine National Police chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar yesterday ordered a crackdown against illegal cockfights.

A trainer plane crashed in Barangay Urayong Bayan in Bauang, La Union yesterday, killing a 25-year-old student pilot.