"Careful planning and regular monitoring of the area is needed to ensure that what happened last year is not repeated without the social distancing of the people visiting," he added.

The chairperson of the Sangguniang Kabataan in Barangay Kalanganan in this city placed eighth in the nursing licensure examinations given by the Philippine Regulations Commission on July 3 and 4.

Five persons including a Jordanian were arrested in separate police operations in Pangasinan yesterday.

A policeman died after his motorcycle crashed into a power post in this town on Sunday.

A village chairman was killed in an attack by an unidentified assailant in Bangued, Abra yesterday morning.

Brig. Gen. Steve Ludan has assumed the post as chief of the Cagayan Valley police.

The threat posed by the COVID Delta variant has prompted the city government of Bacolod to step up its health and security measures by requiring even fully vaccinated people to undergo swab test 72 hours before entering the capital.

Over 3,000 more residents in different villages in Batangas have been affected and displaced by Taal Volcano’s abnormal activity in the past few days, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said yesterday.

The San Roque Dam in San Manuel, Pangasinan has not released water for irrigation since July 15 due to low water level.

The Commission on Audit has directed the National Police Commission to order Napolcom officials and employees to return the allowances and benefits they unlawfully received last year amounting to P25 million.