Reporters and state auditors on Friday together tasted and found alright the desalinated seawater produced by new machines bound for island towns in Sulu.

Citing the threat of the highly infectious Delta variant of COVID-19, Mayor Benjamin Magalong said Baguio City will no longer accept non-essential travelers starting Saturday, July 31. 

Naval forces intercepted a motor launch loaded with more than 1,000 master cases of smuggled cigarettes worth P35.2 million in the waters off an island in Basilan on Wednesday.

Four more fatalities in the crash of a C-130 plane in Sulu early this month have been identified.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology lowered yesterday the alert status of Mayon Volcano in Albay from Level 1 or abnormal to 0 or normal.

A state of calamity has been declared in Balanga City and Dinalupihan in Bataan as well as in Macabebe in Pampanga due to widespread flooding caused by monsoon rains.

The business sector in Cebu has opposed the shift to modified enhanced community quarantine in the province and its three independent cities, saying it is unnecessary

The mayors of Metro Manila will “synchronize” policies that will be enforced in the metropolis’ 16 cities and one town during the enhanced community quarantine beginning next week, Navotas Mayor Toby Tiangco said yesterday.

The Bureau of Customs has foiled an attempt to smuggle three parcels containing methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu out of the country.

A man was arrested for posing as a National Bureau of Investigation agent last week, an official said yesterday.