CEBU CITY, Philippines – Here’s good news for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) using the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA). Beginning June 26, they can access and avail government services at the newly opened lounge and facilitation center at Terminal 2.  Officials from the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW), the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), MCIA, and

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Philippines— A 28-year-old Army corporal was arrested for allegedly firing his high-powered firearm outside his brother-in-law’s house in Barangay Luzon, Claveria, Cagayan, in the early hours of Sunday, June 28, police said. Col. Mardito Angoluan, director of the Cagayan Police Provincial Office, identified the suspect only by his alias, Bugoy, from Calanasan, Apayao.

MANILA, Philippines — Three individuals were arrested in Barobo, Surigao del Sur for failing to present proper documentation for mining activities, the Philippine National Police said on Sunday. Police made the arrests and confiscated equipment worth P5,092,000, on Saturday. “Local police and personnel from the (Department of Environment and Natural Resources or) DENR-Mines and Geosciences Bureau

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines — An advocacy group has expressed concern over the ongoing review of Oriental Mindoro’s long-standing ban on genetically modified organisms (GMOs), warning that the province’s safeguards could be weakened or repealed without sufficient public consultation and transparency. In a statement sent to the Inquirer on Saturday, June 27, Magsasaka at

TUGUEGARAO CITY — The mother of a newborn baby who was abandoned inside a bag in Sitio Khefa, Barangay Samoki, Bontoc, Mountain Province, on the evening of June 25 has come forward, the Bontoc local government announced on Saturday, June 27. According to the municipal government, the mother, who was described as remorseful and emotional,