MANILA, Philippines — Several business organizations have thrown their support behind the government’s investigation into Philippine Sanjia Steel Corp., the Chinese-run firm whose Misamis Oriental plant was shuttered after radioactive materials were found within the facility. In a joint statement issued on Thursday, the groups, including the Philippine Iron and Steel Institute (Pisi), expressed “serious

MANILA, Philippines — The mothers and lawyers of missing University of the Philippines (UP) students Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño were allowed to enter the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City on Thursday to determine for themselves if former Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan remains incarcerated there. NBP director Superintendent Gary Garcia said in a

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BACOLOD CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines — Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson has agreed to create a province-wide task force to prevent the spread of highly destructive red-striped soft-scale insects (RSSI), which have now spread from sugarcane to other crops. According to former Negros Occidental Governor Rafael Coscolluela, the new provincial body, once created, will

MANILA, Philippines — The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (Caap) said a ceiling panel collapsed at Bicol International Airport Terminal on Thursday afternoon. According to Caap in a statement, it was the ceiling panel at the Well-Wishers area of the airport that detached and fell in front of a restaurant at approximately 5:50 p.m.

LUCENA CITY, QUEZON, Philippines — Police arrested an alleged female drug trafficker and seized suspected shabu worth P510,000 in a buy-bust operation in this city on Wednesday night, June 24. Col. Romulo Albacea, Quezon Provincial Police Office director, in a report on Thursday, said that operatives of the Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit (PDEU) arrested the