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Travel Mix-Up: Tourist inquires about staying at Baguio jail

BAGUIO CITY— A local tourist searching for accommodation in Baguio City mistakenly reached out to the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) to ask if its female dormitory had rooms available for rent. The amusing exchange was shared by the BJMP on social media on Friday after a female netizen inquired whether it had

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Pagasa: Typhoon Noul, habagat to drench most of PH

MANILA, Philippines — The trough of Typhoon Noul (formerly Kiyapo) and the southwest monsoon, or habagat, will continue to bring rains over large parts of the country through Sunday, July 26, the state weather bureau said. Pagasa weather specialist Daniel Villamil said in the agency’s 5 p.m. weather bulletin on Saturday that the typhoon’s trough

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Kiyapo no longer affecting PH but rains to persist due to ‘habagat’

MANILA, Philippines — The southwest monsoon, or habagat, will continue to bring rains over parts of Luzon and Visayas on Sunday, even as Typhoon Noul (formerly Kiyapo) continues moving farther away from the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), the weather bureau reported. In its weather forecast, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said

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Daily Gospel, July 26, 2026

This is the Daily Gospel of July 26, 2026, which is the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. READ MORE: Daily Gospel, July 25, 2026 Daily Gospel, July 24, 2026 This is the Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ, according to Saint Matthew 13, 44-52.  Jesus said to his disciples: “The Kingdom of heaven is like a treasure

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1st tranche of P85 wage hike in NCR takes effect

The first tranche of the P85 daily wage hike in the National Capital Region (NCR) took effect on July 25. Under Wage Order No. NCR-27 approved on June 23 by the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board-NCR, minimum wage earners in Metro Manila will get the first increase of P60 in their daily salary upon

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Teodoro to AFP: Recruit more techie officers 

Defense Secretary Gilberto “Gibo” Teodoro Jr. has ordered the expansion of the Direct Commission Program of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in response to the military’s growing need for specialists who can operate and develop increasingly sophisticated defense systems as the country deals with emerging challenges to national security. Modern warfare requires new skills

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1 dead, 1,200 displaced as floods hit Davao City

DAVAO CITY—One person died and at least 1,200 people were displaced as continuous heavy rains due to the southwest monsoon flooded several villages here on Friday. Ednar Dayanghirang, director of the Office of Civil Defense in the Davao region, identified the fatality as Rolando Moncada Jose, 54. Jose was aboard a motorcycle in Barangay Talandang

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Romualdez camp slams BI ‘fake news’ that he tried to leave PH

Lawyers of Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez want the Bureau of Immigration (BI) to apologize for what they called “patently false” reports that the former Speaker had attempted to leave the country. But BI Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado said his agency “rejects the allegation that it disseminated false or fabricated information” regarding Romualdez’s travel plans. In

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