MANILA, Philippines — The trough of a low-pressure area (LPA) within the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) is expected to bring rain showers to parts of Luzon and the Visayas on Saturday, according to the state weather bureau. In its 5 a.m. weather bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said the

LUCENA CITY — Harmful sulfur dioxide (SO₂) emissions from Taal Volcano in Batangas province have declined, while seismic activity also eased over the past 24 hours, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported on Saturday, Aug. 1. In its morning bulletin, Phivolcs said only 300 metric tons of sulfur dioxide were emitted from

Alexandra “Alex” Eala defeated the higher-ranked Elina Svitolina, 6-3, 6-4, in the Mubadala Citi DC Open in Washington DC on Friday night, July 31 (Saturday morning in the Philippines). She needed one hour and 54 minutes to beat the Ukrainian, the tournament’s second seed, and booked her third semifinal match so far this year. Eala

LUCENA CITY – Residents rescued a large sea turtle, locally known as a “pawikan,” after it wandered onto the shore near a beach resort in Jomalig, Quezon, on Thursday night (July 30), before safely releasing it back into the ocean. According to a report by Jay Lim, program director of the public interest law group

MANILA, Philippines — Tigers once roamed Palawan and were hunted or skinned by prehistoric humans there more than 20,000 years ago, fossil evidence from Pilandok Cave suggests. A study published in the Cambridge Archaeological Journal reported the discovery of nine tiger (Panthera tigris) fossil specimens from Pilandok Cave in Quezon, Palawan, providing what researchers described

BACOLOD CITY — Lawmakers are expected to determine on Monday whether efforts to postpone the Nov. 2 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) will move forward when Congress resumes session, according to Negros Occidental 3rd District Rep. Javier Miguel “Javi” Benitez. “The House leaders have been asking for the sentiments of the members, and a

Sara Duterte Speaks Out on Why Philippine Media Needs Real Change SARA DUTERTE – A new wave of controversy emerged after VP Sara Duterte questioned the standards of Philippine journalism and the role of mainstream media in shaping public perception. Vice President Sara Duterte criticized the state of journalism in the Philippines, saying its quality ... Read more

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MANILA, Philippines — An individual allegedly posing as a doctor was arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) for offering penile enlargement procedures without a valid medical license at a hotel in Parañaque City. NBI agents arrested the female suspect in a Tuesday morning entrapment operation after she was allegedly found preparing a male

BACOLOD CITY — A total of 3,005 graduating college students from 601 barangays in Negros Occidental received financial assistance under the Presidential Assistance to Barangays program. The students each received P20,000 from the P200.2 million released to the province’s 601 barangays during a ceremonial turnover at the Panaad Stadium on Friday, July 31, according to

MANILA, Philippines — Despite being one of Southeast Asia’s longest-running electoral democracies, the Philippines remains among the region’s weaker performers on accountability, according to the latest edition of the Atlas of Impunity. Developed by Eurasia Group in collaboration with the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the atlas measures impunity as the exercise of power without accountability. In