TABACO CITY, ALBAY, Philippines — Light ashfall blanketed parts of Albay on Monday after a pyroclastic density current (PDC) cascaded down the slopes of the restive Mayon Volcano, prompting local authorities to distribute face masks to residents. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the PDC occurred from 6:31 a.m. to 6:46 a.m.

MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang has defended the appointment of former Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman as the chair and CEO of the state-owned Al-Amanah Islamic Investment Bank of the Philippines (AAIIBP), saying she remains innocent of her alleged involvement in the massive corruption scandal exposed last year. “There is nothing wrong with appointing someone whom the

KORONADAL CITY, BARMM, Philippines — Residents of flood-ravaged communities in southern Mindanao appealed for urgent humanitarian assistance on Monday as the death toll from Typhoon Inday (international name: Bavi) and the enhanced southwest monsoon climbed to 21, while more than half a million people were affected in the Bangsamoro region. In Glan, Sarangani province, at

MANILA, Philippines — Members of the prosecution panel for the impeachment trial have made it clear that they will not go to the Supreme Court (SC) to raise the issue of the vote threshold needed to convict Vice President Sara Duterte, but at the same time noted that other groups are free to do so.

MANILA, Philippines — Senate impeachment court spokesperson Reginald Tongol said on Monday that Senator-Judge Panfilo “Ping” Lacson was “absolutely right” after the latter criticized Tongol for seemingly “admonishing” his colleagues. Over the weekend, Lacson slammed Tongol’s reminder that senator-judges are prohibited from discussing the merits of the case after Senator-Judge Robin Padilla posted a video