LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Anti-narcotics operatives arrested two alleged drug pushers, including a minor, and seized an estimated P659,600 worth of suspected shabu (crystal meth) during a buy-bust operation in Binangonan, Rizal, on Friday. In a belated report, the Rizal Police Provincial Office (RPPO) said members of the Binangonan Municipal Drug Enforcement Team arrested

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Police and military operatives arrested on Friday a 37-year-old woman, identified as a former political officer of the communist movement in Northern Mindanao, for frustrated murder. Authorities served the arrest warrant against Lea Amor Torres Antihao, who goes by the aliases “Digan” and “Yadi,” at around 2:10 p.m. inside a

LIGAO CITY, Albay — Mayon Volcano may be nearing a more explosive phase after sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions reached its highest level in 26 years on Saturday, prompting state volcanologists to warn of possible changes in the volcano’s ongoing eruption. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said Mayon emitted an average of 13,128

DAVAO CITY—The death toll in Mindanao due to the fury of Typhoon Inday (international name: Bavi) has risen to 18 on Saturday with 14 persons still missing. Nine fatalities were reported in Malapatan, Sarangani, seven in Calanogas, Lanao del Sur, and two in Bukidnon. Nine remain missing in Davao Occidental, one in Malapatan, Sarangani, and

BACOLOD CITY – The combined effects of the southwest monsoon or “habagat” and Typhoon Inday (international name: Bavi) displaced more than  2,000 residents in Negros Occidental, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) reported on Saturday. The PDRRMO reported that a total of 2,787 individuals from 946 families in nine localities have been

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY— Heavy rains forced engineers and personnel from the Department of Public Works and Highways Region 10 (DPWH-10) to suspend clearing operations along the vital San Fernando–Talaingod highway linking Bukidnon and Davao del Norte on Friday. DPWH-10 public affairs officer-in-charge Jaymaica Maraguinot said that another landslide forced engineers and personnel to suspend