TACLOBAN CITY — A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck off the coast of Balangiga, Eastern Samar, shortly after midnight on Friday (July 10), shaking parts of Eastern Visayas but causing no reported damage, according to state seismologists. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the tectonic earthquake occurred at 12:46 a.m. Its epicenter was

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Energy Secretary Sharon Garin has ordered the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), power generators and other grid operators to speed up repairs and bring affected generating units back online after red and yellow alerts were declared over the Visayas grid. The directive came hours after alert levels had been

Bonnie Tyler, the gravelly voiced, Grammy-nominated Welsh pop star whose 1983 chart-topping power ballad “Total Eclipse of the Heart” enchanted succeeding generations with its bombastic charms during solar and lunar eclipses, has died. She was 75. Tyler died unexpectedly in a hospital in Portugal where she was being treated for an illness, her family said

MANILA, Philippines — Tropical cyclone wind signals were hoisted in more areas in Northern Luzon due to Typhoon Inday on Friday, July 10. In a 5 a.m. weather advisory, Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) issued Wind Signal No. 1 on the following areas: Meanwhile, Batanes, the eastern portion of Babuyan Islands, and

This is the Daily Gospel for July 10, 2026, which is the Friday of the Fourteenth week in Ordinary Time. READ MORE: Daily Gospel, July 9, 2026 Daily Gospel, July 8, 2026 This is the Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ, according to Saint Matthew 10, 16-23.  Jesus said to his Apostles: “Behold, I am sending you