MANILA, Philippines — The special elections in the lone legislative district of Dasmariñas, Cavite will be held on August 29, 2026 following the expulsion of former lawmaker Kiko Barzaga by the House of Representatives, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Wednesday.  Comelec chairperson George Erwin Garcia earlier said that special elections must be conducted

Fear has pushed thousands of residents in General Santos City to sleep outside following Monday’s powerful magnitude 7.8 earthquake, which damaged homes, brought down buildings, and triggered ongoing aftershocks across southern Mindanao. As search-and-rescue teams continue working to locate four missing people trapped in the rubble of two collapsed buildings, many survivors are opting to

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Passengers taking the boat from the Cordova Roro Port to Getafe town in Bohol province will have to pay P5 more for their terminal fees when an ordinance increasing the terminal and environmental fees of the town port takes effect. This means that a passenger will have to pay P5 more,

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Justice (DOJ) is looking at whether charges could be filed against those liable for the drowning incident that led to the sudden deaths of two members of the Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) men’s basketball team. In a statement on Wednesday, the DOJ said it has instructed the National

TACLOBAN CITY— The municipality of Matuguinao in Samar, once considered among the province’s most insurgency-affected area, was formally declared under a Stable Internal Peace and Security Condition (SIPSC) on Monday, marking a major milestone in its decades-long journey from conflict to peace. The declaration, made during a ceremony at the municipal gymnasium, signified the town’s

LUCENA CITY, Quezon — Despite the onset of the rainy season, the local government of the coastal municipality of Infanta in Quezon province on Wednesday continued to urge residents to take precautions after the town’s heat index reached a dangerous 46 degrees Celsius. In a public advisory posted on its Facebook page at around 12:20

A bear weighing about 100 kilograms was captured and sedated in a city north of Tokyo on Tuesday after being repeatedly spotted for four days, leading local officials to close schools as a safety precaution for children, authorities reported. A male Asian black bear, estimated to be around one meter long, was spotted in an

MANILA, Philippines — The Senate should act quickly on the proposed new building law as the measure could have mitigated the effects of the recent earthquake in Mindanao, which left significant damage to buildings like schools, churches, and other establishments, Surigao del Sur Rep. Romeo Momo Sr. said. Momo — for the nth time — reiterated

BACOLOD CITY–Two separate units of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) in Negros Occidental have issued statements claiming responsibility for the recent killings of two men in the towns of Binalbagan and Calatrava, both of whom the rebel groups accused of being government intelligence assets. The Romeo Nanta Command-NPA (RNC-NPA) South Central Negros Guerrilla Front

MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition filed by a high school teacher seeking to validate the June 3 Senate session, where new leadership was installed, and a quorum was declared with only 12 senators present. “The SC dismissed the petition filed by John Barry Tayan for lack of legal standing,” the