MANILA, Philippines – The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has expanded its Balik Ginhawa (Loan Moratorium Through Refund) Program, allowing qualified members and pensioners to recover refunds equivalent to up to six months of eligible loan amortizations as part of the government’s effort to provide additional financial relief. In a news release on Wednesday, GSIS said

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The NBI-7 on Tuesday, June 30, confirmed its investigation on the attempted smuggling of imported cigarettes worth P813 million. The contraband was loaded into 11 container trucks, two of which were already shipped and intercepted in Manila. READ: P1.7-B smuggled cigarettes seized at private port in Cebu The announcement was made during

MANILA, Philippines—  The Senate committee on women was unable to locate the parents of one of the two suspects in the fatal June 22 shooting at San Jose National High School in Tacloban City. The committee, chaired by Sen. Risa Hontiveros, is investigating the incident that claimed the lives of three students and injured several others.

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Helping maintain schools as “Peace Zones” is one of the priorities of Lawyer Dominador Cimafranca, the newly appointed regional director of the National Bureau of Investigation Central Visayas Regional Office (NBI CEVRO). Cimafranca said this during a press briefing on June 30, 2026, where he outlined his plans, saying that this

HERMOSA, Bataan -Two boys, aged 8 and 12, drowned in the Gasak River Dam in Barangay Culis, Hermosa town on Tuesday afternoon.  Report from Bataan police said the two boys were with another boy swimming in the swollen river when the two ventured into a deep portion and failed to get out.  READ: 2 brothers

SAN ANTONIO, Zambales – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Zambales suspended sea travel for all vessels on Wednesday as rough seas spawned by Tropical Depression Henry battered the province.  According to Commander Euphraim Jayson Diciano, head of the PCG in Zambales, the suspension was based on the 5 a.m. advisory of the Philippine Atmospheric,

MANILA, Philippines — One of the students wounded in the June 22 shooting at a school in Tacloban City was shot in the back by his own best friend, a resource person told a Senate hearing on Wednesday. Gerric Bituin was among those wounded when two minor students, aged 14 and 15, opened fire at at

MANILA, Philippines – Alias Nash, the 14-year-old suspect in the school shooting in Tacloban City, was brought to the firing range by his aunt because he “looked up to” her, Nash’s aunt, Police Staff Sgt. Arla Ray Pacencia said on Wednesday. During a Senate panel probe into the Tacloban shooting incident that led to three