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MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – The operation of a desalination plant in Cordova town is giving the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) the much-needed water supply augmentation for its service area amid the threat of El Niño. The P2-billion utility-scale seawater desalination plant operated by Island Mactan Cordova Corporation (IMCC) is targeting to deliver 20 million

ANGELES CITY, Pampanga — Authorities have confirmed a second fatality in the ongoing search, rescue, and retrieval operations at the site of a collapsed nine-story building under construction in Barangay Balibago, as rescuers continue searching for individuals believed trapped beneath the rubble. In an update released early Monday (May 25), the Bureau of Fire Protection

MANILA, Philippines — The trough of the low-pressure area (LPA) being monitored outside the Philippine area of responsibility is expected to bring cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms over Palawan and the entire Mindanao on Monday, May 25, the state weather bureau reported. According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration

GAZA City, Palestinian Territories – A pre-dawn Israeli airstrike killed three members of a Palestinian family, including a one-year-old child, in central Gaza on Sunday, a hospital said. Gaza remains gripped with daily violence despite a formal ceasefire in place since October, with both the Israeli military and Hamas accusing one another of violating the truce.

ANGELES CITY, Philippines — Rescuers were racing on Sunday to free two workers pinned under a building that collapsed in the northern Philippines, killing a Malaysian man and leaving 20 people missing. The search for survivors continued as night fell, with firemen shining small lights into the rubble for signs of life. Twenty-six people have

MANILA, Philippines – Authorities confiscated P77.78 million worth of illegal drugs and arrested 85 suspects in nationwide operations conducted from May 14 to 21, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Isagani Nerez said the agency carried out 78 operations across the country during the period. READ: PDEA dismantles alleged drug

MANILA, Philippines – Recent defeats of New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Toboso and Cauayan, Negros Occidental have shown the “irreversible collapse of the remaining communist terrorist infrastructure” in the region, a ranking National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) official said. These losses, NTF-Elcac executive director Undersecretary Ernesto Torres Jr. said,

Here’s the rundown of the top stories and headlines from Cebu Daily News for today, Monday (May 25). Diesel, gas prices expected to jump over ₱1/liter on May 26 Another oil price hike is set for Tuesday, May 26. Industry estimates project gas prices to jump by ₱1.20 to ₱1.50 per liter, while diesel could

This is the Daily Gospel for May 25, 2026, which is the Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church. READ MORE: Daily Gospel, May 24, 2026 Daily Gospel, May 23, 2026 This is the Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ, according to Saint John 19, 25-34. Standing by the cross of Jesus were his

MANILA, Philippines — Hide well, Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson told Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa on Sunday, repeating the unsolicited advice he offered last year when the latter first disappeared from public view following reports he was ordered arrested by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for being a “co-perpetrator” in former President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug