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CEBU CITY, Philippines — A grade 6 student from Catmon Integrated School is hoping to win big in the chess competition of the ongoing Palarong Pambansa 2026 that is being held in Agusan del Sur, Mindanao. The Palarong Pambansa was formally opened on Sunday, May 24. John David Coming qualified for the chess competition in

There is no stopping the volleybelles of Moalboal after they stretched their incredible winning streak to five matches.

ANGELES CITY — At least two survivors of the collapsed nine-story building in Barangay Balibago said minors may have been inside the construction site before the structure gave way. The accounts surfaced as rescuers continued searching for individuals feared trapped beneath the rubble of the unfinished mixed-use building along Teodoro Street. Ernesto Toleroso, 60, a

MANILA, Philippines — The crime rate in Metro Manila dropped by 39.06 percent in the past week, the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) said on Monday. In a statement, the NCRPO reported 78 index crime incidents from May 18 to 24, 2026, down from 128 during the same period last year. Index crimes refer

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) has expanded its flagship P20 rice program to the province of Kalinga in the Cordillera Administrative Region. According to the DA, Agriculture Sec. Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. himself led the rollout of the program in the landlocked province which has more than 47,000 hectares of largely irrigated

ANGELES CITY — Buried beneath tons of concrete and twisted steel, construction worker Bryan Sytangco fought to stay alive as a nine-story building under construction in Barangay Balibago here collapsed before dawn Sunday, killing at least four people and trapping dozens more under the rubble. Sytangco, 46, recalled waking up around 2:30 a.m. Sunday, to

MANILA, Philippines— Senators Jinggoy Estrada and Rodante  Marcoleta have been named vice chairpersons of the Senate blue ribbon committee.  Marcoleta headed the committee during the time of then-Senate President Francis Escudero until he was replaced by Sen. Panfilo  Lacson after Sen. Vicente “Tito” Sotto III took over the chamber’s  leadership in September 2025. But following Sotto’s ouster as

PMI Bohol Boxing Stable's Richard “The Badz” Laspoña suffered the first loss of his professional career after dropping a unanimous decision to Cebuano world-rated boxer Arvin Jhon “Sniper” Paciones in the main event of the UKC-Elorde Triple Threat fight card on Sunday, May 24, in Manila.

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Workers who will report for duty during the May 27 observance of Eid al-Adha are entitled to higher pay rates as the occasion has been declared a regular holiday nationwide. Eid al-Adha, also known as the “Festival of Sacrifice,” is one of the two major Islamic celebrations observed by Muslim communities

MANILA, Philippines — A new coalition is being eyed in the Senate to install Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian as the new Senate president, according to Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri. Zubiri admitted that until now, the minority bloc known as  Solid Bloc-11 (SB-11)  still needs to get the number needed to unseat Cayetano, who took over the Senate presidency