Self-Defense Forces personnel work at the heavily damaged Aeon Mall Kumamoto shopping facility in the town of Kashima, Kumamoto Prefecture on Friday (July 31, 2026). (Jiji Press) KUMAMOTO – Searches for those still missing after Tuesday’s major earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, continued in extreme heat Friday as the 72-hour window crucial for survival was nearing…
TOKYO – An advisory panel at Japan’s Children and Families Agency on Thursday highlighted the need to consider imposing penalties on social media operators if measures to ensure the safe use of their services by children are found to be insufficient. Social media operators need to assess risks posed by their services to children and strengthen…
Former senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. may have secured his temporary freedom in a separate malversation case, but an unresolved ₱124.5-million obligation from the controversial pork barrel scandal continues to follow him. Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla on Saturday revealed that the former lawmaker has yet to return the massive amount in civil liabilities ordered by…
The three-story, nine-classroom “smart” school building inside the Carmen National High School in Cagayan de Oro City that wss officially turned over on Friday (July 31, 2026). The building costs PHP50.9 million, allocated by the city government through the Local School Board. (Photo courtesy of CDO-CIO) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The city government inaugurated the PHP50.9…
Facade of Bayambang Central School in this file photo. The Pangasinan Police Provincial Office has identified seven individuals responsible for the online threats in some schools in various localities of the province. (PNA file photo) MALASIQUI, Pangasinan – The Pangasinan Police Provincial Office(PPO) has identified seven individuals responsible for the online threats in several schools in various…
A resident of Malasiqui, Pangasinan, receives PHP2,000 in initial cash assistance under the UPLIFT Assistance through the Department of Social Welfare and Development on Friday (July 31, 2026). There are a total of 2,297 household beneficiaries in this town. (PNA photo by Hilda Austria) MALASIQUI, Pangasinan – A total of 2,297 household beneficiaries in this town received…
Super SideKick virtual assistants communicate remotely with clients from their workstations at WrkPod’s headquarters in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental on Friday (July 31, 2026). WrkPod and the Australian firm have partnered to create around 300 virtual professional jobs in Dumaguete and other areas in the Visayas over the next two years. (PNA photo by Mary Judaline…
Misamis Oriental Governor Juliette Uy delivers her first Governor’s Report on Friday (July 31, 2026) at the Capitol Grounds in Cagayan de Oro City. The report covers her first year in office since she assumed the gubernatorial post on July 31, 2025. (Photo courtesy of MisOr-PIO) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Efforts in the anti-illegal mining campaign…
Negros Oriental Gov. Manuel Sagarbarria (center, in green shirt) leads the distribution of rice assistance to persons with disabilities during the observance of National Disability Rights Day at the Provincial Convention Center in Dumaguete City on Friday (July 31, 2026). Sagarbarria recognized the contributions of PWDs to nation-building during the celebration. (Photo courtesy of Jessa Fonollera)…
Officials of the Energy Development Corp. Turn over a check worth PHP11.28 million in electrification fund assistance to the Negros Oriental II Electric Cooperative on Friday (July 31, 2026). The fund, which had remained unutilized since 2019, was released after NORECO II completed the Department of Energy’s requirements for the Local Total Electrification Roadmap under…