(Photo courtesy of DSWD-CAR) BAGUIO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development in the Cordillera Administrative Region has provided financial and psychosocial assistance to families and survivors of a road accident in Bontoc, Mountain Province that left six people dead, including a five-month-old baby. DSWD-Mountain Province said it extended Php 30,000 in cash…
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – The Department of Education in the Cordillera Administrative Region is strengthening its learning continuity measures to help students keep pace with lessons when face-to-face classes are suspended due to calamities. DepEd-CAR Regional Director Nicolas Capulong said the region is developing policy guidelines to improve the implementation of alternative learning modalities during…
The Visayas grid will be placed under a yellow alert for two hours on Thursday due to tight power supply, according to the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines. NGCP said the alert will be in effect from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. A yellow alert is issued when the grid’s operating margin falls below…
Two new pumps at the Remedios Pumping Station in Malate are now operational, a development the Department of Public Works and Highways said will help floodwaters recede faster in low-lying parts of Manila. Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon said during an inspection Wednesday that five pumping stations serving the area, namely Abad, Remedios, Padre Faura,…
The death toll from last month’s flash floods and mudslides along the Nepal-China border has risen to 1,403 in Nepal, authorities said Wednesday. Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority said 13,742 people have been rescued, while 6,150 remain missing, including 587 foreigners. On the Chinese side, authorities have reported 43 deaths and 519…
ANKARA – Lionel Messi will make his final appearance for Argentina in a friendly against Benin on Oct. 6 at River Plate’s Monumental Stadium in Buenos Aires, the Argentine Football Association has confirmed. AFA president Claudio Tapia said the match will serve as a farewell for the 39-year-old captain, who announced his retirement from international…
Former president Rodrigo Duterte appeared before an International Criminal Court trial chamber on Wednesday, marking his first appearance before the panel handling the trial phase of the crimes against humanity case linked to his administration’s anti-drug campaign. Duterte had earlier appeared before an ICC pre-trial chamber in March 2025 following his surrender to the court….
A low-pressure area embedded in the Intertropical Convergence Zone is expected to bring rains over Southern Luzon, the Visayas and large parts of Mindanao on Thursday, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration. PAGASA weather specialist Obet Badrina said the LPA was located about 125 kilometers east of Puerto Princesa City, Palawan….
By Tracy Cabrera Six candidates allied with the Bangsamoro Grand Coalition secured six of Lanao del Sur’s nine district seats in the first Bangsamoro parliamentary elections, while three seats went to candidates from the United Bangsamoro Justice Party. Comelec provincial election supervisor Mohammad Nabil Mutia, who chaired the provincial board of canvassers, led the proclamation…
By Tracy Cabrera USTDA backs expansion of Subic ship repair facility The Philippine maritime industry is set to gain additional ship repair capacity as the United States Trade and Development Agency supports the planned expansion of a key drydock facility in Subic Bay. The project involves Subic Drydock Corporation, which plans to expand its operations…