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PNP Chief Plt. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. – Photo courtesy of the Office of the Chief PNP/Facebook. The Philippine National Police pledged a fair and independent investigation into the deaths of Ateneo de Manila University basketball players Rene Baterbonia and Divine Adili, who drowned during a team activity in Aurora. PNP chief Gen. Jose…
Photo courtesy of Joan Bondoc/ Philippine News Agency (PNA) Motorists may face another round of mixed pump price adjustments next week, with gasoline and kerosene likely to go up while diesel may see a rollback, the Department of Energy said Friday. DOE Oil Industry Management Bureau director Rino Abad said oil prices in the global…
Mindanao quake. Photo courtesy of Jurel Bayang/PNA. The number of people hit by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake off Maasim, Sarangani has climbed past 430,000, the Department of Social Welfare and Development reported. In its latest disaster monitoring report released at 6 a.m. Thursday, the DSWD logged 96,090 affected families, or 430,379 individuals, across 350 barangays…
READY. Western Visayas top cop Brig. Gen Randulf Tuaño encourages the public to cooperate with authorities to help ensure a peaceful, meaningful, and orderly observance of the 128th Independence Day celebration in Western Visayas on Friday (June 12, 2026). The Police Regional Office in Western Visayas on Thursday (June 11) said it has deployed over…
HEALTH WORKFORCE. Some of the 51 beneficiaries of the Nursing Scholarship Program in Northern Samar during the distribution of educational assistance on Thursday (June 11, 2026). The financial assistance covers stipends, book and uniform allowances for the previous semester. (Photo courtesy of Northern Samar provincial government) TACLOBAN CITY – The Northern Samar provincial government has…
Photo courtesy of the Provincial Agriculture Office. The Department of Agriculture in the Ilocos Region has intensified preparations against the expected effects of El Niño as forecasts pointed to prolonged dry conditions that could threaten crops and livestock. Agriculture officials said regional and local monitoring activities had been expanded to closely track farm conditions, crop…
CLASSROOM PROJECT. The new four-story, eight-classroom building of the Fort San Pedro National High School in Iloilo City on Thursday (June 11, 2026). It is one of the school building projects facilitated by the office of Uswag Ilonggo Party-list Rep. James Ang Jr. in Iloilo. (PNA photo by Perla Lena) ILOILO CITY – Three public…
BUTUAN CITY – The inflation rate in the Caraga Region slowed to 9.4 percent in May 2026 from 10.2 percent in April, driven mainly by lower fuel prices, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA-13) reported Thursday. The May inflation rate remains significantly higher than the 0.6 percent recorded in May 2025. From January to May 2026,…
Mindanao quake. Photo courtesy of Jurel Bayang/PNA. The reported death toll from the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Mindanao rose to 55, the Office of Civil Defense reported Friday. OCD deputy spokesperson Diego Mariano said 1,120 people were also reported injured, while 31 others remained missing after the June 8 quake. The latest figures came…
BBM Vlog on Feb. 1, 2026. Screen grabbed from Pres. Bongbong Marcos Jr’s video/Facebook. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. publicly recognized Senate President Pro Tempore Sherwin Gatchalian as the Senate’s leader during his Independence Day speech on Friday. The acknowledgment marked Marcos’ clearest public signal yet on where Malacañang stood in the Senate leadership dispute. At…