MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — The Mandaue City Council is set to invite the Visayan Electric Co. (VECO) and the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) to its next session to seek clarifications on the rotational brownouts that continue to affect parts of Cebu. The council also passed a resolution urging VECO to follow its

MANILA, Philippines — The low-pressure area (LPA) that Pagasa had been monitoring outside the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) has developed into a tropical depression and may enter the country’s monitoring zone in the coming days, the state weather bureau said Monday. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said in its 5

MANILA, Philippines — Former House Speaker Martin Romualdez could be detained at the New Quezon City Jail in Barangay Payatas by “12 midnight” on Tuesday, Interior chief Jonvic Remulla confirmed on Monday. Earlier, there were reports that Romualdez will arrive at the jail facility no later than 6 p.m.  On Monday noon, the Sandiganbayan Third Division

MANILA, Philippines — “Resibo ng yaman” — receipts of wealth — are what the House prosecution will be looking for when it starts scrutinizing Vice President Sara Duterte’s declared wealth and comparing it with her tax filings, bank records, business interests, and other evidence for the second article of her impeachment case. Private prosecutor Benjamin

MANILA, Philippines — Watch the unofficial parallel count of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting for the 2026 Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Parliamentary Elections as of Monday, Sept. 14, 2026.

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) had received 43.3 percent of the expected election returns (ERs) as of 7:30 p.m. on Monday, after the closing of polling precincts for the first Bangsamoro Parliamentary elections. Based on the Comelec’s official website, it had received 2,427 of the expected 5,212 ERs as of 7:30 p.m.

MANILA, Philippines — A candidate for Maguindanao del Sur’s 5th district representative withdrew his candidacy on Monday, the day of the first Bangsamoro parliamentary elections. A document shared by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) with the media showed that Nasser Guialal Dalgan filed his statement of withdrawal, which was received by the provincial election supervisor

COTABATO CITY — A powerful explosion rocked the Cotabato City Central Pilot Elementary School at 4:14 p.m. on Monday while the historic Bangsamoro parliamentary elections were underway, leaving one man slightly injured, police and a Philippine Red Cross worker said. Colonel Jibin Bongcayao, city police director, said the blast occurred while some people were still

MANILA – Senators on Monday welcomed the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s (BIR) removal of value-added tax (VAT) on electricity system loss charges, calling the move a relief for consumers while pushing for further reductions in power bills. Senate Committee on Energy chair Erwin Tulfo announced the development in plenary, saying the BIR, under Commissioner Charlito