MANILA, Philippines — Government contractor Pacifico “Curlee” Discaya was arrested at the Senate on Monday over a malversation case tied to a disputed flood control project in Bulacan. The Bulacan Regional Trial Court Branch 20 issued the arrest order in connection with allegations that Discaya falsified public funds or property. Discaya’s charge is not bailable.

MANILA, Philippines — A 7.8-magnitude quake that struck the southern Philippines on Monday has killed at least one person and injured four others while collapsing “a number of buildings”, police told AFP. “Many buildings were affected, but I cannot enumerate them now because we are busy with ongoing rescues,” Master Sergeant Robert Dagon of the

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has directed all relevant government agencies to immediately mobilize and respond to the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Maasim, Sarangani, on Monday morning. Marcos also announced in a statement that classes at all levels in affected areas across Mindanao would remain suspended until further notice. The president said, “I

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia ordered on Monday evacuations of northern areas threatened by tsunami waves after a 7.8-magnitude quake struck the southern Philippines. Officials in areas at highest risk — the North Sulawesi capital, Manado, northern Gorontalo province and the Sangihe islands — “are instructed to immediately direct their residents to evacuate in an orderly

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Mayor Rolando Uy suspended classes from kindergarten to elementary levels and ordered immediate structural inspections of public buildings after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake, initially recorded as magnitude 7.0, struck parts of Mindanao early Monday morning. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the 7:37 a.m. tectonic tremor had

MIDSALIP, Zamboanga del Sur — Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian assured the public on Monday that the agency is swiftly responding to the needs of communities affected by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Mindanao early in the morning. Gatchalian made the statement while visiting a school building project with

MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 6.1 aftershock rocked the southern Philippines on Monday, the United States Geological Survey said, hours after a 7.8 earthquake killed at least one person, collapsed buildings and triggered regional tsunami warnings. The second quake struck at a depth of 67 kilometers (42 miles) about eight kilometers north by northwest of

MANILA, Philippines —  Operations at General Santos International Airport have been temporarily suspended following the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck off Maasim, Sarangani, on Monday morning, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP). A Notice to Airmen, which is a safety advisory given to pilots and flight operators to alert them of

MANILA, Philippines— The camp of Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano, who claims he’s still the Senate president, is proposing  possible interim administrative arrangements to the new majority group now led by Senate President Pro Tempore Sherwin Gatchalian. One possible arrangement is the adoption  of a dual-signatory or joint certification by current officials and those still asserting authority on important  documents such