CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu and the rest of the Visayas will see cloudy skies with rain showers and thunderstorms on Saturday, October 10, due to the effects of a low-pressure area (LPA) and the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), in its regional weather forecast issued at

A stray monkey reportedly spotted in Ginatilan, Cebu on October 7. | Photo contributed by Marlon Alcala/FB LILOAN, Cebu — The latest suspect in a string of motorcycle side mirror thefts has a tail. This, as a monkey sighting has Ginatilan, Cebu residents on alert, and motorists are being told to watch their side mirrors.

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur—The Bangsamoro Human Rights Commission (BHRC) Basilan Provincial Office on Friday (Oct. 9) strongly condemned two separate ambushes within a four-day span in Basilan. These incidents left 1 soldier dead and 24 others wounded—including a 10-year-old child and his father. In a statement, the human rights body announced it has launched

SAN ILDEFONSO, Ilocos Sur — Police arrested an individual considered number 9 in the list of most wanted persons in Ilocos Sur. The suspect was nabbed during the enforcement of a warrant of arrest in Caoayan town on Friday, Oct. 9. The suspect, a 34-year-old construction worker and a resident of the municipality, was apprehended

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — The Oriental Mindoro Electric Cooperative, Inc. (ORMECO) has called on its power suppliers to immediately restore their full contracted capacity. It also warned that a significant supply shortfall may force the cooperative to implement manual load dropping on Saturday, Oct. 10. In its advisory, ORMECO said the province’s contracted capacity