TUGUEGARAO CITY, CAGAYAN, Philippines — A worker died of suffocation while two others were rescued after they were trapped in a deep well they were digging on Monday (Sept. 28) at Barangay Balzain in Tuguegarao City.  The men were pulled out of the deep well they were contracted to undertake by residents and by responders

CALAPAN CITY, ORIENTAL MINDORO, Philippines — A bird of prey has been rescued after it was found floating in the waters off Santa Fe town in Romblon province and was immediately turned over to environmental officials for assessment and care.  The raptor, locally known as a “lawin or banog,” was spotted over the weekend by

MANILA, Philippines — The prosecution and defense clashed anew on Monday over Vice President Sara Duterte’s bank records as the Senate impeachment court pressed into questions about her business interests, government contracts and undeclared assets on Day 30 of the trial. House prosecutor Chel Diokno manifested that the prosecution had sought Duterte’s admission of the

MANILA, Philippines — Election lawyer Romulo Macalintal has mounted a fresh legal challenge before the Supreme Court (SC) to declare Republic Act (RA) No. 12326 unconstitutional and stop the deferral of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE). Aside from postponing this year’s election, RA 12326 extends the term of office for barangay and Sangguniang

MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Monday urged Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon to tell the truth about 68 infrastructure projects the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) had flagged in Taguig City, saying any cover-up attempt could make them criminally liable. “I told him not to deny the existence of ghost projects

MANILA, Philippines — A committee at the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman on Monday condemned the “continuous red-tagging, harassment and intimidation” of its constituents, especially students, by agents and supporters of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-Elcac). The UP Diliman Committee on the Protection of Academic Freedom and Human