DANAO CITY, Cebu — Central Visayas is ramping up efforts to strengthen food security and reduce poverty as persistent increases in food prices continue to burden households across the region. The Regional Development Council in Central Visayas (RDC-7) is advancing agri-fishery and social development initiatives aimed at boosting local food production and protecting vulnerable communities

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) saw a 6% rise in leptospirosis cases from January to June 6 this year compared to the same period last year.  Leptospirosis is a disease caused by leptospira bacteria, which is commonly found in contaminated urine of infected animals, such as rats.  “From January 4 until June

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will hold a plebiscite in five barangays in Parañaque City on July 25, 2026 in line with a ratification of a city ordinance in changing the territorial boundaries of the said coastal barangays.  According to Comelec, the City of Parañaque passed Ordinance No. 2023-19 series of 2022

MANILA, Philippines — House Speaker Faustino Dy III has filed a party-list reform bill so that the system will reflect genuine representation of marginalized sectors in the House of Representatives. The proposed New Party-List System Act, or House Bill (HB) No. 9906, which Dy filed on Monday, seeks to replace Republic Act No. 7941, introducing reforms

MARAMAG, Bukidnon — The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has ordered a revalidation of lands held by the Central Mindanao University (CMU) here, reopening a long-running dispute between the state university and a local farmers’ group. DAR Secretary Conrado Estrella III reversed an earlier ruling of the DAR Validation Committee that exempted CMU lands from

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — The Oriental Mindoro Electric Cooperative (ORMECO) is requesting the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to approve a power adjustment in its generation charge. In a letter dated June 19, 2026 addressed to ERC Chairman Francisco Saturnino Juan, General Manager Engr. Humphrey Dolor notified the regulator of the proposed adjustment covering the June 2026 billing