LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—A 31-year-old construction worker was arrested after offering a woman ₱1,000 in exchange for sex in Barangay Candaguit, Sibonga town on Saturday evening, September 19. Authorities identified the complainant as alias “Alice,” 26, a single mother and resident of Barangay Lindogon, Sibonga town. Meanwhile, they identified the suspect as alias “Ian,” a single

CEBU CITY, Philippines — In-person classes have been suspended for Monday, Sept. 21, in several areas in Cebu as transboundary haze from ongoing forest fires in Indonesia worsened air quality on Sunday, Sept. 20. Cebu City was the latest local government to announce the suspension. Mayor Nestor Archival suspended face-to-face classes at all levels in

SAN ILDEFONSO, Ilocos Sur — Police arrested a man wanted for frustrated homicide at his residence in Magsingal, Ilocos Sur, on Sunday, Sept. 20. The Magsingal Municipal Police Station, assisted by personnel from the 1st Ilocos Sur Provincial Mobile Force Company and the Provincial Intelligence Unit of the Ilocos Sur Police Provincial Office (ISPPO), served

KORONADAL CITY — At least three local government units (LGUs) in Sultan Kudarat have suspended in-person classes for Monday following reported school threats after a fatal shooting at Banga National High School (BNHS) in neighboring South Cotabato. READ: Campus shooter ‘planned  attack, warned classmates’ In Lebak, classes at all levels in both public and private

BACOLOD CITY—Progressive groups led by Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) Negros and the Mothers and Relatives of Victims of Tyranny (Martyrs) marked the 41st anniversary of the Escalante Massacre in Negros Occidental on Sunday, paying tribute to the 20 civilians who were killed during the 1985 protest. The victims were killed on Sept. 20, 1985, when

LUCENA CITY — A total of 35,105 kilograms of waste were collected along the shorelines of the Calabarzon region during activities marking this year’s International Coastal Cleanup (ICC). “Heartfelt thanks to all our volunteers! The recently held International Coastal Cleanup, themed ‘Clean Seas for Resilient Communities,’ was a tremendous success for our environment,” the Department