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CEBU CITY, Philippines — Two neighbors will likely be roommates in jail after they were caught stealing power cables owned by the Metropolitan Cebu Water District in Barangay Jubay, Liloan town, northern Cebu. As of this posting, the two men, who are neighbors, remain detained at the Liloan Police Station, and a complaint of theft

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — Parts of the Visayas will experience rains and thunderstorms on Thursday, October 22, due to Super Typhoon Rosal and its trough, the state weather bureau said. In its daily forecast, the Visayas Pagasa Regional Services Division (PRSD) said Northern and Eastern Samar would experience cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — The Zero Illiteracy and Innumeracy Program for Mangyan communities in Oriental Mindoro was among 10 local governance initiatives recognized by the 2026 Galing Pook Awards, which honor innovative programs that improve lives in local communities. The recognition puts a spotlight on Oriental Mindoro’s efforts to expand educational opportunities for Mangyan

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — The Divine Word College of Calapan (DWCC) is opening a campus-based store selling Mangyan-made handicrafts and indigenous products on Thursday (Oct. 22), as part of its celebration of National Indigenous Peoples Month. The store, named BUNGA, aims to promote the craftsmanship of indigenous Mangyan communities while providing support for their

This is the Daily Gospel of October 22, 2026, which is the Thursday of the Twenty-ninth week in Ordinary Time. READ MORE Daily Gospel, October 21, 2026 Daily Gospel, October 20, 2026 This is the Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ, according to Saint Luke 12, 49-53. Jesus said to his disciples: “I have come to set

MANILA, Philippines — They should be charging less, not more, to stay afloat. Two major voices in the Philippine movie industry on Wednesday asked lawmakers to help find ways to reduce theater ticket prices in order to draw more Filipinos back to the cinema and keep local production companies viable and their talents and crews

MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang on Wednesday called for an investigation into possible lapses following Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla’s admission that gambling tycoon Charlie “Atong” Ang had managed to leave the country through the “backdoor.” Justice Secretary Fredderick Vida, however, insisted that Ang was still in the Philippines, based on Bureau of Immigration (BI) records. “Let’s

MANILA, Philippines — At least P467 billion in disputed funding increases in the 2024 and 2025 national budgets will not be returned to government coffers, even as the Supreme Court’s ruling declaring the increases unconstitutional prompted lawmakers to demand greater transparency and tighter scrutiny of the proposed P7.2-trillion national budget for next year. Supreme Court

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Audit (COA) said it found P397.45 million worth of “duplicate, multiple and overlapping” payments to beneficiaries of the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) program under the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). In its 2025 annual audit report, the COA noted that some beneficiaries of the

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged P242.358 million worth of idle medical equipment in 2025 mainly because recipient government hospitals and health centers were not operationally ready yet. The agency observed the deficiencies yet again in the implementation of the Health Facilities Enhancement Program (HFEP), one of the banner programs of