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BAGUIO CITY – Hydropower firm SN Aboitiz Power-Benguet Inc. (SNAPBI) has committed P4 million to support the construction of the Itogon Super Health Center, supplementing the P20-million funding secured from the Department of Health (DOH) in 2025. The municipal government of Itogon and SNAPBI signed a memorandum of agreement on Oct. 12 at the municipal

MANILA, Philippines – The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-Elcac) said over 16 million Filipinos residing in areas formerly controlled by communist rebels  have benefited from development projects under the Barangay Development Program (BDP). These individuals reside in about 5,638 villages formerly controlled by the  Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s

MANILA, Philippines — Three weather systems—the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ), easterlies, and northeasterly wind flow—are expected to bring rain showers across the country on Friday, the state weather bureau reported. In its morning forecast, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said the ITCZ, or the area where winds from the northern and

MANILA, Philippines — Pasay City Police Chief Col. Joselito de Sesto has been relieved of his post, the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) confirmed on Friday. “[He was] administratively relieved pending investigation,” NCRPO spokesperson Maj. Hazel Asilo said in a Viber message to the INQUIRER. READ: NCRPO chief urges cops to stay alert amid

TUGUEGARAO CITY – A man drowned inside his car after it fell down a 70-meter-deep ravine and onto the river in the Mountain Province town of Sabangan on October 15. The remains of Noel Padsing Tukiad, a resident of Sagada town, also in Mountain Province, was retrieved hours later on Thursday by rescue teams deployed to

LONDON, United Kingdom — A woman allegedly raped by British comedian Russell Brand more than two decades ago told a court Thursday she was “terrified” and he became “monster-like” before attacking her in a hotel room. The jury at a London trial heard testimony from a woman who has accused Brand of raping her in Bournemouth,

MANILA, Philippines — Former Rep. Raul Daza of the first district of Northern Samar has passed away at the age of 91. This was confirmed by his family on Thursday. Daza’s family said in a statement that the former lawmaker, who served the House of Representatives for seven terms between 1969 and 2019, peacefully passed

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — A medical graduate from Calapan City has topped the October 2026 Physician Licensure Examination (PLE).  Dr. Maxine Francesco Gwyneth Cena Baculo topped the examination with a rating of 95.50 percent, according to results released by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC). READ: PRC finally names 2026 Physicians Licensure Examination topnotcher Baculo

LEGAZPI CITY — Police arrested a 39-year-old teacher in an entrapment operation after she allegedly tried to sell a parcel of land for P500,000 using falsified land titles in the town of Pili in Camarines Sur. The sting operation was conducted on Wednesday at 4:15 p.m. in front of a bank in Barangay Santiago after

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — Four people, including a pregnant woman, were rescued after their motorized boat ran aground near Somaco Island in the Palawan town of Cuilon on Wednesday (Oct. 15), the Philippine Coast Guard said. The Coast Guard Sub-Station in Culion, coordinated with the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) and