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CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — A total of 44,003 children aged 6 to 59 months in Oriental Mindoro have been vaccinated against measles and rubella as the province continues its Measles-Rubella Supplemental Immunization Activity (MR-SIA). The figure represents 51.05 percent of the province’s target of 86,196 children, according to the Ligtas Tigdas tracker of the

BAGUIO CITY — This mountain resort city has recorded one confirmed death from leptospirosis this year even as cases of the disease declined by 39 percent compared with last year’s tally for the same period, according to the City Health Services Office (CHSO). In an Aug. 25 statement from the Baguio City Public Information Office,

MANILA, Philippines — Candidates who placed second in local elections do not automatically succeed winners who are later declared disqualified or found ineligible, as they were not chosen by the electorate, the Supreme Court has reiterated. The high tribunal, in an en banc session on Wednesday, upheld its 2025 decision on Datu Pax Ali Mangudadatu

This is the Daily Gospel of August 28, 2026, which is the Friday of the Twenty-first week in Ordinary Time. READ MORE: Daily Gospel, August 27, 2026 Daily Gospel, August 26, 2026 This is the Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ, according to Saint Matthew 25, 1-13. Jesus told his disciples this parable: “The kingdom of heaven

MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Sherwin “Win” Gatchalian on Thursday said senators who have been absent because of medical leave, detention or other circumstances have voluntarily agreed not to receive their salaries while away from the Senate. Gatchalian disclosed that Sen. Loren Legarda has voluntarily waived her salary since taking medical leave on Aug. 3,

MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang and the civil society group August Twenty-One Movement (Atom) on Thursday called out Sen. Robinhood Padilla for equating pseudonyms used by Filipino patriots with the odd-sounding “aliases” found on the receipts for the confidential funds used by the Office of the Vice President (OVP). Palace press officer Claire Castro said the

BAGUIO CITY — Four Benguet towns suspended face-to-face classes on Friday (Aug. 28), as the province braces for potentially heavy rainfall brought by the prevailing southwest monsoon.  In Kibungan, face-to-face classes from daycare to senior high school, including its Alternative Learning System (ALS) program were cancelled due to the orange rainfall warning issued by the

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has received his first-ever higher education degree, an honorary award from the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM). Mr. Marcos was conferred a Doctor of Laws degree, honoris causa (Latin for “for the sake of honor”) during the graduation rites of the city government-run university on Thursday. READ:

MANILA, Philippines — About one in eight Filipino households faced multiple deprivations in basic needs beyond income in 2024, with gaps in education, health, housing, sanitation and employment, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority’s (PSA) first Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI). The PSA said 12.4 percent of households were classified as multidimensionally poor under the new

PARANG, MAGUINDANAO DEL NORTE—With barely three weeks more to go, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said it is ready for the conduct of the first parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) on Sept. 14, with 90 percent of its preparations already done. Comelec Chair George Erwin Garcia, during a command