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64-Year-Old Grandmother Robbed While Walking Home in Rizal, Palawan 

64-Year-Old Grandmother Loses Her Bag to Robber While Walking Home Together w/ Her Grandchild A 64-year-old grandmother became the victim of a robbery while walking home with her grandchild in Rizal, Palawan.  On Friday evening (August 21, 2026), the victim, identified as Nancita Yayen Tamayo, was on her way to Barangay Punta Baja at around ... Read more

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Royally-donated cancer drug reaches 215 gold card patients so far

The government says a royally-donated cancer drug has reached 215 patients so far. That’s out of 4,420 registered to receive it. Distribution continues toward a target of 23,000 boxes by October. Deputy government spokesperson Ploythale Laksameesangchan said on August 21 that the National Health Security Office (NHSO) has so far delivered 2,880 boxes of the …

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Landing gear fails to retract on Thai Airways flight

A Thai Airways flight bound for Bangkok was forced to turn back to Frankfurt yesterday after declaring an in-flight emergency over a landing gear fault. Flight TG921 departed Frankfurt Airport in Germany at 12.34pm local time on its scheduled route to Bangkok. Around thirty eight minutes into the flight, the crew transmitted a squawk 7700 …

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Man beats two young brothers with golf club over skipped school

A 45-year-old father has filed a police report accusing his son-in-law of beating his two young sons with a golf club. The boys were left injured after they skipped school. The father, Wisanu, reported the assault to Bang Bua Thong police on August 20. He named the suspect as Don, around 20, and brought the …

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Kerwin Espinosa surrenders loose firearms: ‘Law-abiding nata karon’

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — Albuera, Leyte, Mayor Rolan “Kerwin” Espinosa has turned over his loose firearms to the police. Espinosa, however, decided to keep his licensed firearms for personal protection. In a social media post on Saturday morning, August 22, Espinosa said he could not risk his security, noting that he is well aware of

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3 possible new species discovered in Apayao forest survey

TUGUEGARAO CITY, CAGAYAN, Philippines — Three Platymantis specimens that could be species new to science were among at least 15 amphibian and reptile species recorded in the forests of Calanasan, Apayao, environment officials said. The specimens were documented during a scientific survey conducted Aug. 13 to 19 by the University of Santo Tomas-Herpetological Research Collection

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DENR suspends Mt. Pico de Loro hikes for cleanup, rehabilitation

LUCENA CITY — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has temporarily suspended hiking activities at Mt. Pico de Loro from Aug. 21 to Sept. 12 to allow cleanup, repairs and rehabilitation following damage caused by recent typhoons and the southwest monsoon, or “habagat.” In a public advisory issued Thursday, Aug. 20, the DENR

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PNP: Gun found in Cebu minor’s bag allegedly owned by grandfather

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — The Philippine National Police has vowed to impose appropriate sanctions for violations of existing laws as it continues to verify the ownership of and circumstances surrounding the gun found in the possession of a 14-year-old student in Pinamungajan, Cebu. In a statement released on Friday night, August 20, PGen Jose Melencio

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More voices oppose Puerto Galera’s P50 environmental fee

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — Opposition to Puerto Galera’s P50 Environmental User’s Fee (EUF) for Mindoro residents is growing, with local figures and stakeholders questioning the policy’s impact on tourism, fairness and public consultation. The questioned measure is Municipal Ordinance No. 2025-030, or the Revised Puerto Galera EUF System Ordinance, which was passed on Dec.

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55 nabbed, P2.28-M illegal drugs seized in Ilocos region

SAN ILDEFONSO, Ilocos Sur — Police arrested 55 people and seized suspected illegal drugs worth P2.28 million during a three-day anti-crime operation across the Ilocos region from Aug. 17 to 19, authorities said. In a report on Friday, Aug. 21, the Police Regional Office 1 (PRO 1) said its units confiscated a total of 335.689

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