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Cebu disaster fund worth P88.7M gets council nod

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — The Cebu Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) has approved an P88.7-million trust fund program aimed at expanding the province’s disaster preparedness, emergency response, and post-disaster recovery efforts. The funding plan, endorsed during the council’s meeting at the Capitol on Monday, June 29, will be forwarded to the Cebu

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World Cup: Haaland scores winner to send Norway into last-16 Brazil clash

ARLINGTON, United States — Erling Haaland scored a late winner as Norway set up a last-16 showdown with Brazil at the World Cup after taming the Ivory Coast 2-1 in Texas on Tuesday. The Manchester City striker prodded in from close range, the ball dribbling in on 86 minutes for his fifth goal of the

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Controversial forfeiture: La Salle captures Mayor Kirk Asis Open crown

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Reigning UAAP men’s basketball champion De La Salle University (DLSU) Green Archers-Build X Wingburs Apartelle emerged as champions of the Mayor Kirk Asis Open Invitational Basketball Tournament. This after their championship game against CM Farm-Bustamante Construction/Arianos Construction concluded in a forfeiture last Monday, June 29, at the Lope Asis Gymnasium in

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INC Edsa-White Plains rally enters 2nd day

MANILA, Philippines — The rally mounted by the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) at the Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (Edsa)-White Plains Avenue area in Quezon City entered its second day on Wednesday, July 1. At least 4,000 participants so far were in the area as of 5 a.m., according to the Quezon City Police District’s (QCPD)

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AFP spots 44 Chinese vessels in West PH Sea, up from 17 

MANILA, Philippines — The military has sighted 44 Chinese vessels, including warships, in the West Philippine Sea in the last seven days, with more than half of them lingering around Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, officials said on Tuesday. The vessels were monitored in four features of the Philippine waters from June 23 to June 29, according

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Wimbledon: Alex Eala faces Maya Joint, not Serena, in second round

Alexandra Eala advanced to the second round of Wimbledon after a straight-sets win over Mexico’s Renata Zarazua on June 30. She will face Australia’s Maya Joint in a rematch of last year’s finals at the Eastbourne Open, which Joint won in three sets. Eala, 21, defeated Zarazua, 28, by converting four of 17 break point

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Daily Gospel, July 1, 2026

This is the Daily Gospel for July 1, 2026, which is the Wednesday of the Thirteenth week in Ordinary Time. READ MORE: Daily Gospel, June 30, 2026 Daily Gospel, June 29, 2026 This is the Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 8, 28-34. When Jesus came to the territory of the Gadarenes, two

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Namfrel pushes for strictest version of party list reform bill

MANILA, Philippines — The National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) has called for the passage of a party list reform law that adopts the strongest provisions of House Bill No. 9906 and Senate Bill No. 2090. In a statement on Monday, the poll watchdog welcomed the filing of the two bills which act as

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DA gathers data, fast-tracks water projects to fight El Niño

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) is implementing a data-driven planning strategy to safeguard the country’s agriculture sector from a looming El Niño phenomenon expected to peak later this year. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said in a statement on Tuesday that the agency is shifting to a broader food systems approach

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Dole approves ‘historic’ P85 wage hike for NCR workers

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) on Tuesday approved a minimum wage hike of P85 for the National Capital Region (NCR), with the labor chief calling this a “historic” increase even as it elicited skepticism to disapproval from concerned stakeholders. The increase granted by Dole’s Wage Order No. NCR-27 will be

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