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CEBU CITY, Philippines — Schools across Cebu Province will be required to adopt standardized security measures under the provincial government’s new program. Governor Pamela Baricuatro signed Executive Order No. 35 on June 25, 2026, creating the Cebu Safe Schools Program to strengthen campus security, improve emergency preparedness, and prevent violence in educational institutions. READ: Security

MANILA, Philippines — A 14-year-old student from Tolosa, Leyte province, was released hours after being taken into police custody and turned over to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for allegedly posting online threats of a school attack, with authorities later finding no evidence of an organized plan or immediate danger. Interior Secretary

MANILA, Philippines — Film director Lino Cayetano on Thursday called out his older brother, Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano, following the latter’s remarks against civil society leader Francis “Kiko” Aquino-Dee that referenced the long-standing political feud between the Aquinos and the Marcoses. Lino, who was recently appointed by President Marcos as People’s Television (PTV) general manager,

MANILA, Philippines — Authorities seized on Wednesday 11 cargo containers loaded with illicit cigarettes worth an estimated P860 million in Cebu, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) said. In a statement on Thursday, the BOC said the operation stemmed from intelligence information that led authorities to intercept two 40-foot containers carrying cigarettes in Mandaue City. It

MANILA, Philippines — Several business organizations have thrown their support behind the government’s investigation into Philippine Sanjia Steel Corp., the Chinese-run firm whose Misamis Oriental plant was shuttered after radioactive materials were found within the facility. In a joint statement issued on Thursday, the groups, including the Philippine Iron and Steel Institute (Pisi), expressed “serious

MANILA, Philippines — The mothers and lawyers of missing University of the Philippines (UP) students Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño were allowed to enter the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City on Thursday to determine for themselves if former Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan remains incarcerated there. NBP director Superintendent Gary Garcia said in a

COTABATO CITY, BARMM, Philippines — The government-run Cotabato Regional and Medical Center (CRMC) has rolled out its state-of-the-art robotic surgery program, making surgical services aided by robotic instruments accessible to patients in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) and nearby regions. CRMC is the first public hospital in the Bangsamoro region and the

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines — Tuba town, one of Baguio’s closest Benguet neighbors, needs to have a say in a public-private partnership (PPP) offer to upgrade the city’s century-old hydroelectric power plants that were built for the summer capital by the American colonial government. According to a report by a committee of the Baguio City council,

BACOLOD CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines — Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson has agreed to create a province-wide task force to prevent the spread of highly destructive red-striped soft-scale insects (RSSI), which have now spread from sugarcane to other crops. According to former Negros Occidental Governor Rafael Coscolluela, the new provincial body, once created, will

MANILA, Philippines — The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (Caap) said a ceiling panel collapsed at Bicol International Airport Terminal on Thursday afternoon. According to Caap in a statement, it was the ceiling panel at the Well-Wishers area of the airport that detached and fell in front of a restaurant at approximately 5:50 p.m.