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A 22-year-old junior high school student was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Balamban, Cebu, early Tuesday morning, July 15, after police allegedly caught him selling suspected shabu.

LEGAZPI CITY — The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) 5 (Bicol) closed a consultancy firm on Thursday following surveillance and an entrapment operation that revealed unauthorized recruitment activities. DMW-5 Director Jeena Paclibar-Laceda said the operation stemmed from the office’s monitoring of an advertisement posted on Facebook and aired over a radio station. The ads were inviting

MANILA, Philippines – Mayon Volcano recorded another burst of lava and ash plumes as it enters its 192nd day of activity, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. READ: Phivolcs releases new footage of Mayon’s effusive eruption In a Facebook post, Phivolcs said the lava collapse, which was caused by an effusive eruption,

COTABATO CITY — An unidentified gunman shot dead a councilor of Kadayangan town in the Special Geographic Area of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). The incident happened in Midsayap, Cotabato, at 3 p.m. on Thursday, July 16, the first day of the gun ban imposed in relation to the Sept. 14 BARMM

A man who was the subject of a court-issued search warrant was killed after allegedly opening fire on law enforcers implementing the order at his residence in Barangay Pulang Bato, Cebu City, early Tuesday morning, July 15.

MANILA – The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday said expanded systems for mental health and reporting are needed to address school violence incidents. Education Secretary Sonny Angara made the remark a day after the conduct of the first-ever active shooter drill during the National Safe Schools Summit at the Manila Science High School on

The Mandaue City government is planning to provide handheld metal detectors to public schools as part of its continuing efforts to enhance security in campuses.

KORONADAL CITY — Nine of the 10 people killed in the landslide that struck a village in Malapatan, Sarangani Province were laid to rest on Thursday, July 16. The fatalities were identified as Alejandro Maladian, Bina Binaton Maladian, Jordan Binaton Maladian, Weljay Maladian, Bonbon Cawari, Therd Yaton Dawang, Prince Yaton Dawang, Save Yaton Dawang, Daniel

MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Mark A. Villar has filed a bill aimed at instituting stronger security and emergency preparedness measures in schools in response to recent shooting and stabbing incidents involving minor students. Senate Bill No. 2321 — or the proposed Learning Institution’s Guaranteed Threat Avoidance and Safety Act (Ligtas Act) — seeks to establish

MARAMAG, Bukidnon — The Davao Oriental State University (DOrSU) assured full support on Thursday for its student interns injured in a truck accident in Maramag, Bukidnon, as four students remained hospitalized, including one in the intensive care unit (ICU). In a statement posted on social media, the university said it remains committed to safeguarding the