MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the Vice Mayor at the Manila City Hall caught fire on Wednesday morning, according to the Manila Disaster City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Department (DRRMD). READ: Oriental Mindoro house fire kills 2 siblings, injures grandmother In a report by Manila DRRMD shared by the Manila City government to
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USD to PHP Exchange Rate Today, Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Guide on USD to PHP Exchange Rate Today, Wednesday, September 2, 2026 – How Much You Will Get? USD TO PHP – You can check out the exchange rate between United States (US) Dollar to Philippine Peso today, Wednesday, September 2, 2026. Countless Pinoys are employed abroad for several years now in the pursuit to ... Read more
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VP Trial Day 21: Defense lawyer Michael Poa to testify in impeachment court
MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte’s defense counsel and former Department of Education (DepEd) Chief of Staff Michael Poa is scheduled to testify on Wednesday, September 2. He will be called on by the prosecution panel to take the witness stand. The counsel cannot yet be called a hostile witness at this time, since
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Daily Gospel, September 2, 2026
This is the Daily Gospel of September 2, 2026, which is the Wednesday of the Twenty-second week in Ordinary Time. READ MORE: Daily Gospel, September 1, 2026 Daily Gospel, August 31, 2026 This is the Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ, according to Saint Luke 4, 38-44. After Jesus left the synagogue, he entered the house of
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Pilandok slightly weakens as habagat prevails over Luzon, Visayas
MANILA, Philippines — Tropical Storm Pilandok slightly decelerated while moving east-northeastward over the Philippine Sea, while the southwest monsoon, or habagat, will continue to prevail over Luzon and Visayas on Wednesday, according to the state weather bureau. In its 5 a.m. weather forecast, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said that weather
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Most cybercrimes still tied to SIM cards despite law – PNP
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police-Anti-Cybercrime Group (PNP-ACG) has pushed for amendments to the SIM Card Registration Act, saying that despite its passage, almost all recent cybercrime cases in the country still involve subscriber identity modules (SIM) cards. PNP-ACG director Maj. Gen. Wilson Casil Asueta made the suggestion during a press briefing on Tuesday
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Ang: NLEx flooding due to blocked dam water
MANILA, Philippines — San Miguel Corp. (SMC) president Ramon Ang attributed the flooding along the North Luzon Expressway (NLEx) to soil and debris left behind during the 2024 repair of the NLEx Tulaoc Bridge. Speaking to Bulacan journalists on Tuesday, Ang said the debris had obstructed the flow of water released from Pantabangan Dam in
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Stuck on NLEx: ‘As if we went abroad’
MANILA, Philippines — These detours are not the happy kind. Several netizens shared their experiences of driving for hours over the weekend due to heavy traffic along the North Luzon Expressway (NLEx), amid flooding brought by days of torrential rains. Many towns in Pampanga province, which the NLEx runs through, were inundated as the southwest
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Army: No OVP, DepEd funds for youth programs
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Army received no money from the Office of the Vice President (OVP), the Department of Education (DepEd), or the Vice Presidential Security and Protection Group (VPSPG) for two youth programs that DepEd later cited to justify P15.54 million in confidential fund spending, an Army officer testified on Tuesday. Col. Manaros
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Gov’t, MILF bolster peace for BARMM polls
COTABATO CITY, BARMM, Philippines — The Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have tapped two peace process mechanisms to help ensure the peaceful conduct of the upcoming Bangsamoro parliamentary elections, following a high-level engagement on Monday. Presidential Peace Adviser Mel Senen Sarmiento, who also heads the GPH Peace Implementing
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