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LUCENA CITY, Quezon – Sulfur dioxide emissions from Taal Volcano in Batangas province increased sharply after dropping to their lowest daily level this year, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported on Thursday, July 16. Based on its 24-hour monitoring, Phivolcs said Taal Volcano released 289 metric tons of sulfur dioxide from its

CALAPAN CITY, Occidental Mindoro — Police have identified a minor as the person behind a series of bomb threat messages sent to several schools in Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro, prompting security operations and alarm among students, teachers, and parents. The Sablayan Municipal Police Station, together with the Police Regional Office Mimaropa’s Regional Anti-Cyber Crime Unit, traced

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — Some 250 students across Oriental Mindoro province each received P20,000 in educational assistance on Wednesday under the national government’s “Bawat Bayan Makikinabang” presidential scholarship program. In a ceremony on Wednesday at the Naujan Sports Complex, Executive Secretary Ralph Recto said the program embodies President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s goal of opening

The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology in Central Visayas (BJMP-7) conducted the oath-taking ceremony for 288 newly appointed Jail Officers 1 at a university here on Thursday, July 16, 2026.

MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Mark A. Villar has filed a bill seeking to strengthen school security and emergency preparedness following 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 a uniform school safety framework

MANILA, Philippines — The low pressure area (LPA) monitored outside the Philippine area of responsibility will not directly affect the country in the next two to three days, the state weather bureau said on Thursday.  In the 5 p.m. weather forecast of Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, weather specialist Loriedin de La Cruz-Galicia

MANILA, Philippines—Labor groups on Thursday said the new round of cash aid that will be given to low-income households affected by the energy crisis is only a “temporary” measure. It is urging the government to suspend excise and value-added taxes (VAT) on petroleum products instead. “If the government has this much money, they should have

MANILA, Philippines – Health advocates on Thursday called on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to raise sin taxes—or those imposed on alcohol, sweetened beverages and tobacco products—as current measures are no longer enough to curb unhealthy habits among the youth. In a press briefing, members of the Youth for Health coalition urged the government to allocate

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