Public market vendors and members of the Tricycle Operators and Drivers’ Association in Matag-ob, Leyte received financial and other assistance from Sen. Bong Go on Saturday.

Nine persons were reportedly killed including a leader of militant group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan or Bayan following simultaneous crackdowns against activists in Cavite, Laguna, Batangas and Rizal early yesterday morning.

The Philippine Coast Guard used its aerial assets to deliver seven boxes of Sinovac vaccines to Mimaropa (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan) on Friday.

Two mild earthquakes rocked parts of Davao region yesterday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said.

Three persons died while another was injured in separate vehicular accidents in Cagayan and Isabela on Saturday.

The Sandiganbayan has dismissed a graft case filed against former Camarines Sur governor now Cong. Luis Raymund “L-Ray” Villafuerte Jr. in connection with the allegedly anomalous awarding of a P6.3-million security service contract.

The Grand Lotto 6/55 jackpot is expected to soar to P230 million for tonight’s draw, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office announced yesterday.

A Spanish Navy training ship will visit the Philippines to mark the first circumnavigation of the world, considered as one of the most significant achievements in the history of mankind, the Spanish embassy in Manila announced yesterday.

The Quezon City government yesterday ordered business establishments to use the city’s digital contact tracing app amid the surge in the number of COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila.

The most wanted person of the Southern Police District was apprehended in Makati over the weekend.