No permits are required to set up a community pantry in Quezon City, but those who do want to organize one are “strongly encouraged” to inform in writing and coordinate with the barangay where the pantry would be located.

The new head of the Bicol police assumed his post yesterday.

Two followers of Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters leader Abu Toraife were killed in a military offensive in Shariff Saidona Mustapha before dawn yesterday.

La Union’s capital city of San Fernando will be under general community quarantine starting today until May 7.

The rehabilitation of Marawi is more than halfway done, according to Task Force Bangon Marawi chairman Eduardo del Rosario.

A bettor in Lucban, Quezon won the P24.4 million jackpot in the 6/49 Super Lotto drawn on Thursday night, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office said yesterday.

Typhoon Bising weakened into a severe tropical storm as it continued to move northeast, away from Philippine landmass yesterday, the state weather bureau said.

The Professional Regulation Commission has postponed nursing licensure examinations due to the increasing number of COVID-19 cases.

The Bureau of Customs has confiscated P1.6 million worth of methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu at a warehouse in Pasay City.

Manila Mayor Isko Moreno has released P51 million for the monthly allowance of the city’s senior citizens.