A magnitude-3.4 earthquake rocked South Cotabato yesterday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said.

Military and police officers arrested two suspected suppliers of bomb components to Abu Sayyaf bandit group in Jolo, Sulu on Sunday.

Thirteen officials and personnel of the Department of Agrarian Reform in Cebu will be charged for failing to distribute 2,007 land titles to farmer-beneficiaries, the DAR said yesterday.

Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra yesterday referred to the Presidential Task Force on Media Security the investigation of the murder of a municipal official in Capiz.

A local businessman linked to illegal drug trade by President Duterte has been cleared by the Philippine National Police.

Sen. Leila de Lima has proposed the grant of mandatory paid leaves for qualified workers in the public or private sector who have contracted COVID-19.

A private resort in Malabon City was shut down on Sunday for holding a baptismal party, which violated the ban on mass gatherings during the pandemic.

Cebu Pacific transported over 236,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines across the country last week as part of its ongoing efforts to help the Philippines recover from the virus.

President Duterte has chosen the next chief of the 220,000-strong Philippine National Police, according to Malacañang.

Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año said yesterday he has fully recovered from two heart bypass surgeries when he went on a three-month leave.