The city of Candon in Ilocos Sur was placed under modified enhanced community quarantine or MECQ starting yesterday until May 29 due to increasing COVID cases.

Two personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard and a public school teacher were arrested in a sting in this city on Saturday.

The Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Misamis Occidental has asked the Department of Public Works and Highways central office in Manila to investigate the alleged unfair bidding practices at the DPWH provincial office.

Two members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, who were among a hundred bandits who attacked the public market in Datu Paglas town in this province, were killled in an encounter with government security forces in Barangay Mao yesterday.

The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board has ordered all inter-regional and inter-provincial public utility vehicles to use the safe, swift and smart passage or S-PASS travel management system.

The Bulusan Volcano in Sorsogon continues to act up as state seismologists have detected at least five volcanic earthquakes per day in the past four days until yesterday.

A 99-year-old patient at the Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center became the oldest COVID-19 survivor in Manila.

The Quezon City government’s vaccination program is in full swing, with more inoculation sites established in the city in partnership with the private sector.

Two principal suspects in the murder of two children in San Jose del Monte City in Bulacan have been arrested, police said yesterday.

The jackpot in the 6/45 Mega Lotto draw tonight is expected to reach P146 million after no one guessed the six-digit winning combination during last Friday’s draw.