As part of his efforts to help in the recovery of more crisis victims in the country, Sen. Bong Go has provided aid to families whose houses were damaged during a fire incident in Barangay Ilang, Davao City.

Smuggled cigarettes with an estimated value of P5 million were seized by police and intelligence agents of the Bureau of Customs in this city on Saturday.

A lone bettor in San Jose, Nueva Ecija won the jackpot in the 6/42 Regular Lotto draw on Saturday night, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office reported yesterday.

Three members of the outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters were killed while four others were wounded in an encounter in this province yesterday morning.

There are no more vacancies in the intensive care units for COVID cases in hospitals in Bacoor, Cavite; Koronadal in Cotabato and Iloilo City, according to the latest report on COVID of the OCTA group of researchers.

Humanitarian organization Oxfam Philippines has called for the suspension of military offensives in the Bangsamoro region, noting these have displaced more than 15,000 families in Basilan, Maguindanao, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi.

Eastern Visayas yesterday recorded the highest number of COVID-19 cases in a single day since the pandemic started last year.

More than 170 barangays in Pasay have been declared free of COVID-19, the city government said yesterday.

As the nation celebrated Father’s Day, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana reminded the children of soldiers to always be good as their fathers remain stationed at the frontlines.

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and Philippine National Police will soon release unified guidelines that will be followed by PDEA and PNP agents to prevent “misencounters” during anti-narcotics operations, an official said yesterday.