The outgoing Armed Forces chief of staff, who got a Medal of Valor for gallantry and whose tenure ended Saturday, urged southerners to emulate how residents of Basilan have made their province peaceful.

“Right now, I am asking to let the investigation takes its course,” Eleazar said, adding that he would personally monitor the progress of the investigation. 

Twenty five persons were arrested and 95 unlicensed guns were confiscated in simultaneous police operations in Caraga on Friday.

A Philippine Airlines Bayanihan flight carrying 271 Filipinos from Dubai arrived at the Davao International Airport on Friday.

The Philippine National Police remains hopeful it could still get an audience with Supreme Court magistrates regarding its concerns over some of the guidelines issued by the SC on the use of body cameras in serving arrest and search warrants.

Thirteen more people from Mandaluyong who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 were still infected with the virus, the city government said yesterday.

At least 575 farmers in Southern Leyte are now owners of the land they have been tilling for decades.

Non-essential travel to this city was suspended for one week starting yesterday.

A group of doctors in Aklan has sought a stricter quarantine classification in the province, citing a spike in COVID-19 cases.

Malolos City and Calumpit town in Bulacan have been placed under a state of calamity amid widespread flooding caused by the southwest monsoon.