The number of active COVID cases in Pangasinan is increasing again with 252 new infections logged on Oct. 2.

The Philippine Navy has temporarily grounded its fleet of five Agusta Westland 109 (AW109) helicopters following an air accident in Lal-lo, Cagayan that injured a pilot and three others last week.

A magnitude-5.6 earthquake shook several areas in Occidental Mindoro and nearby provinces yesterday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said.

A baby boy died when a fire struck a residential area in Parañaque on Saturday afternoon.

Sixteen towns and three cities in Pangasinan received certificates of candidacy from aspiring mayors, vice mayors and councilors as well as congressmen as of Saturday, records from the local offices of the Commission on Elections showed.

A councilor in Malabon yesterday filed his certificate of candidacy to replace his brother, Mayor Antolin Oreta III, in next year’s elections.

A total of 341 officers of the Bureau of Immigration at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport were reshuffled yesterday to curb corruption among BI personnel.

Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra yesterday ordered the National Bureau of Investigation to conduct a case build-up on 52 drug cases that resulted in deaths.

Unregistered medicines worth more than P29 milion were confiscated recently by the Bureau of Customs at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.

The National Bureau of Investigation is coordinating with witnesses who were last seen with visual artist Bree Jonson and Julian Ongpin prior to her death at a resort in La Union last month, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said yesterday.