Soldiers killed the top leader in mainland Mindanao of the feared Dawlah Islamiya and his wife in a brief encounter in nearby Talayan town before dawn Friday.

A bettor in Barotac Nuevo in Iloilo province won the P35.2-million jackpot of the 6/45 Mega Lotto drawn on Wednesday night.

Around P600 million worth of smuggled and counterfeit goods were seized by operatives of the Bureau of Customs in Tanza, Cavite on Wednesday afternoon.

Around 100 minors with comorbidities aged 12 to 17 in Cebu City will be vaccinated against COVID-19 at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center today.

Dumaguete City in Negros Oriental and Lubang town in Occidental Mindoro are at “critical risk” for COVID-19 due to an increase in new cases in the past week, according to the OCTA Research Group.

Passengers of public utility jeepneys in this city are no longer required to wear face shields.

Sen. Bong Go led the opening of the country’s 146th Malasakit Center at the Las Piñas General Hospital and Satellite Trauma Center on Wednesday.

The United States embassy in Manila yesterday convened the fourth national conference of the Association of Anti-Drug Abuse Coalitions of the Philippines.

National Capital Region Police Office director Maj. Gen. Vicente Danao Jr. has called on NCRPO personnel to get COVID-19 jabs, saying that the vaccines work against the disease.

The Quezon City government has partnered with food delivery application foodpanda to provide livelihood to over 200 residents who lost their jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic.