The large grouper is a common catch in the town, merchants and local officials said.

The Zamboanga City Police Office said the two mayors were attacked by four men on motorcycles in a seaside village in Barangay Baliwasan.

"Our theory, for now, is that there was a grudge between the family of the victims and their attackers," the Maguindanao police chief said.

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has again ordered the closure of a sanitary landfill in Urdaneta, Pangasinan after it was found out that the facility is still being used despite an existing cease and desist order.

A local court in this city has appointed Olivia Yanson special administrator of the estate of her late husband, which included a major transport firm that operates on Negros Island as well as in the rest of the Visayas and Mindanao.

Police are investigating a shooting incident that recently occurred at the Mindanao State University in Marawi, Lanao del Sur, which left three persons wounded.

The Quezon City council has approved a landmark measure that seeks to boost efforts to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted infections, including the human immunodeficiency virus that causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.

Police will be deployed to implement peace and order during the pilot run of face-to-face classes in Metro Manila today, an official said yesterday.

A bettor from Urdaneta, Pangasinan won the jackpot in the 6/42 Regular Lotto draw on Saturday night, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) said yesterday.

Former Caloocan congresswoman Mitzi Cajayon-Uy wants public officials unjustly accused of graft by the Office of the Ombudsman compensated.