The three areas with the highest number of active COVID-19 cases are Tondo 1 with 29, San Andres with 12 and Pandacan and Sampaloc with seven each. 

A rookie police officer is facing criminal and administrative charges for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman in Laguna on Sunday, authorities said yesterday.

Continuous heavy downpour spawned by shear line or tail-end of frontal system caused floods in several areas in Quezon province yesterday.

Seven people died while nine others were hospitalized when a bus hit a tricycle and a group of people in Lubao, Pampanga on Sunday.

Police arrested a man for selling illegal firecrackers in Bocaue, Bulacan on Saturday.

An alleged leader of the outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters was killed in an encounter in Shariff Saydona Mustapha, Maguindanao on Sunday.

It may take 45 days for power to be fully restored in areas in Negros Occidental that were devastated by Super Typhoon Odette, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said yesterday.

The mayor of Lopez Jaena town in Misamis Occidental, who was shot during a Christmas party last week, has died in a hospital.

The Metro Rail Transit Line 3 has overhauled 38 train cars to maintain a 70 percent passenger capacity.

The jackpot in the 6/49 Super Lotto is estimated to reach P95 million for tonight’s draw, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office said yesterday.