Former Philippine National Police spokesman Brig. Gen. Bernard Banac is the new director of the Eastern Visayas police.

Two Dawlah Islamiya members were killed while four soldiers were wounded in an encounter in Balabagan, Lanao del Sur on Wednesday.

Fifty stranded Filipinos have been repatriated from Bahrain, the Department of Foreign Affairs announced yesterday.

Rep. Edward delos Santos of Ang Probinsiyano party-list has been sworn in as a member of the House of Representatives.

Police investigators are looking into a possible kidnapping case after a luxury car was abandoned in Malate, Manila before dawn yesterday.

Over 300 government-issued firearms have been confiscated in Metro Manila ahead of the May general elections, the National Capital Region Police Office reported yesterday.

Around 70 families were left homeless when a fire razed a slum area in Pasig City on Wednesday.

Despite the downward trend in new cases in more areas, three highly urbanized cities in Luzon remain at high risk for COVID-19, the OCTA Research Group said yesterday.

More local destinations no longer require a negative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction or antigen test for fully vaccinated persons.

A follower of slain Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon surrendered in Basilan on Tuesday.