Nursita Mahalli Malud is also suspected to be a finance courier for the terrorist group, authorities said.

Twelve more vehicles were recovered on Thursday and Friday in connection with a car rental scam in Bulacan.

Around 20 suspected New People’s Army rebels have destroyed a heavy equipment in a quarry area in Sitio Nandong, Barangay Orong in Kabankalan, Negros Occidental.

After waiting for six years, members of the Ati tribe in Romblon were recently awarded land titles by the Department of Agrarian Reform.

The Commission on Human Rights has urged concerned government agencies and other parties to cooperate in its investigation into the death of two lumad teachers and three others in Davao de Oro last month.

Four labor groups and an informal sector representative filed a joint petition on Friday for a wage increase in Central Visayas.

Up to 1,608 people nationwide have been arrested for violation of the election gun ban, the Philippine National Police reported yesterday.

The first phase of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority flood management project is “on the right track,” an official said yesterday.

Civil society and watchdog groups called for closer collaboration between government agencies and private sector to fight rising cases of online sexual abuse and exploitation of children.

Nine persons were arrested for allegedly carrying P920,000 worth of illegal drugs in separate stings in Caloocan and Quezon City on Friday.