April 5, which falls on a Tuesday, is a special non-working holiday in Pangasinan, including Dagupan City.

Two leaders of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters and 10 of their followers surrendered to the military on Wednesday.

The true-to-life crucifixion of penitents in Barangay Cutud in this city as part of Good Friday rituals was canceled again this year.

The Commission on Elections is eyeing around 300 areas of concern in the May elections.

Twelve former soldiers who served as security aides of Vice Mayor Josefina Disono of Pilar, Abra were taken into custody as the standoff with law enforcers following a shootout at a police checkpoint ended on Wednesday.

Three consecutive phreatomagmatic bursts, which generated plumes that rose up to 900 meters, were recorded in Taal Volcano yesterday.

Two detained executives of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. have asked the Senate to place them under house arrest on humanitarian considerations.

Fire incidents decreased by nearly 35 percent last month, the Bureau of Fire Protection reported yesterday.

An anti-narcotics officer allegedly hooked on e-sabong and accused of duping a Sangguniang Kabataan chairman of P170,000 in cash was arrested while in the act of placing bets in online cockfight in Sta. Mesa, Manila on Wednesday.

The Sandiganbayan has sentenced a former president of the state-owned National Agribusiness Corp. to up to eight years in prison for alleged unlawful payment of P4.797 million to a financial consultant in 2012.c