The police arrested on Thursday afternoon a suspect in the 2009 “Ampatuan massacre,” after another was killed in a shootout in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao earlier the same day.

Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go on Wednesday distributed relief assistance to families whose houses were destroyed by a fire in Barangay Baesa on April 10.

The vice mayor of Rizal town in Cagayan province who is wanted for the murder of a municipal councilor was arrested in Quezon City on Monday, police said yesterday.

A bettor in Pasay City won the P33-million jackpot in the Mega Lotto 6/45 draw on Wednesday night, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office said.

A small town lottery bet collector was shot dead in Rosario, Batangas on Wednesday.

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck off the coast of Davao Oriental yesterday.

There are 12 “hotly contested” towns in Maguindanao due to reported violence, according to the Commission on Elections.

Up to 2,691 people have been arrested nationwide for violating the election gun ban, the Philippine National Police reported yesterday.

Damage to agriculture in areas battered by Tropical Storm Agaton has increased to P2.8 billion.

Wearing dinosaur costumes, members of the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals staged a demonstration ahead of Earth Day celebration today.