Police and Customs intelligence personnel seized smuggled cigarettes worth P2.9 million in operations in this city and Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay on Tuesday.

Two persons died before reaching the hospital where they were rushed after their jeepney fell into a 10-meter ravine in Barangay Bahong in La Trinidad, Benguet early yesterday.

Three construction workers reportedly died from natural gas poisoning in Barangay Patabog in Mulanay, Quezon on Tuesday.

The vaccination coverage against COVID in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao has been improving, according to vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr.

The 22 Filipino fishermen and owner of the F/B Gem-Ver have received P6 million in compensation from the owner of the Chinese vessel that rammed their boat in Recto Bank in 2019.

Up to 3,631 people were arrested nationwide for violating the election gun ban, which ended yesterday, the Philippine National Police reported.

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency continues to forge alliances with 42,045 barangays in the government’s intensified war on drugs, an official said yesterday.

Anti-narcotics officers confiscated around nine kilos of shabu with an estimated street value of P61.2 million in Parañaque City on Tuesday night.

Mount Bulusan in Sorsogon has remained calm following Sunday’s phreatic eruption, with 11 volcanic earthquakes recorded in the past two days.

The Land Transportation Office yesterday gave the owner of a sport utility vehicle that ran over a security guard in Mandaluyong City a last chance to attend the LTO hearing tomorrow.