China has extended a 2.34-billion renminbi or around P17.39 billion to fund the construction of a bridge that would connect Davao City and Samal Island in Mindanao.

Two persons were killed while six others were wounded in an ambush in a secluded barangay in this city on Sunday night.

A barangay chairman was killed in an attack by motorcycle-riding assailants in Carles, Iloilo on Sunday night.

Commission on Elections Law Department director John Rex Laudiangco has been retained as acting Comelec spokesman.

Government security forces arrested an alleged leader of the New People’s Army in Guihulngan, Negros Oriental on Sunday.

A total of 2,094 dengue cases have been recorded while six persons have died from the mosquito-borne disease in Cagayan Valley, the regional health office reported yesterday.

Despite possible postponement, the Commission on Elections is preparing for the holding of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on Dec. 5.

The volume of vehicles passing through EDSA dropped amid the rising prices of fuel products, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) reported yesterday.

At least 300 people visited the Manila Bay dolomite beach as it reopened on Sunday, coinciding with the Independence Day celebration.

Operations of the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 were halted when two men on a motorcycle died after falling from a flyover above the MRT-3 tracks in Pasay on Sunday night.