Malaysian authorities have resumed the repatriation of Filipinos who illegally entered Sabah.

Dengue-related deaths in Negros Occidental have risen to 27 while cases rose by 1,008 percent.

The Commission on Elections is ready for the holding of the plebiscite in Maguindanao on Sept. 17.

There are 662 Filipino centenarians or those who are 100 years old and older, according to the Department of Social Welfare and Development.

A man who claimed to be a staff of the Office of the Vice President was arrested for allegedly soliciting money for beneficiaries of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s various financial assistance programs.

A female traffic enforcer of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority was injured after being hit by a bus along EDSA yesterday.

The Philippine National Police yesterday asked the Bureau of Immigration to issue a hold departure order or HDO against the alleged mastermind in the kidnapping and murder of a chief executive officer of a pharmaceutical company in Taguig City.

Investigators of the Philippine National Police have obtained “substantial” information in connection with the allegedly forged documents on the appointment of lawyer Abraham Espejo Jr. as commissioner of the Bureau of Immigration.

While affirming his conviction, the Sandiganbayan appears to have reduced its sentence against former military comptroller Carlos Garcia in connection with his illegal amassing of wealth amounting to P303 million from 1993 to 2004.

Students in Cebu City and the rest of Central Visayas are still required to wear face masks, the Department of Education-Central Visayas office announced yesterday.