Power providers in Zambales and Olongapo have agreed to reduce power rates by P2 to P4 per kilowatt-hour following a meeting with Zambales Rep. Jay Khonghun on Saturday.

A K9 dog trainer was arrested for posing as an Army soldier and possession of illegal firearms in this city yesterday.

A two-year old girl drowned in an irrigation canal in Bustos, Bulacan on Saturday afternoon.

Nine alleged ranking leaders of the New People’s Army have surrendered to authorities in Valencia, Bukidnon, the military reported yesterday.

The show must go on at the Cultural Center of the Philippines despite its planned closure in January next year until 2025 for renovation.

Portions of Meralco Avenue, one of the busiest thoroughfares in Pasig City, will be closed to traffic starting next month until 2028 to make way for civil works for the Shaw Boulevard segment of the P488.48-billion Metro Manila subway project.

The Quezon City government has completed the accreditation of over 4,000 civil society organizations, the highest number of recognized CSOs in the history of the city, as part of its efforts to promote participatory governance.

The mayor of Pandag town in Magindanao, who was wanted for alleged involvement in the murder of a couple, was arrested in a hotel in this city on Saturday.

Local government units devastated by recent calamities such as typhoons and earthquakes may avail themselves of the P5.58-billion financial assistance to fund their recovery programs, according to the Department of the Interior and Local Government.

The Commission on Elections has dismissed a poll protest filed by former Bacolod mayor Evelio Leonardia against incumbent Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez.