A special task group has been created to investigate the killing of former vice mayor Narciso Amansec of Dipaculao, Aurora, his wife Melinda and their driver in a gun attack on Monday.

A delivery van loaded with 215 master cases of smuggled cigarettes worth P8.1 million was seized in Kumalarang, Zamboanga del Sur on Tuesday.

President Marcos’ youngest son yesterday joined the Executive Motorcycle Riding Course of the Philippine National Police Highway Patrol Group.

Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna yesterday said she would be attending the C40 World Mayors Summit to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina this month.

The Bureau of Immigration is set to deport 372 foreign citizens, mostly Chinese, for violating immigration laws, an official announced yesterday.

The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a bill creating a new barangay that will be carved out of Taguig City.

The United States government, through the US Agency for International Development, has recognized and granted awards to four of Palawan’s best marine protected areas.

Five regions in the country have exceeded the measles epidemic threshold as cases almost quadrupled compared to last year, the Department of Health reported yesterday.

Newly proclaimed Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo took his oath before President Marcos at Malacañang yesterday.

Former mayor Charita Chan of Babatngon, Leyte has been sentenced to up to 10 years in prison over the illegal issuance of a permit for cockfights in 2009.