Disaster response officials said 44 people were injured in the magnitude-6.4 earthquake that struck Abra on Tuesday night.

The Commission on Elections has moved up to Dec. 17 the plebiscite to ratify the conversion of Baliwag into a component city.

Aside from free cleaning and painting of tombs in public cemeteries in this city, the city government is providing free candles for families visiting the tombs of their loved ones on All Saints’ Day.

A public school teacher in this city has been arrested for 22 counts of estafa.

An 11-year-old boy died in a fire in Barangay Ibabang Dupay in this city on Tuesday night.

Former mayor Carmencita Daep of Manito, Albay and four other former municipal government officials have been convicted of graft over irregularities in the procurement of liquid fertilizer worth almost P3 million in 2004.

The number of cholera cases in the country almost tripled compared to last year, according to the Department of Health.

A tower of the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines in Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte, which was toppled in a bomb explosion on Monday, has been repaired.

The Manila Police District will deploy 1,000 personnel to secure the observance of All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day in the city, MPD director Brig. Gen. Andre Dizon said on Tuesday.

The SM Foundation Inc. and its partners conducted medical missions to provide equitable healthcare to senior citizens as part of the celebration of Elderly Filipino Week from Oct. 1 to 7.