The municipal government of Infanta in Quezon is seeking the immediate suspension of all quarrying activities along the Agos River, citing serious threats to the environment and public safety as well as to the livelihood of the people.

A 42-year-old woman was killed while her companion was wounded in an attack by a lone assailant in Tiaong, Quezon on Thursday.

Residents of Kalinga are refuting claims by some government officials that local tribes are protecting former Bureau of Corrections chief Gerald Bantag.

Four people died in separate vehicular accidents in Quezon province on Wednesday.

The Supreme Court  has dismissed and disbarred the clerk of court of the La Trinidad Regional Trial Court for bribery and serious misconduct.

 A Nepali tagged in a plot to assassinate ranking government officials in his country has been arrested in Malolos, Bulacan, the Bureau of Immigration  reported yesterday.

One of two motorcycle-riding men who hurled a grenade at a group of revelers in Matalam, Cotabato on New Year’s Eve was killed in an alleged shootout with police on Thursday.

The nationwide voter registration for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections resumed yesterday, the Commission on Elections announced.

The Department of Health has reported seven deaths out of the 1,113 road accidents recorded in 10 DOH sentinel hospitals from Dec. 21 to Jan. 2.

Quiapo Church has scheduled the blessing of the replicas and estandartes (banners) of the Black Nazarene today, just six days before the traditional traslacion on Jan. 9.