The Department of Migrant Workers rescued 78 overseas Filipino worker (OFW) applicants from an unregistered accommodation facility in Makati on Thursday, the DMW said.

The San Juan city government will again limit water-dousing activities during the annual Wattah! Wattah! Festival on June 24 to a designated area along Pinaglabanan Street.

Family members and supporters of Mary Jane Veloso staged a protest outside the Correctional Institution for Women (CIW) in Mandaluyong yesterday, calling for her release, as she testified for the first time against her alleged recruiters.

A new facility was unveiled at the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) headquarters at Camp Karingal on Thursday in honor of a policeman who was killed in a shootout with an alleged robber last year.

For abandoning 3,176 balikbayan boxes and failing to deliver these to the recipients, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) has sued five more cargo forwarding companies.

Fathers in the Philippines could be entitled to up to 105 days of paid paternity leave under a new measure filed in the House of Representatives that seeks to place paternal benefits on par with existing maternity leave laws.

Suspected smuggled cigarettes valued at P6.2 million were seized at a police checkpoint in Kalawit, Zambonga del Norte yesterday morning.

A dead man was found inside an abandoned vehicle in General Tinio, Nueva Ecija on Wednesday.

Classes in some areas affected by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Mindanao on June 8 have been allowed to resume, according to the Department of Education.

Nine traffic enforcers of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) were arrested for allegedly extorting truck drivers in Buenavista, Agusan del Norte on Thursday.