Easterlies will bring isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms across most of the country on April 2, says PAGASA.

Several lava fountaining activities have been recorded at Mayon Volcano in Albay, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.

Six people were injured when a sport utility vehicle (SUV) rammed a tricycle, a motorcycle and two cars in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan on Tuesday night.

The Diocesan Shrine and Parish of San Isidro Labrador in Pulilan, Bulacan will cancel its traditional procession today to avoid creating traffic and help motorists save fuel.

 The number of people visiting Baguio has decreased by 50 percent, which city officials attributed to surging fuel prices.

El Nido in Palawan has been named one of eight best beach escapes in the world by the London-based news organization BBC.

 The governor of Maguindanao del Sur has offered a reward of P300,000 in exchange for information that may lead to the arrest of the gunmen who ambushed and killed five policemen in Shariff Aguak town on Saturday.

Lotto and other digit games are suspended today until Saturday in observance of Holy Week, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office said yesterday.

Shabu with a street value of P38.6 million was intercepted at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Tuesday.

To ease the financial burden on families amid the energy crisis, the Marikina government will shoulder all graduation expenses of around 8,000 public school students in the city.