PAGASA forecasts cloudy skies and isolated light rains during the Jan. 9 Traslacion in Metro Manila.

Shabu with an estimated street value of P2.17 million was seized from two drug suspects in Iloilo City on Monday night.

Smuggled cigarettes valued at P21.2 million were seized in a police operation that also resulted in the arrest of three people in Zamboanga City on Tuesday.

Up to 8.2 million Filipinos nationwide received assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development, through the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situations ayuda program last year.

Police have identified the dead woman inside a plastic storage box, which was found floating in a river in Basud, Camarines Norte on New Year’s Day.

State volcanologists yesterday raised the alert status at Mayon Volcano in Albay from Level 2 to 3 due to intensified unrest caused by lava dome growth at the summit and increased pyroclastic density currents.

With over 6,500 police officers and emergency response personnel deployed, the Philippine National Police yesterday gave assurance that security measures are in place for the celebration of the Sinulog Festival in Cebu.

To improve road safety, the Parañaque government will ban electric bicycles, e-tricycles and other similar mobility devices from traversing seven major roads in the city starting this month, Mayor Edwin Olivarez announced on Monday.

Former Ilocos Sur governor Luis “Chavit” Singson’s call for a “one-time big-time” rally to remove President Marcos is considered inciting to sedition, a Malacañang official said yesterday.

For allegedly refusing to follow lawful directives and wearing expensive footwear, a retired Philippine National Police general is facing administrative cases, the National Police Commission announced yesterday.