Policemen seized P706,180 worth of shabu from two peddlers, both linked to the few remaining leaders of the now-defunct Dawlah Islamiya, arrested in separate entrapment operations in two neighboring Central Mindanao cities on Thursday, January 8.

The Mayon Volcano is exhibiting signs of increasing unrest, with bright red magma and glowing pyroclastic density currents called "uson" continuing to stream from its summit as the lava dome collapses.

Up to 6,000 members of the Northern Mindanao police were deployed to secure the celebration of the Feast of the Black Nazarene in this city yesterday.

A portion of Kennon Road was closed to motorists yesterday morning following a multivehicle collision near Barangay Camp 4 in this town.

Four crewmembers were injured in a fire that destroyed two motorized boats at a wharf in this city on Thursday night.

The Kamuning station of the EDSA Busway system will be off-limits starting this weekend as the construction of a new footbridge and bus station gets underway.

Army troopers have rescued a Filipino-American activist who was reported missing during an encounter with suspected new People’s Army (NPA) guerrillas in Abra de Ilog, Occidental Mindoro on Thursday.

The Department of Transport has ordered the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to immediately suspend the confiscation of driver’s licenses in cases involving traffic violations, while new procedures are being streamlined.

The Department of Education (DepEd) yesterday vowed to review its classroom observation policy following the death of a public high school teacher who collapsed during an evaluation in Muntinlupa.

A photojournalist died yesterday while covering activities related to the annual Traslacion of the Feast of the Jesus Nazarene in Manila, authorities said.