A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck Iloilo province at 6:13 p.m. on Monday, March 2, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. Phivolcs said the epicenter was located 2 kilometers southeast of Tigbauan, Iloilo, at a depth of 10 kilometers. Instruments recorded the...
The Department of Education (DepEd) reaffirmed its commitment to data-driven and evidence-based reforms during the National Basic Education School Research Congress 2026. The two-day congress, held on February 27–28 at the University of Saint Louis Tuguegarao (USLT), brought together educators,...
A magnitude 5.0 offshore earthquake struck Ilocos Sur at 9:36 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 16, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. In its initial bulletin, Phivolcs said the quake’s epicenter was located 49 kilometers southwest of San Esteban, Ilocos Sur, at a...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Police apprehended 29 individuals playing “jueteng,” an illegal numbers game, in Barangay Sipi, Daraga town, Albay province, on Thursday night, Jan. 22. Police Lt. Col. Malu Calubaquib, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office-5, said the suspects were caught in the...
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck Sultan Kudarat at 3 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 20, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. The quake’s epicenter was located 44 kilometers southwest of Kalamansig, Sultan Kudarat, at a shallow depth of two kilometers. Phivolcs said...
LEGAZPI CITY – The Police Regional Office in Bicol (PRO-5) said Wednesday that the suspect in the killing of a woman whose body was allegedly stuffed in a megabox (storage box) and dumped from a bridge in Barangay Pinagwarasan, Basud, Camarines Norte, is now in police custody. The suspect, 35,...
LEGAZPI CITY – The Police Regional Office in Bicol (PRO-5), in coordination with the Police Regional Office 4-A (Calabarzon), is investigating the discovery of a female body wrapped in a blanket and placed inside a black plastic storage box at Pinagwarasan Bridge in Basud, Camarines Norte on Jan....
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LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Police seized over P20-million worth of suspected shabu and arrested three drug pushers during a buy-bust operation on Wednesday, Dec. 3, in Daet town, Camarines Norte. Police Lt. Col. Malu Calubaquib, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office-5, identified the suspects as...
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Davao Oriental at 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 25, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. In its initial bulletin, Phivolcs said the quake’s epicenter was located 41 kilometers southeast of Governor Generoso, at a depth of 26...
Destructive typhoon-force winds continued to batter Northern and Central Luzon late Sunday evening, Nov. 9, as Super Typhoon Uwan (international name: Fung-wong) crossed the Luzon landmass after making landfall over Dinalungan, Aurora earlier in the evening. As of 10 p.m., the center of the eye of...
Super Typhoon Uwan (international name: Fung-wong) made landfall over Dinalungan, Aurora at around 9:10 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 9, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said. PAGASA said the center of Uwan’s eye crossed the coastal town packing...
