The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has hailed Parañaque City as a model for solid waste management, crediting its sustained and effective programs. The recognition was conferred on April 15, citing the city’s strict compliance with Republic Act 9003, a landmark law aimed...
Two fires ripped through residential areas in Taquig City and Muntinlupa City on Wednesday, April 22, gutting five houses and displacing nine families, authorities reported. In Taguig, flames razed three houses in Barangay New Lower Bicutan, affecting five families. The Taguig City Fire Station...
A suspected drug peddler was arrested after allegedly breaking through a police checkpoint in Barangay Greater Fairview, Quezon City, sparking a chase that ended with the seizure of about P544,000 worth of shabu early Tuesday morning, April 21. Quezon City Police District (QCPD) operatives...
The Navotas City government reported major progress in battling the old landfill fire, with intensified soil-smothering operations driving down fire spots and signaling stronger control of the blaze. Mayor John Rey Tiangco said soil covering has reached about 27 percent, or 8.13 hectares of the...
DAVAO CITY – The Davao City government will roll out a mobile emergency application to modernize city response operations and improve dispatch efficiency, particularly in geographically challenging areas. Councilor Bonz Andrei Militar, head of the Committees on Information Technology and Future...
Known as “The City of Gentle People,” the City of Dumaguete is recognized for its tourist attractions, lively music scene, and as the home of Silliman University. It also has a deep and longstanding literary history, which came to the fore this April 17-20, 2026. Not only was it the third...
An off-duty police officer from the Angadanan Police Station in Isabela was feted for responding to a fire that destroyed a vehicle inside a gas station in Barangay Alibagu, Ilagan City, Isabela, on Monday, April 20. Police Master Sgt. Kennedy Tungpalan and his wife were on their way home from the...
Can plastic waste be turned into comfortable homes? In Pasig City, the local government is preparing to replicate a prototype project that uses durable boards made from recycled plastic waste to build temporary housing for informal settler families (ISFs). The housing prototype was formally...
LEGAZPI CITY – The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has reported that the Ligao Observation Station of Mayon Volcano is currently non-operational following the theft of critical equipment. The incident was discovered on April 19 during routine maintenance at the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Department of Trade and Industry is evaluating a proposal submitted by the canning industry to raise the price of sardines to P31 for a 155-gram can, a figure double the current price of P15. The group is also pushing for direct fuel importation from Malaysia as one of the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The mother of an Overseas Filipino Worker allegedly killed in Lebanon by her employer’s son is appealing for help from the national and local governments. Helen Zamoras, a former OFW and mother of the victim Honeylith Zamoras, is seeking help from the national government in...
BACOLOD CITY – This highly-urbanized city is providing assistance for 80 families or 240 individuals displaced by a fire in Purok Ramon, Magsaysay, Barangay 14 here on Tuesday, April 21. Fire Officer 2 Rolin Paulan, chief arson investigator of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Bacolod, said the...
