Several major roads in Manila will be temporarily closed, and traffic will be rerouted starting 1 a.m. on Sunday, April 19, for the conduct of the Earth Day Run 2026. The Manila Traffic and Parking Bureau (MTPB) said the following roads will be closed: — Northbound lane of Roxas Boulevard from...
Prime Infrastructure has deployed two firefighting tugboats to help contain the blaze at the Navotas sanitary landfill, as local authorities continue efforts to extinguish a deep-seated fire that broke out on April 10. In a press briefing on Wednesday, April 15, Navotas City Mayor John Rey Tiangco...
Lapses in the closure and rehabilitation of the Navotas Sanitary Landfill have been blamed for the underground fire that continues to smolder at the site, where authorities on Tuesday, April 14, intensified sand burial operations to contain the incident. Navotas City Mayor John Rey Tiangco said...
Several major roads in Manila will be closed from April 2 to 3 to make way for the Good Friday procession of the Jesus Nazareno, the Manila Police District announced. The procession will begin at Plaza Miranda in Quiapo and will traverse key streets, including Villalobos, Carlos Palanca (Ilalim),...
The southbound lane of the EDSA Magallanes Flyover will be temporarily closed to give way for the round-the-clock rehabilitation works during the Holy Week period, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said on Monday, Mar. 30. DPWH said the nonstop construction activity is part of its...
A section of the Baao–Iriga City–Nabua Road in Camarines Sur will be closed on March 28 for the “Fire Run” activity, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said. The activity, scheduled from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m., will cover the stretch from the Baao Municipal Public Market to...
The Manila Police District (MPD) has issued a traffic rerouting scheme for motorists in preparation for the highly-anticipated Traslacion 2026 on Friday, Jan. 9, a traditional procession celebrated during the Feast of Jesus Nazareno in Manila attended by millions of devotees. In its advisory, a...
Travel along three national roads in the Visayas and Bicol regions was disrupted on Friday morning, July 18, due to heavy rains brought by the enhanced "habagat" ( southwest monsoon) and tropical storm "Crising," the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) reported. In a situational...
The Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC) on Monday, July 14, denounced what it described as the “rampant” and unjust closure of teachers’ cooperatives in schools, calling on the Department of Education (DepEd) to immediately halt these shutdowns and clarify its policies. In a statement, the...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) announced on Wednesday, Feb. 5, that it has issued a closure order to a college in Borongan City due to its failure to meet required academic and operational standards. (CHED) In a statement, CHED confirmed that it has ordered the immediate closure and...
Widespread flooding, triggered by Typhoon Carina and exacerbated by the southwest monsoon, led to the closure and shortened operating hours of major financial institutions on Thursday, July 25. In a series of advisories, BDO Unibank, Land Bank of the Philippines, Bank of the Philippine Islands...
The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) downplayed concerns about a looming garbage crisis in Central Luzon once the contract for the Kalangitan sanitary landfill's operations in Capas, Tarlac ended. In a statement on Monday, June 10, Delfin N. Lorenzana, BCDA chairman stated...
