The camp of Vice President Sara Duterte is expected to submit its response to the articles of impeachment before the Senate on Monday, June 1, the final day of the deadline set by the impeachment court. Lawyer Michael Poa, one of Duterte’s legal counsels, said the camp has yet to decide whether...
The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the immediate preventive suspension of Catanduanes Vice Governor Robert Fernandez and 11 members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan over alleged irregularities involving the province’s Quick Response Fund (QRF) following the onslaught of Super Typhoon Uwan in...
A predawn fire gutted several houses in a residential compound in Barangay 132, Bagong Barrio, Caloocan City on Monday, May 25, leaving 15 families homeless. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said the blaze broke out at 2:51 a.m. along Mariano Ponce Street and rapidly spread through the densely...
A blaze erupted along BMA Avenue in Barangay Tatalon, Quezon City on Thursday afternoon, May 21, 2026. The fire initially reached a positive alarm status before being raised to first alarm at 5:09 p.m. Firefighters continued efforts to contain the blaze at the time of reporting. Authorities have...
The Quezon City government on Wednesday, May 20, extended financial and relief assistance to 130 families affected by separate fire incidents in seven barangays last week as part of its continuing post-fire recovery efforts. Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte led the distribution of assistance to...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has alerted all its units as flooding incidents were reported in several areas of Luzon and Mindanao following days of heavy rains. PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr. said police units, especially in affected areas, were tasked to immediately mobilize...
President Marcos has assured the public that the government is neither sleeping on the job nor taking a vacation, but is constantly responding to the needs of struggling Filipinos. "Asahan po ninyo na ang inyong pamahalaan ay hindi po natutulog, hindi po nagbabakasyon, at walang ginawa kung hindi...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) said Monday, May 18, that it has received a new water tanker from the private sector, further expanding its emergency water delivery fleet to 31 units and strengthening its disaster response operations nationwide. The new tanker was turned over at the PRC National...
A 52-year-old man died from smoke inhalation while helping extinguish a fire that gutted his brother’s house in Barangay Pasong Putik, Quezon City, early Wednesday, May 13. He was rushed to a hospital by the Barangay Health Emergency Response Team (BHERT) but was declared dead on arrival due to...
A pre-dawn fire swept through a row of commercial establishments along Holy Spirit Drive in Barangay Holy Spirit, Quezon City on Thursday, May 7, rapidly escalating and reaching second alarm. Initial investigation by the Bureau of Fire Protection–National Capital Region (BFP-NCR) showed the fire...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., on Wednesday, May 6, led a situation briefing with key government agencies to assess the impact of the recent unrest of Mayon Volcano and ordered the immediate delivery of assistance to families affected by heavy ashfall in Albay. In a statement issued by the...
(UPDATED) The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) stepped up road clearing, water delivery, and mask distribution in Albay on Sunday, May 3, as ashfall from Mayon Volcano spread across 52 barangays, with authorities keeping Alert Level 3 in place and enforcing a six-kilometer Permanent Danger Zone (PDZ)...
