The easterlies continue to affect the country on Sunday, March 1, bringing partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms over Metro Manila and the rest of the Philippines. In its latest weather forecast, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services...
There is only one hepatologist for every 100,000 Filipinos, with fewer than 100 liver specialists currently practicing nationwide, the Hepatology Society of the Philippines (HSP) said on Tuesday, Feb. 24. Per HSP, around 32 Filipinos die from liver cancer every day, making it the fourth most...
Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito on Friday, February 13 has called on Congress to fast track the passage of the bill that seeks to protect motor vehicle drivers involved in road accidents but have sufficient proof of their defensive driving. Ejercito made the call for the passage of Senate...
A male student died after allegedly falling from the Fernando Poe Jr. Station of LRT Line 1 in Quezon City on Wednesday morning, Feb. 11. But the Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC), operator of LRT-1, claimed that the victim "jumped off" from the station platform to the street level of EDSA. In...
Tropical Depression Basyang (international name: Penha) may weaken into a low-pressure area within the next 12 hours as it continues to move over Central Visayas, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Friday, Feb. 6. As of 4 p.m., the...
There is one cardiologist for every 44,000 Filipinos nationwide, a limited number that leaves many patients outside the National Capital Region (NCR) with reduced access to specialized heart care, the Philippine Heart Association (PHA) said on Thursday, Feb. 5. PHA national President Dr. Walid...
Tropical Depression Basyang moved closer to eastern Mindanao on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 4, prompting the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) to raise tropical cyclone wind signal No. 1 over 12 areas in the Visayas and Mindanao. As of 5 p.m., the...
Tropical Depression Basyang may intensify into a tropical storm before making landfall over eastern Mindanao, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said, as the cyclone continued moving southwestward east of Mindanao on Wednesday, Feb.4. The...
Tropical Depression Basyang accelerated as it moved closer to Mindanao, prompting the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) to raise Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 over the southern portion of Surigao del Sur on Wednesday morning, Feb. 4. As of 5...
Tropical Depression Basyang entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Tuesday evening, Feb. 3, and is expected to make landfall over eastern Mindanao or the southern portion of Eastern Visayas later this week, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services...
Authorities seized and destroyed shabu and marijuana worth over P14 billion in 2025 in the Ilocos region. In an interview Tuesday, Police Major Divina Albino, chief of the Police Regional Office-1 information office, said they confiscated and uprooted a total of around P230-million worth of shabu...
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – The Police Regional Office-1 recovered 2,766 loose firearms in the Ilocos region in 2025. PRO-1 carried out 386 operations leading to the arrest of 407 individuals for firearms law violations from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 The province of Pangasinan had the highest number of...
