CALASIAO, Pangasinan – Police recovered smuggled cigarettes valued at over P1.1 million and arrested two individuals in an entrapment operation in Barangay Bonuan Binloc, Dagupan City, this province, on Saturday. The Dagupan City Police Office reported that the suspects, both drivers, are a...
More than one million children have already been vaccinated in the first week of the “Ligtas Tigdas” vaccination campaign in Mindanao, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Saturday, Jan. 24. The figure accounts for more than a third of the target population for Phase 1 of the nationwide...
Mindanao accounted for 2,172 measles cases, or 42 percent of the national total, from Jan. 1, 2025 to Jan. 3, 2026, prompting the Department of Health (DOH) to launch Phase 1 of the “Ligtas Tigdas” or Measles-Rubella Vaccine Supplemental Immunization Activity (MR-SIA) in the region on Monday,...
More areas were placed under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 as Tropical Storm Ada (international name: Nokaen) continued to move northwest toward the Eastern Visayas-Bicol area on Friday afternoon, Jan. 16, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration...
In a small public school in the Zamboanga Peninsula, a once-reluctant Grade 2 learner now raises a hand to read aloud—a quiet but telling change teachers say was rare before last summer. Scenes like this are reflected in the results of an independent evaluation that found significant improvements...
Tropical Storm Ada (international name: Nokaen) is expected to bring several days of rains and gusty winds over eastern Philippines, particularly Eastern Visayas, Bicol Region, and Caraga, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Friday, Jan....
Tropical Storm Ada (international name: Nokaen) remained over the Philippine Sea early Friday, Jan. 16, as it continued to move at a slow pace, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said. As of 5 a.m., the center of Ada was estimated at 370...
Tropical Depression Ada (international name: Nokaen) has strengthened into a tropical storm, prompting the issuance of Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 in more areas across Eastern Visayas, Bicol, and Northern Mindanao, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services...
Tropical Depression Ada slightly intensified on Thursday, Jan. 15 as it continued moving over the Philippine Sea east of Mindanao, prompting the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) to place 11 areas under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1. PAGASA...
Tropical Depression Ada is expected to intensify into a tropical storm within the next 24 hours as it continues to move over the Philippine Sea east of Mindanao, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 14. As of...
The low-pressure area (LPA) inside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) intensified into a tropical depression at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 14, and was named “Ada,” the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said. As of 11 a.m., the...
A minor phreatomagmatic eruption occurred at Taal Volcano’s Main Crater on Friday evening, January 9, generating a 900-meter-high plume that drifted southwest, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. Phivolcs reported that the event took place between 7:11 p.m. and...
