A pickup truck crashed into barriers and fell into an MRT-7 construction pit along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City on Saturday morning, Sept. 27, briefly causing heavy traffic in the area. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) reported that the incident occurred near Don Antonio...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso said the city government may purchase portable modular pumps to help ease flooding in the capital as it continues to explore plans to mitigate the adverse effects of heavy rains on Manileños. Domagoso made the statement during an inspection with...
Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong on Friday, Sept. 26, resigned as special adviser to the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI), as he cited pronouncements from Malacañang that “undermined the role and mandate entrusted” to him. Magalong said remarks from the Palace also cast...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Smuggled cigarettes worth P9 million bound for Ipil municipality, Zamboanga Sibugay province were intercepted by Naval Command forces in the sea of Panamao, Sulu on Wednesday, Sept. 24. Naval Command personnel were conducting seaborne patrol on board the BRP Hermenegildo Yurong...
TACLOBAN CITY – A woman died after a coconut tree fell on a house in Purok 3, Barangay Malajog, Tinambacan District, Calbayog City, during the onslaught of severe tropical storm "Opong" Friday. A report filed by the Calbayog City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) Rescue Team...
CEBU CITY – The two-day Cebu Goes Culinary 2025, the biggest culinary event in the Visayas, kicked off on Friday, Sept. 26, at the Sky Hall of SM Seaside City Cebu here. Co-organized by the Hotel, Resort, and Restaurant Association of Cebu Inc. (HRRACI) and the National Food Showdown, the event...
CAVITE – Hundreds of individuals have been preemptively evacuated in Bacoor City due to severe tropical storm “Opong.” A Facebook post from Mayor Strike Revilla stated that 220 families or 847 individuals are currently staying in six evacuation centers in the coastal city as of 2:37 p.m. on...
The Northern Police District (NPD) confirmed the arrest of individuals allegedly responsible for the deadly explosion in Barangay Marulas, Valenzuela City, that killed four children and injured eight others on Sept. 24. In a statement Friday, Sept. 26, the NPD said police operatives arrested the...
BACOLOD CITY – Authorities arrested a barangay captain in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Pulantubig, Dumaguete City on Thursday, Sept. 25. Recovered from the suspect – 49-year-old Inah of Barangay Looc, Dumaguete City – were five grams of suspected shabu valued at P34,000, improvised...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has ordered the preventive suspension of six officials of Baguio City District Engineering Office (DEO) over alleged rigging and manipulation of infrastructure project bids. DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon, in a memorandum dated Friday, Sept. 26, said...
The Malabon City has prepositioned food, water, and other essential supplies as part of its preparations for the possible impact of Typhoon Opong, the local government announced on Friday, Sept. 26. The city government said tents have been set up and evacuation centers readied to provide safe...
The Quezon City government has carried out preemptive evacuation in flood-prone barangays as part of its safety measures ahead of Typhoon “Opong.” As of 11:00 a.m. on September 26, 2025, a total of 1,780 families or 6,038 individuals have been evacuated and are currently staying in designated...
