Day: October 20, 2025
Female Philippine Crocodile Missing from Guipos Facility, DENR Launches Retrieval Effort
IPIL, ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Region IX (DENR-IX) confirmed that a female Philippine crocodile (Crocodylus mindorensis), a critically endangered species, went missing from a privately managed wildlife facility in Barangay Poblacion, Guipos, Zamboanga del Sur. The facility, owned by Junevell O. Lamiing, operates under a Wildlife Loan Agreement
37 poor residents in newly created Bangsamoro town undergo free eye surgeries
COTABATO CITY – Thirty-seven indigent residents of the newly established municipality of Nabalawag in the Special Geographic Area (SGA) of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) underwent free ophthalmic surgeries last Friday, October 17, as part of a public service mission led by regional officials. The beneficiaries, all from Barangay Kadigasan in Nabalawag,
MOH-BARMM extends nutrition aid to quake-hit families in Davao Oriental
COTABATO CITY, Philippines – The Ministry of Health (MOH) in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has extended nutrition assistance to families affected by the 7.4-magnitude earthquake that struck Manay, Davao Oriental, on October 10. Working closely with the Department of Health–Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) Davao Region, the Department of Social Welfare
Tungawan Ulama Summit 2025: Mayor Aniñon Champions Interfaith Dialogue for Peace and Development
TUNGAWAN, Zamboanga Sibugay — The small, predominantly agricultural and coastal municipality of Tungawan is rarely at the center of provincial headlines. But on Sunday, October 19, it became the heart of a significant gathering that carried a message far louder than the hum of its tricycles and the waves that touch its shores. At the
When the Sky Rivers Flow: How an Atmospheric River in the Pacific Northwest Ripples into the Philippines
It’s easy to think the event has nothing to do with a tropical archipelago more than 10,000 kilometers away when an atmospheric river barrels into the U.S. Pacific Northwest. But in the interconnected web of global weather, what happens off the coast of Oregon or Washington can quietly reshape skies over the Philippines. This week,
Atmospheric River to Drench Pacific Northwest, Forecasters Warn
A powerful atmospheric river is expected to sweep into the Pacific Northwest later this week after a brief break from stormy weather, bringing the threat of flooding, damaging winds and heavy mountain snow, according to AccuWeather meteorologists. The new system marks the start of a series of storms forecast to unleash a deluge of moisture
