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MANILA, Philippines — A shear line continues to affect Southern Luzon while the northeast monsoon, or amihan, remains the dominant weather system over much of Luzon. It brings generally cloudy skies and periods of rain, state weather bureau PAGASA said Monday. In its 4 am forecast, PAGASA said the shearContinue Reading
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has ordered a nationwide crackdown on strategic transit points and storage hubs used in the illegal tobacco trade, a move that could directly affect long-standing cigarette smuggling routes in the Zamboanga Peninsula. PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez Jr. directed all police units toContinue Reading
COTABATO CITY — Tawi-Tawi Governor Ysmael Sali thanked on Thursday Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Chief Minister Abdulrauf Macacua and Parliament Member Jet Lim, the province’s representative to the 80-seat Bangsamoro parliament, for his swift response to the massive fire that displaced more than a thousand families inContinue Reading
COTABATO CITY, Philippines — Health workers in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) have vaccinated more than 400,000 children against measles and rubella in just two weeks, regional officials said on Wednesday, February 4, marking a major boost to the region’s immunization drive. Jet Lim, spokesperson of theContinue Reading
NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines — The provincial government of Negros Occidental placed the province under red alert status on Wednesday, putting all disaster response teams on standby as Tropical Depression Basyang threatens parts of the Visayas. The red alert status took effect at 5 p.m. for the Provincial Disaster Risk ReductionContinue Reading
COTABATO CITY, Philippines — Bangsamoro Chief Minister Abdulraof Macacua expressed sympathy on Wednesday for residents of Barangay Lamion in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi, after a massive fire destroyed about 1,000 homes and displaced thousands. Macacua said no lives were lost in the blaze, which broke out late Tuesday night, calling it “aContinue Reading
BONGAO, Tawi-Tawi (February 4, 2026) — Nearly 1,000 homes were reduced to ashes after a massive fire swept through the coastal residential area of Barangay Lamion in Bongao late Tuesday, leaving around 5,000 residents homeless. The fire, which started around 10 p.m., raged for four hours, fueled by strong windsContinue Reading
