Category: General

MANILA: The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) said the foggy atmosphere in the National Capital Region (NCR) on Monday was mainly due to air pollution from vehicular emissions and not vog coming…

BACOLOD CITY: The logo of the 2024 MassKara Festival, set from Oct. 12 to 27, depicts the unique, vulnerable, and critically-endangered flora and fauna of Negros Island in the city’s iconic smiling mask.

Festival organizer Bacolod Yuhum Foundation (B…

TACLOBAN CITY: Cases of dengue fever in Eastern Visayas continue to rise this week, with five areas in the region having declared a state of calamity due to the spread of mosquito-borne illness.

The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday that …

LEGAZPI CITY: Three farmers’ groups assisted by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Camarines Sur II on Monday started to supply fresh agricultural products to the biggest hospital in the region, the Bicol Medical Center (BMC) in Naga City.

In an…

MANILA: Classes have been suspended in several areas in the Calabarzon Region and Metro Manila due to volcanic smog (vog) from Taal Volcano in Batangas on Monday.

Each local government unit (LGU) announced the class suspensions through their social m…

COTABATO CITY: A village chairperson and his wife were killed by still-unidentified gunmen in Sultan Kudarat town in Maguindanao del Norte on Sunday night.

Lt. Col. Esmael Madin, Sultan Kudarat municipal police chief, identified the fatalities as Esm…