420 with CNW — Legislators in the US Virgin Islands Approve Bill to Legalize Recreational Marijuana

LUCENA CITY — Taal Volcano in Batangas province recorded two more minor phreatomagmatic eruptions between Wednesday night (Oct. 21) and early Thursday morning (Oct. 22), generating plumes that rose to as high as 3,000 meters above the main crater lake, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs said the latest eruption

MANILA, Philippines — Signal No. 2 remains raised over Batanes and parts of the Babuyan Islands, said the state weather bureau Thursday morning, as Super Typhoon Rosal (international name: Champi) continued to move northwestward over the Philippine Sea. According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) in its latest typhoon bulletin, Rosal

BAGUIO CITY – The cities of Baguio in the Cordillera and Ormoc in Leyte were named flagship local governments and top-performing project partners in circular economy initiatives under the European Union-Philippines Partnership for Green Economy’s Green LGUs Project, according to information shared by the Baguio City Public Information Office on Wednesday (October 21). The mid-term

It was unclear if the controversial preacher was aware that he was being recorded.

A 68-year-old Chinese national who remained unlawfully in Singapore for more than 19 years after skipping a repatriation flight has been sentenced to six months in prison and fined S$2,000 (US$1,565).

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto railed Wednesday against "countries that like to insult" his nation over wildfires that have razed vast areas, spewing toxic haze into neighboring countries.

LEGAZPI CITY — The Daraga Community College in Albay has inaugurated its solar-powered building on Wednesday (October 21), providing a more environment-friendly learning facility for its more than 6,000 students. Located in Barangay Salvacion in the town of Daraga, the four-story building is equipped with solar panels capable of generating 96 kilowatts of electricity, or

Heads of depts will monitor directive's implementation, Nushirwan says.

In response to super El Niño, the Marcos administration will be distributing water filtration kits to vulnerable communities

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Supreme Court (SC) Senior Associate Justice Marvic Leonen, a candidate for the position of chief justice, said Thursday that there is a need to review whether the Bar Examinations for aspiring lawyers should be the primary mode of who is qualified to practice law in the country.

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — The Divine Word College of Calapan (DWCC) is opening a campus-based store selling Mangyan-made handicrafts and indigenous products on Thursday (Oct. 22), as part of its celebration of National Indigenous Peoples Month. The store, named BUNGA, aims to promote the craftsmanship of indigenous Mangyan communities while providing support for their