Cebu Institute of Technology University grad tops civil engineers licensure exam

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday led a walkthrough of the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay City as preparations continued for the 49th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit and Related Summits, scheduled for Nov. 16 to 18. The Philippines is hosting the two summits this year, with Marcos serving

Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV accused Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband, lawyer Maneses Carpio, of respectively accepting P150 million and P319 million through their separate organizations.

World junior champion Tachiana Mangin and three-time Southeast Asian Games titlist Kurt Barbosa lose their respective title bouts as they add a pair of taekwondo silvers to the Philippines' haul in the 2026 Asian Games

Ask former senator Antonio Trillanes IV, and he will tell you it's a person who doesn't exist.

TACLOBAN CITY — The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in Eastern Visayas is strengthening climate monitoring and providing farmers with localized weather information as a worsening El Niño threatens agriculture, water resources, and other sectors in the region. DOST-8 Regional Director Glenn Ocaña said agriculture is particularly vulnerable because many farmers in Eastern Visayas

A bill seeking a P5 billion budget for the sugar industry and restrictions on sugar importation was filed in the House of Representatives.

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — The Palawan provincial government has confirmed its first case of African Swine Fever (ASF) in Barangay Concepcion, Agutaya, and rolled out strict containment protocols to block the virus from spreading further across the province.  Laboratory tests by the Bureau of Animal Industry returned positive results for ASF in 40 samples

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) is investigating the source of a “fake report” alleging a mass shooting at De La Salle University-Dasmariñas in Cavite on Thursday. PNP chief Police Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. said Friday that the probe would determine who was behind the report and whether it was deliberately fabricated.

MANILA, Philippines — Former Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) chief Jesus Fernandez pleaded not guilty on Friday to a graft charge before the Sandiganbayan Third Division over an alleged P4 million bribe. Third Division Clerk of Court Dennis Pulma read the charge against Fernandez before Associate Justice Ronald Moreno, who presided over the arraignment. “I

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — Young filmmakers from Mimaropa turned the struggles, aspirations, and resilience of agrarian reform beneficiaries into cinematic stories, with two films emerging as best films in the second year of the Department of Agrarian Reform’s PelikulAgraryo festival. The 13 entries from 10 production teams representing eight schools across the Mimaropa region

BAGUIO CITY — Seven men, three of them barely out of their teens, were found dead inside a tunnel in the Benguet mining town of Itogon, in an incident that police are investigating as possible gas poisoning. The Itogon Municipal Police Station said the incident may have occurred on Sept. 30 in Sitio Dalicno in

MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Friday appealed to US Immigration authorities for the immediate release of Mark Mabasa, son of slain broadcast journalist Percival “Percy Lapid” Mabasa, who has been detained in California since Sept. 21. Mabasa is being held at the Adelanto Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Processing Center, according to his