WALANG PASOK: In-person class suspensions for Tuesday, Oct. 27

SINGAPORE — Inquirer Group of Companies chair Ms Sandy Prieto-Romualdez, who is also Asia-Pacific chair of the World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), formally opened the 6th Asian Media Leaders Summit (AMLS) here yesterday with a call to collaborate and innovate to meet the unprecedented challenges facing the news media industry. More than 200 media

LAKE SEBU, South Cotabato — Most households in this South Cotabato town typically serve tilapia grilled, fried, or cooked, but at this resort, the fish is served cold and creamy as ice cream. The unusual dessert gives one of Lake Sebu’s best-known products a new twist, turning a familiar food into something visitors may not

MANILA, Philippines — The Kilicao-Binitayan bridge in Daraga, Albay will be open to the public on Friday, October 30, after its construction was stalled for 15 years, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said on Monday.  The DPWH made this announcement as DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon once again inspected the bridge on Monday,

TACLOBAN CITY— The Northern Samar Provincial Hospital (NSPH) in Catarman, Northern Samar, has exceeded its maximum bed capacity, prompting the facility to suspend additional admissions and urge patients to seek treatment at other hospitals with available services. In a public advisory issued on Saturday, Oct. 24, the hospital reported 363 admitted patients as of 11

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday said the new solar pump irrigation project (SPIP) in Pamplona, Cagayan, could reduce monthly irrigation costs from P400,000 to as low as P50,000. Marcos made the remarks during the inauguration of the Pamplona SPIP in Barangay Gattu, which is designed to irrigate 602 hectares of farmland and

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of National Defense (DND) on Monday said an investigation had been launched following an aircraft incident in Batangas that killed four Philippine Air Force (PAF) pilots. The PAF earlier said the fatal incident occurred last Friday when two SF-260 aircraft crashed during a training flight. The military described it as

MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan First Division on Monday denied a motion filed by the camp of Francisco Duque III to disqualify two Department of Health (DOH) officials from testifying in his graft case. Duque and former Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Undersecretary Christopher Lloyd Lao face charges over alleged anomalies in the transfer

MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said he is willing to give Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) Director-General Jose Francisco “Kiko” Benitez the benefit of the doubt that he did not know about the supposed P5 million allocation offered to him. His statement came Monday as Benitez, over the weekend, denied authorizing

Tasek Gelugor MP claims only 70 were at actually located at business premises.

MANILA, Philippines — President Marcos has reassigned Vince Dizon to head the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and appointed Giovanni “Banoy” Lopez as secretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Presidential Communications Office Acting Secretary Lino Cayetano announced on Monday. The agency swap marks the latest shake-up in Marcos’ Cabinet. READ: New PCO

More than 550 educators, mental health professionals, social workers and medical practitioners from Vietnam and abroad gathered at the Vietnam Wellbeing & Safeguarding Summit 2026 to discuss support for children and young people.

KORONADAL CITY — A fire that hit an ukay-ukay (used clothes) market in General Santos City late Sunday night destroyed at least 30 stalls and about two dozen houses, causing an estimated P1.75 million in damage, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said. The fire broke out around 11:25 p.m. on Sunday at Purok Islam