MANILA, Philippines – Sen. Mark Villar was noticeably not among the signatories of the Supreme Court petition filed on Tuesday by the Cayetano bloc to declare null and void the Senate proceedings on June 3, which put Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian as the Acting Senate President. According to his office, this was due to Villar’s trip

LUCENA CITY, Quezon — Seven Grade 5 students were injured after allegedly being stabbed by a Grade 8 student using a kitchen knife at a private school in General Trias City, Cavite on Tuesday morning. In a Facebook post written in Filipino at around 7:25 p.m., Mayor Luis “Jon-Jon” Ferrer IV said he immediately went

MANILA, Philippines — Education Secretary Sonny Angara has reinforced institutional oversight and monitoring guidelines to ensure that 79 partner local government units (LGUs) that have started building classrooms will comply with timelines, digital validation, and strict fiscal standards, according to a statement issued by the Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday. The initial collaborations between

Cebuano basketball fans are set for a long-awaited treat as the Cebu Greats finally bring their home games to local venues, giving supporters a rare chance to watch a homegrown squad compete on their own turf.

Amid charges related to the flood control scandal, Sen. Jinggoy Estrada was meted on Tuesday with a 90-day preventive suspension by the Sandiganbayan.

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu Provincial Government has begun constructing 269 temporary learning shelters to help restore classroom spaces that the magnitude 6.9 Cebu earthquake in September last year damaged. The initiative is part of the province’s recovery efforts. Thousands of classrooms remain unusable nine months after the disaster destroyed infrastructure across northern Cebu.

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebuana elite cyclist Lovely Gitaruelas kicked off her preparations for an international stint in South Korea with a gold-medal performance at the Mega Criterium 2026 cycling event in Iloilo City over the weekend. Gitaruelas topped the women’s mountain bike open category in the two-day competition, clocking 20 minutes and 10.68 seconds.

Warning that the city is playing "Russian roulette" with the lives of its poorest residents, Vice Mayor Tomas Osmeña on Tuesday launched an aggressive bid to freeze a massive upland real estate development.

MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Loren Legarda on Tuesday said the petition filed before the Supreme Court seeking to declare the June 3 session at the Senate null and void goes beyond the leadership dispute in the upper chamber. READ: Alan Cayetano, allies file SC petition to ‘protect’ Senate In a statement released the same day

MANILA, Philippines — More private prosecutors are expected to join the House prosecution team before the July 6 opening of the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, according to Batangas Rep. Gerville Luistro, chair of the House committee on justice and the lead prosecutor. “It’s true. The private prosecutors keep on coming to join the