PBBM’s Independence Day message on June 12, 2026 (Presidential Communications Office) MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Friday called on Filipinos to “protect truth from distortion,” saying the country now faces challenges different from those confronted by the nation’s heroes. In his message to mark the 128th anniversary of the Proclamation of

MALAPATAN, Philippines — It was supposed to be an ordinary Monday. A boy walked home from his first day of Grade 8 classes. A wife waited by the shore for her husband’s boat to come in with the morning’s catch. By the time the ground stopped shaking, neither of them would make it home. Both

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — Workers and their families affected by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Southern Mindanao on June 8 may receive financial assistance and emergency employment support from the Department of Labor and Employment (Dole). The assurance comes as thousands of families continue to deal with the earthquake’s impact, which has left dozens

How does Cebu remember Leon Kilat, the local leader of the Philippine Revolution against the Spanish Empire? Let us count the ways.