MANILA, Philippines — A Grade 4 pupil from Trece Martires City, Cavite, died of an infection following a deworming activity, according to initial medical findings cited by the Department of Education (DepEd). Several pupils at Hugo Perez Elementary School-Annex also reportedly fell ill, following the “routine deworming activity” conducted on July 2 in coordination with

TABACO CITY—Light ashfall blanketed parts of Albay on Monday after a pyroclastic density current (PDC) cascaded down the slopes of the restive Mayon Volcano, prompting local authorities to distribute face masks to residents. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the PDC occurred from 6:31 a.m. to 6:46 a.m. after a portion of

BAGUIO CITY—Boat rides at the man-made lake in Burnham Park could resume by August as the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (Tieza) nears completion of its P480-million rehabilitation project, officials said. Mayor Benjamin Magalong and Tieza chief operating officer Mark Lapid inspected the project on July 9 despite rainy weather. Lapid said the rehabilitation

KORONADAL CITY, BARMM, Philippines — Residents of flood-ravaged communities in southern Mindanao appealed for urgent humanitarian assistance on Monday as the death toll from Typhoon Inday (international name: Bavi) and the enhanced southwest monsoon climbed to 21, while more than half a million people were affected in the Bangsamoro region. In Glan, Sarangani province, at

MANILA, Philippines — Members of the prosecution panel for the impeachment trial have made it clear that they will not go to the Supreme Court (SC) to raise the issue of the vote threshold needed to convict Vice President Sara Duterte, but at the same time noted that other groups are free to do so.