MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – The operation of a desalination plant in Cordova town is giving the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) the much-needed water supply augmentation for its service area amid the threat of El Niño. The P2-billion utility-scale seawater desalination plant operated by Island Mactan Cordova Corporation (IMCC) is targeting to deliver 20 million

MANILA, Philippines — The trough of the low-pressure area (LPA) being monitored outside the Philippine area of responsibility is expected to bring cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms over Palawan and the entire Mindanao on Monday, May 25, the state weather bureau reported. According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration

ANGELES CITY, Pampanga — Authorities have confirmed a second fatality in the ongoing search, rescue, and retrieval operations at the site of a collapsed nine-story building under construction in Barangay Balibago, as rescuers continue searching for individuals believed trapped beneath the rubble. In an update released early Monday (May 25), the Bureau of Fire Protection

GAZA City, Palestinian Territories – A pre-dawn Israeli airstrike killed three members of a Palestinian family, including a one-year-old child, in central Gaza on Sunday, a hospital said. Gaza remains gripped with daily violence despite a formal ceasefire in place since October, with both the Israeli military and Hamas accusing one another of violating the truce.

ANGELES CITY, Philippines — Rescuers were racing on Sunday to free two workers pinned under a building that collapsed in the northern Philippines, killing a Malaysian man and leaving 20 people missing. The search for survivors continued as night fell, with firemen shining small lights into the rubble for signs of life. Twenty-six people have