MANILA, Philippines — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has summoned 34 public transport operators that joined the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) rally on Edsa on Tuesday instead of plying their routes. In a statement on Wednesday, the LTFRB said that it issued show cause orders to operators of buses and UV Express

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines — The local government is drawing up a model response plan to deal with possible cases of school shootings, such as what happened in Tacloban City. Once firmed up, the approach will be carried out in drills, just like how schools teach students what to do when there is an earthquake. Mayor

SAN ANTONIO, ZAMBALES, Philippines — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), through its Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro) in Masinloc town, has planted nearly 1,000 native tree seedlings in this province as part of efforts to restore degraded forest areas and improve ecosystem resilience against climate change. In a phone interview

CITY OF MALOLOS, BULACAN, Philippines — The onset of the traditional wet season this month, which also kicks off the rice cropping period, will be a dry one in Bulacan and Pampanga provinces as the water level in Angat Dam dips below the critical level. The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) said that given the current

BACOLOD CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines — Provincial legislators in Negros Occidental on Tuesday approved a measure declaring the province under a state of calamity, giving Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson greater resources at his disposal to fight a pest that has already ravaged a vast expanse of sugarcane farms. The measure was in response to Resolution

CALASIAO, PANGASINAN, Philippines — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region I said the activity currently being undertaken within the Buaya River in Sta. Cruz, Ilocos Sur, is a river restoration and flood control project through dredging by the Provincial Government of Ilocos Sur. In a statement posted on its social media page,