MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has directed all relevant government agencies to immediately mobilize and respond to the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Maasim, Sarangani, on Monday morning. Marcos also announced in a statement that classes at all levels in affected areas across Mindanao would remain suspended until further notice. The president said, “I

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia ordered on Monday evacuations of northern areas threatened by tsunami waves after a 7.8-magnitude quake struck the southern Philippines. Officials in areas at highest risk — the North Sulawesi capital, Manado, northern Gorontalo province and the Sangihe islands — “are instructed to immediately direct their residents to evacuate in an orderly

MANILA, Philippines — Government contractor Pacifico “Curlee” Discaya was arrested at the Senate on Monday over a malversation case tied to a disputed flood control project in Bulacan. The Bulacan Regional Trial Court Branch 20 issued the arrest order in connection with allegations that Discaya falsified public funds or property. Discaya’s charge is not bailable.

MANILA, Philippines — A 7.8-magnitude quake that struck the southern Philippines on Monday has killed at least one person and injured four others while collapsing “a number of buildings”, police told AFP. “Many buildings were affected, but I cannot enumerate them now because we are busy with ongoing rescues,” Master Sergeant Robert Dagon of the

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Mayor Rolando Uy suspended classes from kindergarten to elementary levels and ordered immediate structural inspections of public buildings after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake, initially recorded as magnitude 7.0, struck parts of Mindanao early Monday morning. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the 7:37 a.m. tectonic tremor had