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MANILA, Philippines – The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) will permanently eliminate fees for interbank fund transfers across its digital platforms beginning July 1, as part of its 175th anniversary and a broader push for financial inclusion. Customers using the BPI mobile app, online banking, VYBE, BanKo, and BizKo will no longer pay the

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City formally welcomed its new police chief on Monday, June 29, as Police Colonel Ricky C. Sumalde assumed as officer-in-charge of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO), succeeding Police Colonel George V. Ylanan. Sumalde took over the city’s top police post following Ylanan’s reassignment as chief of the Regional Comptrollership

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Nestor Archival is convening mental health experts, police officials, lawyers, and education stakeholders to formulate new school safety measures, including the possible implementation of active shooter drills and the installation of metal detectors in schools. The move comes in the wake of the June 22, 2026 shooting at

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday said it has only so far recorded 55 cases of mpox (formerly monkeypox) in the country as of June 13, which is 79 percent lower than the previous year. READ: Mpox: What is it, how it spreads, care for patients According to DOH spokesperson Albert

MANILA, Philippines — House Speaker Faustino “Bojie” G. Dy III is pushing for stronger measures to protect Filipino children from the growing dangers of social media, ensuring it allows their healthy development without exposing them to harm, according to a statement his office issued on Monday. So, together with Majority Leader Ferdinand Alexander “Sandro” Marcos, Dy

COTABATO CITY  — An armed man was killed after he allegedly resisted arrest during a law enforcement operation in Barangay New Panay, Aleosan, Cotabato province at dawn on Monday. Police authorities implementing a search warrant also arrested another man, seized five pistols and confiscated 22 sachets of suspected shabu during the 4:30 a.m. operation. Brig.

MANILA, Philippines — The proposed Basic Education Voucher Program Act, approved by the bicameral conference committee, will expand school choices and give more Filipino students access to better learning environments, Sen. Loren Legarda, co-author and co-sponsor of the bill, said in a statement on Monday. The bill institutionalizes a unified private education voucher system to

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines and China’s relations remain good, despite the escalating word war between Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. and Chinese embassy officials, according to Malacañang. “On our part, from the Philippines’ perspective, we still consider our relationship with China to be good,” Palace press officer Claire Castro said in a briefing on Monday.

Cebu Province has allocated ₱50 million in financial assistance to Mandaue City for the purchase of medical equipment for its hospital.

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Defending champions Batch 2012-Harley Davidson and Batch 2018-CORE drew first blood in their respective semifinal series in the ongoing Sacred Heart Ateneo Alumni Basketball Athletic Association (SHAABAA) Season 29 playoffs on Sunday, June 28, at the Magis Eagles Arena in Mandaue City. Batch 2012-Harley Davidson stunned heavily favored Division B top-seed