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MANILA, Philippines — Parts of northern Luzon may experience rainy weather brought by a shear line, the state weather bureau said on Tuesday. According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa), rain may ensue in the regions of Cagayan Valley, Cordillera Administrative Region, and Aurora. READ: Things to do when living in

DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Residents of Marawi City displaced by the five-month war between government forces and Islamic State-linked militants in 2017 trooped to the conflict’s “ground zero” in the city on Monday to protest what they claimed as an “unjust valuation” of their properties destroyed during the siege. Drieza Lininding, chair of the Moro

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines — Although the El Niño weather phenomenon still persists, a week of thunderstorms dumped rain in this city and other parts of the Cordillera, triggering incidents of soil erosion and inducing lightning that killed two soldiers who were out on patrol on Sunday. The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) has been issuing

COTABATO CITY, BARMM, Philippines — At past 1 p.m. on Tuesday, amid the gathering of 80 members of parliament of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA), Sheikh Muslim Guiamaden beat the gong to signify the official start of the interim body’s third regular session. A day earlier, in a special session by the BTA on Monday

MANILA, Philippines — Moderate to heavy rain showers with lightning and strong winds may be expected in Metro Manila and surrounding provinces on Tuesday afternoon, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said. In a thunderstorm advisory issued at 2:18 p.m., the state weather agency said unfavorable weather conditions may be experienced in

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, PALAWAN, Philippines — The prolonged dry spell and drought accompanying the El Niño weather phenomenon continued to wreak havoc on Palawan province, leaving close to P1 billion in agricultural damage so far, officials said on Monday. According to the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA), the towns of Balabac, Brooke’s Point, El

BACOLOD CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines — The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has launched an investigation into the separate killings of at least seven civilians in Negros Occidental from April to early May this year, who were allegedly tagged as spies or “military agents” by the New People’s Army (NPA). Vincent Parra, chief of the

KORONADAL CITY, SOUTH COTABATO, Philippines — A false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) was spotted off the waters of Glan town in Sarangani province, which is part of the 215,950-hectare Sarangani Bay Protected Seascape (SBPS), an official said on Monday. Cirilo Lagnason Jr., head of the SBPS-Protected Area Management Office, said the lone false killer whale

DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Non-Moro indigenous peoples (NMIP) in the Bangsamoro fear further marginalization, including losing their ancestral domain claims, if the current version of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao’s (BARMM) Indigenous Peoples’ Code is approved and passed into law. Timuay Labi Leticio Datuwata, supreme leader of the Teduray-Lambangian Timuay Justice and Governance,

ILOILO CITY, Philippines — A mining company doing exploration work on Pan de Azucar Island in Concepcion town, Iloilo, has renewed its move to conduct mining operations in the area amid opposition from residents and a cease-and-desist order from the provincial government. Kaycee Crisostomo, spokesperson for TVI Resource Development Inc. (TVIRD), told the Inquirer that