Cebu City remains unprepared to immediately divert its garbage to Aloguinsan and Toledo as alternative disposal sites following the closure of the Binaliw landfill, with city officials still assessing the financial and logistical implications of hauling waste outside the city. Mayor Nestor Archival said on Friday, January 30, 2026, that the City Government is continuing to reorganize its budget and evaluate hauling and tipping fees before committing to transporting garbage […]

A driver and personal assistant of actress Rhian Ramos has filed a complaint before the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) accusing Ramos and her companions, beauty queen Michelle Dee and Samantha Panlilio, of illegal detention and acts of torture stemming from an alleged assault inside a Makati condominium in January. The complainant, Bonifacio Baro, personally went to the NBI accompanied by Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) president Boy Evangelista, […]

At least 18 people, including a six-month-old infant, were killed after a passenger ferry bound for Jolo, Sulu sank in waters off Basilan province early Monday, January 26, while more than 300 others were rescued, authorities said. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) confirmed that 316 passengers were rescued from the MV Trisha Kerstin 3, operated by Aleson Shipping Lines, which departed Zamboanga City at 9:20 p.m. Sunday. The vessel went […]

Mayor Akmad Mitra Ampatuan of Shariff Aguak survived an ambush on Sunday morning, January 25, marking the third attempt on his life, while two of his security escorts were wounded in the attack, authorities and local officials said. The ambush occurred at around 6:30 a.m. along a road in Barangay Poblacion, Shariff Aguak, as Ampatuan was traveling in a black Toyota Land Cruiser as part of a two-vehicle convoy. The […]

More than 5,000 security personnel from the Philippine National Police (PNP), Armed Forces of the Philippines, and other government agencies have been deployed across Central Visayas to secure the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and related meetings scheduled from late January until the end of the month. The deployment was formally launched during a send-off ceremony on Saturday, January 24, 2026, at Citi de Mari in the South […]