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Dumaguete drug bust yields P7.8M worth of ‘shabu’

P510K worth of suspected shabu seized in South Cotabato town

Dinagyang main tribes competition returns to downtown Iloilo

Step inside this healing spot inside Civilian Control Line in Paju

North Korea's border fortification raises questions over DMZ buffer role

Filipinos turn Hongdae venue into home away from home

[MORNING CALM TALES] The irresistible appeal of Korea's 'pojangmacha' food tents

Had I not gotten lost in Jamsil one cold December night, I might never have discovered the soul of Seoul. It was the early 1990s, and I decided to be adventurous and find a different way back to my apartment. Somewhere in the maze of Jamsil 2-danji, I got twisted around and ended up on a street I had never taken before. Getting lost there was surprisingly easy. At night, the apartment buildings all looked alike, row after row of concrete towers rising into the darkness. I knew the subway station was somewhere behind me and my apartment somewhere ahead. Beyond that, I was guessing. The December air had a bite to it. I shoved my hands deeper into my coat pockets and kept walking. Then I saw the orange glow. On the side of the street stood a rectangular tent, glowing in the darkness. Light filtered through thick orange plastic, turning it into a giant lantern. Shadows moved behind the vinyl. Every so often, someone lifted a flap, releasing a burst of steam and noise into the cold before ducking inside. I stopped. What was this place? There was no sign or name that I could see, yet people kep

Oct 2, 2026

Ilocos Sur town adopts 4-day onsite workweek to save energy

SAN ILDEFONSO, Ilocos Sur — The municipal government of Santo Domingo in this province will shift to a four-day onsite workweek starting Monday, Oct. 5. This is part of efforts to conserve energy, promote environmental sustainability, and improve administrative efficiency. Under the interim modified workweek, municipal offices will operate onsite from 8 a.m. to 5

Oct 2, 2026

Bojie Dy says education still House’s priority, affirms commitment

MANILA, Philippines — Speaker Faustino “Bojie” Dy III has assured the public that the House of Representatives’s priority remains to be education, noting that one of the purposes of the chamber’s listening program is to check the needs of communities in terms of education. During the fifth leg of the LegisHear initiative, held on Friday in

Oct 2, 2026

Puerto Princesa braces for more grass fires amid super El Niño

CALAPAN CITY — The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) has placed its firefighting equipment on standby as it anticipates a possible increase in grass fires amid the extreme heat associated with super El Niño, according to the Provincial Information Office Mimaropa- Palawan on Friday, Oct. 2. CDRRMO chief Earl Timbancaya said the

Oct 2, 2026

Suansing maintains: No pork in proposed 2027 budget

MANILA, Philippines — Nueva Ecija Rep. Mikaela Angela Suansing has maintained that there is no pork in the proposed 2027 national budget or the House of Representatives’ General Appropriations Bill (GAB), contrary to claims from progressive groups and budget observers. In an online interview on Friday with reporters covering the House, Suansing — head of the

Oct 2, 2026

‘No retreat’: Key Trump ally urges continued US-China engagement on rare earths

US Republican Senator Steve Daines, a close aide to President Donald Trump and a key interlocutor between Washington and Beijing, has called on the two capitals to stay engaged and “not retreat” over differences on issues including rare earth supply chains. Daines told the South China Morning Post that both sides still had issues that predated Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Washington last week and that they would continue working on them after the summit. “So that’s again why...

Oct 2, 2026

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Dumaguete drug bust yields P7.8M worth of ‘shabu’

P510K worth of suspected shabu seized in South Cotabato town

Dinagyang main tribes competition returns to downtown Iloilo

Step inside this healing spot inside Civilian Control Line in Paju

North Korea's border fortification raises questions over DMZ buffer role

Filipinos turn Hongdae venue into home away from home

[MORNING CALM TALES] The irresistible appeal of Korea's 'pojangmacha' food tents

Ilocos Sur town adopts 4-day onsite workweek to save energy

Bojie Dy says education still House’s priority, affirms commitment

Puerto Princesa braces for more grass fires amid super El Niño

Suansing maintains: No pork in proposed 2027 budget

‘No retreat’: Key Trump ally urges continued US-China engagement on rare earths

US man arrested over alleged $300 million scheme to smuggle Nvidia AI servers to China

Ultra Lotto 6/58, Mega Lotto 6/45 draw results on Friday, Oct. 2

Dengue cases in QC top 5,000; weekly cases exceed alert threshold

Brazil’s Lula hails ‘bold’ Chinese investors as rival pitches rare earths to Trump

Legarda calls for shift from political attacks to transparency, reforms

Internet outages hit parts of PH as undersea cable goes offline