Soldiers from outside deployed in BARMM for election security duties

COTABATO CITY, Philippines — More than 300 personnel of two Army units from faraway regions had arrived via separate flights at the Cotabato Airport in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte for deployment by the 6th Infantry Division in 63 Bangasamoro …

Pagdanganan looks to bounce back in JM Eagle LA Championship

MANILA, Philippines -- After missing the cut in two of her first three tournaments and finishing a distant 70th in the other, Bianca Pagdanganan finds herself at a crucial juncture in her LPGA season. With nowhere to go but up, the power-hitting Filipina …

‘Tabirak’ Ingredients

Ingredients for “tabirak” (also called “binignit” in other parts of Mindanao and the Visayas), a favorite food during Holy Week, sell briskly at the Palao Market in Iligan City Thursday afternoon (17 April 2025). MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA

BIR urges workers, business owners to regularly update records

MATI CITY, Davao Oriental – The Bureau of Internal Revenue–Revenue District Office (BIR-RDO) 114 in Mati is urging workers and business owners to always update their BIR records, especially when resigning or transferring jobs or ceasing business operations …

Aliwagwag Falls

Officer hurt, 3 arrested in South Cotabato police operation

COTABATO CITY, Philippines — A municipal police chief was hurt in a shootout on Wednesday, April 16, with a narcotics trafficker from whose house in Barangay Poblacion in Norala, South Cotabato his subordinate-policemen and soldiers found a grenade and …

Netizens console Lotlot de Leon, Janine Gutierrez over deaths of Pilita Corrales, Nora Aunor in a week

MANILA, Philippines — Online users expressed their condolences for mother-and-daughter Lotlot de Leon and Janine Gutierrez, who are currently grieving the loss of their mothers and grandmothers, Pilita Corrales and Nora Aunor, respectively. Both Philippine …

Pope Francis appoints Dumagete priest as Ipil bishop

MANILA, Philippines — After nearly two years "sede vacante," the Diocese of Ipil in Zamboanga Sibugay has a new bishop. Pope Francis has appointed Monsignor Glenn Montebon Corsiga, a veteran Dumaguete-based priest, to the apostolic seat, the Holy …

Marcos appoints new top fire official

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed Fire Director Jesus Piedad Fernandez as the new head of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the Department of Interior and Local and Interior Government (DILG) said on Maundy Thursday, …

Cool Smashers shift focus to AVC Champs League challenge

Games on Sunday (Philsports Arena) 10 a.m. - Taipower vs Hiphing (Pool B) 1 p.m. - Baic Motor vs Iran (Pool C) 4 p.m. - Creamline vs Al Naser (Pool A) 7 p.m. - Queensland vs PLDT (Pool D) MANILA, Philippines — Turning heartbreak into hunger, the Creamline …