Day: June 30, 2025

Iloilo city: Six overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) stranded aboard a foreign vessel anchored off Loboc in Iloilo City for two months were rescued Monday evening. The OFWs, three from Iloilo and one each from Batangas, Cebu, and Manila, were on board MV Hirman Star, together with seven Indian nationals, since April 3, 2025. According to Philippines News Agency, the ship, which arrived from Vietnam carrying bags of rice in August 2024, had remained docked after being found unseaworthy and lacking a valid trading certificate during an inspection by the Philippine Coast Guard/Port State Control. Since August, the ship changed its

La castellana: The local government unit (LGU) and the incident management team (IMT) of La Castellana in Negros Occidental are examining the unauthorized decampment of at least 33 families, totaling 89 individuals, who were affected by the unrest of Mt. Kanlaon. According to Philippines News Agency, the LGU reported that certain individuals persuaded the internally displaced persons (IDPs) to return to their homes in Barangay Cabagna-an without official approval. A video uploaded on Facebook depicted a group of IDPs, who had been residing at La Castellana National High School (LCNHS)-Senior High School evacuation center, boarding a truck with their personal

Negros oriental: Negros Oriental Governor Manuel Sagarbarria has announced his priority projects for the initial 100 days of his term during his oathtaking ceremony. The governor emphasized the transfer of a drive-thru flea market and the renovation of a sports complex as key projects on his agenda. According to Philippines News Agency, Sagarbarria, speaking to reporters post-inauguration, revealed plans to relocate the current ‘tabo’ market from Barangay Piapi to a newly conceptualized drive-thru market in Barangay Batinguel, Dumaguete City. This move comes in light of a multi-million medical city project that will displace the existing market. The transfer aims to

Agusan del sur: About 264 former combatants of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) in Agusan del Sur province have so far submitted their applications for the government’s Amnesty Program under Executive Order (EO) No. 47, according to the Army’s 4th Infantry Division (4ID) on Monday. According to Philippines News Agency, EO 47, signed by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Nov. 22, 2023, established the National Amnesty Commission, responsible for receiving, processing, and determining eligibility for amnesty applications. A two-day processing period on June 25-26 by the 4ID successfully concluded for 37 former rebels (FRs), increasing the total number

Baguio: Media practitioners took time out of their usual schedule and shut down their computers to plant and nurture trees during an activity that aimed to expose them and their families to forest and environment protection on Monday. According to Philippines News Agency, the tree planting activity, dubbed “Eco-Walk,” was conducted by the Baguio Correspondents and Broadcasters Club (BCBC) in celebration of the organization’s 62nd anniversary. This initiative not only commemorates Arbor Month but also serves as a tribute to the lives lost during the magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck Baguio and northern Luzon on July 16, 1990. The earthquake