Regional News

Beyond Punishment: Why Children Need Protection, Not Stigma, in the Fight Against Illegal Drugs

DAVAO CITY (June 19) — Children affected by illegal drugs are often viewed through the lens of crime and punishment. Yet child rights advocates and public health practitioners argue...

Gunmen Rob Community Bank Employees of P1.6 Million in Bukidnon Highway Attack

COTABATO CITY  (June 19) — Armed men intercepted employees of a community bank and carted away P1.6 million...

More Filipino Children Going Hungry: Child Stunting Rises for First Time in a Decade

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY  (June 19) --- For years, health workers and educators have celebrated gradual progress in...

More Than Daycare: New Child Development Centers Signal Investment in Cagayan de Oro’s Youngest Learners

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (June 18) — For many families, access to quality early childhood education remains one...

Fighting a Growing Threat: Tawi-Tawi Health Workers Bring Anti-Smoking Campaign to Students

BONGAO, Tawi-Tawi (June 18) — As vaping and smoking continue to attract young people across the country, health...
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SC Orders USEP to Pay P6.45 million Over Student’s Death in Campus Pageant Fire

DAVAO CITY, Philippines (May 18)— After almost two decades after a university beauty pageant ended in tragedy, the Supreme Court has ordered the University...

Fuel-Driven Price Shock: Caraga Region Inflation Surges to 5.5% in March

BUTUAN CITY (April 15) — Inflation in the Caraga Region surged to 5.5% in March, up sharply from 3.6% in February, with fuel costs...

Illegal mining bust in Agusan Sur raises community safety alarms; 2 Chinese, 3 locals nabbed

BUTUAN CITY (March 5) — A police raid on an alleged illegal mining site in Barangay Wasian, Rosario, Agusan del Sur has triggered fresh...

Road collapse in Lake Sebu squeezes livelihoods as trade grinds slow

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (February 25)  — What used to be a busy farm-to-market corridor in upland South Cotabato is now a broken strip of...

After 52 Years in the Fields, a Farmer Finally Holds His Land — But Why Did It Take Half a Century?

ZAMBOANGA CITY (February 20)  — For 52 years, Levi Chavez cultivated land that fed his family but did not legally belong to him. He was...

Sara Duterte Declares 2028 Presidential Bid, Cites Proverbs 19:21

DAVAO CITY (February 18) — Clad in black, her hair draped over her shoulders, Vice President Sara Duterte opened her press conference with Proverbs...
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