Health and Science

At the Crossroads of Peace: Why 14,000 Unarmed Combatants Hold the Key to Bangsamoro’s Future

COTABATO CITY (October 22) — Outside the crisp, air-conditioned halls of the Bangsamoro Parliament Building, life goes on in the quiet villages scattered across the autonomous region. But as...

SPMC doctor warns against drinking filtered canal water amid El Niño

DAVAO CITY (October 22) — Filtering canal water does not necessarily make it safe to drink, a Southern...

ICC bars alleged drug killing from Duterte case over timing

MANILA (October 22) — The International Criminal Court (ICC) has barred prosecutors from including an alleged drug-related killing...

BARMM public works pressed to fix delays, speed up projects

LAMITAN CITY (October 22) — The Bangsamoro Ministry of Public Works has ordered its nine district engineering offices...

Army scouts Davao hinterlands for new military facilities

DAVAO CITY (October 22) — The Philippine Army is scouting the Davao Region’s hinterlands for new military facilities...
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Marcos vows to modernize quake-hit Davao de Oro hospital

DAVAO CITY (July 29)  — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has pledged to modernize the Davao de Oro Provincial Hospital (DDOPH) in Montevista after a...

Lanao del Sur Deploys Emergency Health Teams to Prevent Disease After Deadly Landslide, Flooding

COTABATO CITY (July 14)  — As floods and landslides triggered by Typhoon Inday and the enhanced southwest monsoon battered parts of Lanao del Sur,...

SPMC opens Mindanao’s biggest dialysis center, bringing lifesaving kidney care closer to patients

DAVAO CITY (July 8)  — For thousands of kidney patients across Mindanao, hours-long trips and long waits for dialysis may soon become a thing...

CSC clears way for DepEd to hire 10,000 school counselor associates

MANILA (July 3) — The government is poised to deploy 10,000 additional mental health workers to public schools after the Civil Service Commission (CSC)...

Snakebite cases surge in Davao, doctors warn against dangerous first-aid myths

DAVAO CITY (July 3) — A sharp rise in snakebite cases in the Davao Region is exposing a dangerous gap in public awareness, with...

Heart disease still No. 1 killer of Filipinos in 2025, PSA reports

MANILA (June 30)  — Nearly one out of every five deaths recorded in the Philippines this year was caused by heart disease, as cardiovascular...
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