Newslights

Protecting Our Homes as Cold Season Brings Surge in Flu-Like Illnesses

MANILA (October 26) --- With the chilly weather rolling in and holiday festivities just around the corner, local health officials are urging families to take extra precautions against seasonal...

Villegas urges government to defend West Philippine Sea, protect fisherfolk

MANILA (October 26) — Filipino fisherfolk risk losing their livelihoods as Chinese vessels harass small fishing boats in...

 ₱1.38M Illegal Bird Smuggling Busted at Toril Checkpoint

DAVAO CITY (October 26) — Local law enforcement and environmental guardians just dealt a major blow to illegal...

Davao Oriental seeks Davao Light entry amid power woes

MATI CITY (October 26) — With brownouts and voltage fluctuations disrupting businesses and households in Davao Oriental, the...

Bumper Crop of Marine Giants: 6 Dugongs, 5 Sea Turtles Spotted Grazing Off Kalamansig

KALAMANSIG, SULTAN KUDARAT (October 26) — Something special is swimming just off our shores! In a major win for...
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Relief ops ramped up as strong quakes rock Mindanao

BUTUAN CITY (October 13) — Government relief operations have been intensified across large parts of Mindanao as communities recover from successive strong earthquakes, including...

Drone weed control matches traditional spraying in rice farms — PhilRice

MANILA (October 13) — Drones are proving to be just as effective as traditional backpack sprayers in controlling weeds in wet-seeded rice fields, according...

DA eyes 84% rice self-sufficiency by 2026, 90% by 2028

MANILA (October 13) — The Philippines aims to produce enough rice to meet 84 percent of its domestic demand by the end of 2026,...

COMELEC kicks off printing of 90M ballots for 2026 barangay, youth polls — its biggest ever

MANILA (October 13) --- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will start printing more than 90 million official ballots on Monday — the largest ballot...

Why earthquakes feel more frequent in PH: DOST says 30 happen daily

MANILA (October 13) — If it feels like earthquakes are happening more often lately, that’s because they are — or at least, people are...

National officials inspect quake-hit areas in Davao Oriental

MANILA (October 12) – Top officials from the DPWH, DSWD, DepEd, and MinDA conducted an on-site inspection in Davao Oriental on Saturday following the...
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