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Stranded and Struggling: Cotabato Transport Strike Exposes Commuter, Driver Crisis

COTABATO CITY (March 26) — For hours on Monday, the streets of Cotabato City fell unusually quiet — not from calm, but from disruption. A nationwide transport strike brought public...

Philippines Turns to Russian Oil as War Pressures Expose Energy Vulnerability

MANILA (March 26) — The arrival of the Philippines’ first shipment of Russian crude in five years signals...

Girl Child Week 2026: Rights Campaign Confronts Rising ‘Child Pregnancy’ Crisis

Photo: MAKABATA Helpline 1383 DAVAO CITY (March 26) — As the Philippines marks Girl Child Week 2026, a campaign...

From Peace Deals to Persistent Feuds: Why Violence Still Haunts BARMM

COTABATO CITY (March 26) — Years after landmark peace agreements transformed Mindanao’s political landscape, a quieter but persistent...

Balikatan 2026: Beyond Drills, Disaster Preparedness Takes Center Stage in Cagayan de Oro

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (March 26) — What may have looked like a routine joint military exercise at...
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Blessing of Fire

LAMITAN CITY, Basilan--- San Antonio de Padua Parish Church parish priest Rev. Fr. Xerxes Palermo leads the blessing of fire during the Easter Vigil,...

Fallen power line leaves 2 dead, 2 hurt

DAVAO CITY – The Davao Light and Power Company (Davao Light) said in an official statement that four bystanders were electrocuted on Friday due...

DND, OPAPRU welcome Macacua’s appointment as OIC of Maguindanao del Norte

Department of National Defense (DND) Acting Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., and the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity (OPAPRU) Secretary...

4 more cadavers found drifting at Basilan seas; 20 still missing

LAMITAN CITY, Basilan -- Four more cadavers out of the missing passengers of the ill-fated MV Lady Mary Joy 3 were fished...

White sand in Sarangani town illegally hauled

GLAN, Sarangani Province--- Local authorities here impounded an elf truck fully loaded with smuggled white sand from the bays of Glan town in...

Macacua gituboy ni PBBM  isip gobernador sa Maguindanao del Norte

DAKBAYAN SA DAVAO--- Aduna nay Gobernador ang Maguindanao del Norte, apan dili si Fatima Ainee Sinsuat, ug kini si Abdulraof "Sammy Gambar" Macacua. Opisyal nang...
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