Published Mar 27, 2026 10:21 pm TACLOBAN CITY – A total of 2,260 police personnel will be deployed to ensure a safe and orderly Holy Week in Eastern Visayas. Police Brig. Gen. Jayson Capoy, Police Regional Office-8 director, said that they will be strategically assigned to key gathering spots throughout the region starting March 29. Six-hundred … Read more
THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced that the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections will be held on Nov. 2 using a fully manual system. The commission noted that no major technological upgrades will be implemented as it aims for stricter measures against vote-buying and other violations. Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia said voters will again … Read more
Since February 28, 470 Azerbaijani citizens, 323 Russian citizens, and 16 Georgian citizens have been evacuated from Iran to Azerbaijan. A total of 2,853 people have been allowed to cross the Iranian-Azerbaijani border. As reported by the “Caucasian Knot,” as of March 14, 2,360 people, including 300 Russian citizens, were evacuated across the Iranian-Azerbaijani land … Read more
According to a recent awareness campaign, Thailand is facing an education crisis, with nearly one million Thai youth aged 15–23 affected by inequality and social marginalisation, causing them to drop out of the formal education system. These young people are often overlooked by traditional pathways, creating a cohort of “missing students” in both the community … Read more
THE National Authority for Child Care (NACC) on Monday hailed the Philippine National Police-Women and Children Protection Center (PNP-WCPC) for the rescue of two infants and arrest of four suspects following entrapment operations over the weekend in the provinces of Pampanga and Bulacan. NACC Executive Director Janella Ejercito Estrada said the WCPC operatives rescued a … Read more
Published Feb 6, 2026 01:00 pm Two overstaying Chinese nationals, one of whom attempted to pose as a Filipino, have been arrested in Tacloban City, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said on Friday, Feb. 6. Immigration Commissioner Joel Anthony M. Viado identified them as Zhu Fulin, 51, and Wu Huoyan, 53, who were arrested by operatives … Read more
ENCHANTED Kingdom (EK), the first and only world-class theme park in the Philippines, enters 2026 as one of three Filipino companies recognized by Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (Asean) most esteemed honors in tourism. Now on its 30th year, EK was hailed as the Best Asean New Tourism Attraction for its unique flying theater, Agila … Read more
Apple has launched its annual Chinese New Year film, “Glad I Met You,” directed by award-winning filmmaker Bai Xue and created in collaboration with TBWA\Media Arts Lab, Shanghai.The short film combines live action with stop-motion animation, captured using the iPhone 17 Pro. The story follows Lin Wei and a lost dog named Little White as … Read more
FOLLOWING the release of the Second Congressional Commission on Education (Edcom 2) final report, which contains the National Education and Workforce Development Plan for the next 10 years, Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian pressed the need to efficiently spend the country’s historic 2026 education budget. The P1.35 trillion budget for the education sector, the equivalent of … Read more
The Department of Education committed to lead the next decade of education reform following the launch of the Second Congressional Commission on Education Final Report, “Turning Point: A Decade of Necessary Reforms (2026–2035),” as Education Secretary Sonny Angara moves to translate long-standing recommendations into concrete, time-bound actions for schools, teachers and learners. Angara said … Read more