Malacañang on Sunday thanked the special representative for disaster risk reduction sent by the United Nations for her positive feedback on the services rendered by the government to address the plight of the flood victims in Northern Mindanao.

MANILA — A member of the dreaded Abu Sayyaf terror group involved in the beheading of a farmer and kidnapping of 50 school children in Basilan in 2001, but who was freed from detention due to some legal technicality, was rearrested on Thursday, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said.

Mayor Celso Lobregat yesterday reported to the local legislative body that the city’s development continues to surge ahead with 2,045 projects amounting to P3.29 billion had been completed within a span of three-year period (2009-2011), surpassing his administration’s record-breaking performance last year.

ISABELA CITY, Basilan — Consistent with his reform policy of transparency in the regional governance and his commitment to streamline its bureaucracy, ARMM OIC Regional Governor Mujiv Hataman has put to test the competence of applicants for assistant secretary, undersecretary, bureau chiefs and administrators of the different departments and offices in the regional government.

MANILA — Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, presiding officer for the impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona, on Tuesday afternoon adjourned early due to the prosecution's lack of preparation to present witnesses and evidence.

According to an update from the Department of Foreign Affairs, there were no reported casualties among Filipinos on board the Costa Concordia Liner, the cruise ship that ran aground near Giglio, an island off the coast of Tuscany, Italy.

ZAMBOANGA CITY,Philippines (Jan. 13, 2012) - Police and military authorities have expanded Thursday their search for kidnapped Australian man Warren Rodwell in the Muslim provinces of Basilan and Sulu in the southern Philippines.

MANILA — A study by Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) dubbed the Philippines a “fast-growth” economy due to improving fundamentals, which will propel the domestic economy to be the 16th largest economy by 2050.

ZAMBOANGA CITY — The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) plans a general overhaul of the educational system to rid the systems of corruption and its many problems inheried in previous administration.

MANILA — Government panel chair Marvic Leonen said peace negotiations with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) “have inched forward but not fast enough” even as both sides considered the drafting of road maps towards the resolution of the Bangsamoro question as the three-day 24th formal exploratory talks ended in Kuala Lumpur Wednesday.