Here鈥檚 a quick roundup of today鈥檚 top stories:
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has vowed to further improve disaster risk reduction (DRR) efforts at the local and national levels after the country reeled from massive flooding caused by the recent spate of typhoons.
In a vlog posted on social media Friday, Marcos noted that millions of Filipinos have been affected while billions worth of damage were incurred by the infrastructure and agriculture sectors due to the recent onslaught of typhoons, which he said have been exacerbated by climate change.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said that for his late father to truly rest in peace, he must continue the work that his father, Ferdinand Marcos Sr., started.
In a speech following a Mass before his father鈥檚 grave at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Taguig City on All Saints鈥� Day, Marcos said it won鈥檛 be enough to just wish rest in peace for his dad.
The suspected Philippine offshore gaming operator (Pogo) hub in Bataan which government authorities recently raided appears to be engaged in 鈥渂lack market banking,鈥� the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (Paocc) said Friday.
During a radio interview, Paocc spokesperson Director Winston Casio noted something 鈥渙ut of the ordinary鈥� in the operation of Central One Bataan PH Incorporated, which is located t the Centro Park compound in Bagac.
State seismologists reported on Friday 鈥渃ontinuous degassing鈥� at the Kanlaon Volcano summit crater.
鈥淭he ashing events were observed between 07:20 a.m. and 07:39 a.m. today and lasted nineteen minutes; no detectable seismic or infrasound signals were recorded,鈥� the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.
Marikina City Mayor Marcelino Teodoro revealed Friday that a syndicate may be behind the illegal exhumation of remains in the Barangka Public Cemetery.
In a radio interview, Teodoro said that the cemetery鈥檚 administrator and several private individuals were conspiring to dig up the remains.