Environment

October 08, 2026

Metro Cebu Air Quality Is Getting Worse, Here’s Why

by DitoSaPilipinas.com

Metro Cebu’s air quality is deteriorating, but the problem is not coming from forest fires in Indonesia. Read more »

Opinion

October 07, 2026

“Kanya-Kanya, Pero sa Kapwa Ko, Pamilya Ko”: Why Political Dynasties Endure in the Philippines

by Gabriel Luna

Open Pulitiklan.com and the country turns into a field of colored dots. Each one is a province or city, and each opens into a list of surnames and the relatives in public office who share them. “Kapag ang public office, family business,” the site says under its logo. Read more »

Culture

October 07, 2026

Tabi-Tabi Po: Is the White Lady of Balete Drive Real?

by Mika Soriano

A woman in white flags down a car, sits in the back seat, and disappears before the ride is over. Here’s where the Balete Drive legend came from, why the tree matters, and what the famous street looks like today. Read more »

Local

October 06, 2026

Kalibo Diocese Opposes Boracay’s New Hotel-Casino

by Juan Vergel de Dios

The Catholic Diocese of Kalibo has restated its opposition to gambling on Boracay, calling on provincial and municipal officials to weigh the welfare of families above the revenue a newly opened hotel-casino on the island may bring. Read more »

Local

October 06, 2026

MVP Returns to Hometown Apalit to Hand Out Relief Packs to Flood Evacuees

by Carina Dimaculangan

Manuel V. Pangilinan went back to Barangay San Juan in Apalit, Pampanga, the community where he grew up, to hand out relief packs to families displaced by weeks of monsoon flooding. Read more »

Local

October 05, 2026

244 Foreigners Arrested in ‘Largest Pogo Bust’ in Zamboanga Sibugay

by DitoSaPilipinas.com

Authorities arrested 244 foreign nationals during simultaneous raids in Zamboanga Sibugay, in what the Bureau of Immigration (BI) described as the country’s “largest Pogo bust” since the government banned Philippine offshore gaming operators. Read more »