AUSTRALIA’S OCEANAGOLD Corp. said on Tuesday it has suspended production at its Didipio gold and copper mine in northern Philippines due to a dispute with local government.

THREE ALLEGED members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) wanted for kidnapping and serious illegal detention have been arrested in different parts of Luzon, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said in a statement on Tuesday.

METRO PACIFIC Tollways Corporation (MPTC) on Tuesday said the collection of the initial toll for Segment 3A-1 of the C-5 Link Expressway and the additional toll rate for Phase 1 of Segment 1 (R1 Expressway) Enhancement of the Metro Cavite Expressway Project will both start on Oct. 24.

DAVAO CITY Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio has called on national government agencies to get three major projects moving by acting on the review of documents and giving final approval.

DAVAO CITY — Homegrown restaurant chain Penong’s Barbecue and Seafood Grill will soon have its first overseas branch in Singapore through its franchising unit.

THE JUDICIAL and Bar Council (JBC) has shortlisted three associate justices as nominees for the Supreme Court’s chief justice position.

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THE PHILIPPINE National Police (PNP) chief stepped down from his post on Monday, weeks ahead of his retirement from the service amid allegations of his involvement in a case of illegal drug “recycling.”

VICE PRESIDENT Maria Leonor G. Robredo on Monday asked the Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), to uphold its rule in deciding on the electoral protest filed by losing candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos, Jr.

THE PHILIPPINES’ top diplomat apologized on Sunday for Twitter posts on Mao Zedong, the founding father of the People’s Republic of China, including referring to the revolutionary leader as “burnt rice.”

A PASIG City Regional Trial Court (RTC) has returned to the prosecutors for preliminary investigation the case involving online news site Rappler’s officials for alleged violation of the Securities and Regulation Code (SRC).

THE DEPARTMENT of Energy (DoE) said on Monday that six power plants in Luzon went on an unplanned outage, putting the system under a “yellow” alert between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. as reserve power thinned after the forced shutdown.