Here are the top stories and headlines from Cebu Daily News for Thursday, March 19, 2026. Marcos suspends fare hike President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday, March 18, suspended the planned fare hike for public transportation, citing economic strain from the conflict in the Middle East. READ MORE What to know about Cebu’s part in

Only six of the 18 alleged former Marines, who claimed to have delivered suitcases filled with cash totaling billions of pesos to several government officials and personalities, including President Marcos, have signed their sworn statements before the National Bureau of Investigation, according to Director Melvin Matibag. In a message to the Inquirer on Wednesday, Matibag

The Philippine National Police has filed charges against a gas station for alleged profiteering and a person caught hoarding 680 liters of gasoline. “We had two whom we already filed cases against,” PNP spokesperson Brig. Gen. Randulf Tuaño said at the Kapihan sa Manila Hotel forum on Wednesday. “These are in Nueva Vizcaya and Eastern

The Philippine National Police on Wednesday reminded its personnel who are also vloggers to “be mindful” of their use of artificial intelligence (AI) in videos. This came after the PNP Anti-Cybercrime Group flagged a supposedly AI-generated video on social media depicting a police officer misbehaving at a fast-food restaurant. “While we encourage digital transformation, we

Henry Alcantara, the dismissed public works official who was among the first to be implicated in the flood control corruption scandal, but who was later admitted into the witness protection program, now has fewer criminal cases to worry about. Formerly the district engineer of the Bulacan regional office of the Department of Public Works and

The Sandiganbayan has affirmed the graft convictions of eight former Philippine National Police officers and personnel involved in the P358-million “ghost” repairs and maintenance of 28 police armored vehicles in 2007. At the same time, the anti-graft court’s Special Fourth Division acquitted one of the respondents, Henry Duque, after it determined that he was not

Local government units (LGUs) in different parts of the country are faced with rising demands for subsidy as the transport sector bears another round of fuel price hike on Tuesday. The latest increase is the second since the crisis in the Middle East began over two weeks ago, prompting public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers to

The dust had barely settled on the makeshift tents along the national highway when gunfire rang out. It was April 19, 2022, in Quezon town, Bukidnon. The Manobo-Pulangiyon tribe, displaced for several years, had gathered the courage to finally step onto a fraction of their 1,000-hectare ancestral land. Among those who accompanied them was labor

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY—What began as a hobby soon turned into a career, a passion, and ultimately, a lifelong advocacy to protect the ocean and its fragile ecosystems. Angelique Morato Songco, protected area superintendent of the world-renowned Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park (TRNP), recalls how a dive shop in this capital city of Palawan introduced her to

ILOILO CITY—For Iloilo City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Judge Elijo Sharon R. Herrera-Bellones, justice is not merely an abstract ideal written in statutes and rulings—it is a responsibility she carries every day, especially for women and children whose voices often struggle to be heard in the legal system. Since her appointment as presiding judge of