'According to witnesses, sometime after 1:00 a.m., Dooley gave his daughter a pillow and blanket before leaving her asleep in line,' police said.
Nov 9, 2026
MANILA, Philippines—No ticket holder won the Grand Lotto 6/55 and Mega Lotto 6/45 jackpot on Monday, November 9, 2026, according to the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office. Grand Lotto 6/55 draw result: 53-44-36-18-20-28. Jackpot prize: ₱349.05 million Mega Lotto 6/45 draw result: 29-27-12-11-43-05. Jackpot prize: ₱15 million. Minor games The PCSO also reported the following results
MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives will soon launch a transparency platform on its website that will allow Filipinos to scrutinize government-funded projects, including their locations, funding allocations, and implementation status, Speaker Faustino “Bojie” G. Dy III announced on Monday. The project is part of continuing reforms to strengthen transparency and accountability in public
A 30-year-old suspect, alias “Cyclone,” was arrested in a drug buy-bust operation in Barangay Ong Yiu, Butuan City on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026.(Photo courtesy of Police Regional Office 13) SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur – Anti-narcotics operatives seized over P700,000 worth of suspected shabu from an alleged street-level drug pusher arrested in an entrapment operation
BAGUIO CITY—Mayor Benjamin Magalong has urged education leaders to promote the ethical and responsible use of artificial intelligence (AI) in schools, emphasizing that the technology should support learning rather than make students dependent on it. In a statement Sunday, Nov. 8, Magalong stressed the need for proper and controlled use of AI in education during
MANILA, Philippines — The House prosecution is wondering who will explain the financial records and disputed assets of Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband, lawyer Manases “Mans” Carpio, considering that the latter is not in the initial witness list of the defense. Rep. Gerville Luisto, the lead prosecutor, pointed this out on Sunday in
MANILA, Philippines—The upcoming closed fishing season in major fishing grounds across the country could trigger an artificial shortage of fish and drive up market prices, the fishers’ group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) warned. In a statement, Pamalakaya said the annual three-month fishing ban, scheduled across several fishing grounds between November and
MANILA, Philippines — Mati Bishop Abel Apigo was appointed by Pope Leo XIV as the new archbishop of Davao, succeeding Archbishop Romulo Valles, who already reached the mandatory retirement age for bishops, according to CBCP News. Apigo was appointed as the second bishop of Mati by Pope Francis in 2018. He completed his philosophical and
MANILA, Philippines — A bill seeking to double the minimum night shift differential for private-sector workers from the current 10 percent to 20 percent of their regular hourly wage has been filed by Sen. Loren Legarda. According to Legarda, the proposed increase would help recognize the sacrifices and health risks faced by workers whose schedules
PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur – The National ICT (Information and Communications Technology) Confederation of the Philippines (NICP) has reaffirmed its commitment to driving digital transformation in the countryside. During Monday’s opening of 11th Mindanao ICT Conference (MindaCon) 2026 from Nov. 9 to 11, NICP president Jessraf Palmares lauded the city government’s thrust toward digital
SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur — Poverty incidence among families in Caraga (Region 13) dropped to 7.8 percent in 2025, according to preliminary results of the 2025 Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES) released on Monday by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). The official report, issued by the PSA Regional Statistical Services Office-13 (Caraga), showed
Seoul's international theater community prepares for battle once again, as the 10-Minute Play Festival (10MPF) takes to the stage to find this year's top playwright. This will mark the 13th year of the contest, brought to the stage at Dulwich College in southern Seoul by Seoul Players, a not-for-profit, volunteer-run English-language theater group founded in 2001. For this year's contest, they received 410 submissions sent in March and April from 354 playwrights based all over the world. The number of submissions has exploded in recent years, peaking at more than 500 for last year's festival in just two weeks, before submissions had to be closed early. "Last year, one of the board [members] felt that many of the hundreds of plays we got were AI-generated," said Lorne Oliver, a producer for Seoul Players. He didn't disagree with the assessment, but he explained why it didn't affect their final decisions: "I just thought most of them were not up to snuff." He added, "We did not bother to run them through an AI check; we just went with the assessment results, since cream floats." This year, th
MANILA, Philippines – The heat index peaked at a dangerous 42°C in Palawan and Eastern Samar on Monday, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa). Pagasa reported that heat indices were recorded in its stations located in Coron, Palawan and Borongan, Eastern Samar. Pagasa had explained that a heat index of