Laws that will modernise the salt industry are now awaited, after national director of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources said the law needs to be updated

The Malabon-Navotas Waste Workers' Association is tackling flooding prevention by educating residents on proper waste disposal, clearing blocked drains and replanting mangroves to absorb waters - essential efforts in Malabon, a city steadily sinking

The canonical coronation of the Our Lady of Fatima de Binakayan in Cavite has been approved by the Vatican; this revered Marian image is the third in the Diocese of Imus, after Our Lady of the Pillar and the Nuestra Señora dela Soledad de Porta Vaga

The Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction ended in Manila; thousands of participants from governments, civil society, private sector and academia shared best practices to accelerate disaster risk reduction across the region

Raihana G. Ambangala, from the Mindanao region in the southern Philippines, won female second place at the International Qur'an Reading Competition in Malaysia with participants from 71 countries; the event celebrates excellence in Qur'an reading