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This is the fourth of six parts.

Revisiting the day of the flash flood, there is a sense that all the elements that could make a disaster happen happened that day.

Residents share their experience of the flood 28 years ago.

At a time when disinformation in social media, the platform preferred by millennials, has reached crisis level, journalism among students remains vibrant.

Do Filipinos know enough about climate change and its effects?

BOAC, MARINDUQUE— In a land known to many as poisoned by a toxic mine spillage, there’s a field of green that thrives, harvesting nature’s unadulterated bounty.

This is the second of six parts

We compiled relevant information to aid the public in making their decision.

Do what the Duterte administration has been unable to do - take China on.

One nourishes communities. The other has become a source of distress.

BOAC, Marinduque— The hike around a tiny part of the nearly 9,000-hectare Marinduque Wildlife Sanctuary is not easy, especially if you’re forty-something and lack exercise. But Mother Nature will reward you for your effort.

Children are more exposed to increasingly dangerous roads.

Heavy metal runs through Racquel Logatoc’s veins. The 52-year-old village chief of Bocboc, Marinduque suffers from skin irritation, fatigue and body pains. Tests done in 2013 and 2017 detected the harmful substance in her blood. In February, she was back at the Batangas Medical Center for further monitoring.

BOAC, Marinduque—The people of this island province have endured the brunt of the worst mining disaster in the country, but the bigger heartbreak in their two-decade long quest for justice might just be the wait for redress that is not sure to come.

The Philippines has effectively occupied Pag-asa Island (international name:Thitu) since 1978 and has incorporated it as a municipality that is part of the Province of Palawan. There have been elections for the municipal officials of Pag-asa, and there will be elections there in May 2019 like in the rest of the archipelago. There are 400 voters in Pag-asa. Pag-asa has a land area of 37.2 hectares.

Jolina Magdangal's family are road crash survivors.

Raw data from the PNP tell a different story

Duterte Warriors has been flagged repeatedly by VERA Files Fact Check as a top sharer of several misleading reports published by dubious websites.

Locals like Mang Onad are ambivalent towards the avalanche of visitors. More tourists mean more income. But, at the same time, they are aware of the damage a careless snorkeler, a novice scuba diver, or an irresponsible visitor can cause especially to underwater sites.

Sports celebrities Chris Tiu and Gretchen Ho join the campaign of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) to boost the youth’s participation in the May 2019 election.

Children are vulnerable road users. Even with laws, proper enforcement is needed.

Here are some fast facts on senatorial and partylist representative candidates.

It has been car seats vs. a mother's embrace for Filipinos.

“My office ‘s independent and impartial preliminary examination into the situation in the Philippines continues.”

He grossly underestimated the number of OFWs.

Lawyer Gilbert Andres says the "Kian Delos Santos conviction" is not enough.

A different kind of battle is now being waged at Manila Bay.

Last 17 May 2018, the Philippines deposited with the United Nations its written notification of withdrawal from the Rome Statue on the International Criminal Court (Rome Statute). This is pursuant to Article 127 of the Rome Statute which also states that the withdrawal takes effect a year after.

Qualifications to be a candidate for Senator are distinct from the requirements prescribed by law for people who will hold public office.

A toddler sitting on an adult’s lap or a small child unbuckled at the back of a moving vehicle is no longer allowed under this new law.