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Residents in Cebu City neighborhood hold party, DILG orders barangay chief to explain

Jun 30, 2020 - 7:54 PM

Another party is reported in Barangay Calamba, despite the city being under strict lockdown

DANCE PARTY. A dance party is recorded in Cebu City, which is currently supposed to be on lockdown. Screengrab from Facebook

Taal Volcano ash wipes out bee pasture in Laguna

Jan 18, 2020 - 5:54 PM

Native bee colonies take a hit from widespread damage to plants, but they can help the regrowth of foliage if people introduce the plant species bees prefer

ASHFALL. Flower plots in a bee pasture in Calamba, Laguna, are choked by ash from Taal Volcano in neighboring Batangas. Photo courtesy of Ame Locsin

Cockpit voice recorder of crashed plane in Laguna retrieved, to be decoded

Sep 12, 2019 - 9:12 PM

The aircraft wreckage also undergoes reconstruction

RETRIEVED RECORDER. A third-party Australian firm will be decoding the recorder's contents in aid of the probe into what caused the crash. Photo courtesy of CAAP Media - FOI

9 dead as small plane crashes at Calamba resort in Laguna

Sep 01, 2019 - 5:00 PM

(4th UPDATE) The light aircraft was used for medical evacuation. Among the dead are the patient being transported, the patient's wife, a doctor, and nurses.

Plane crash Calamba City Sept 1. Photo by Cabuyao Cabuyao City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office

Suspect in Grade 7 Laguna student slay arrested

Jul 09, 2019 - 11:35 AM

Police track down security guard Renz Ivan Balderama in Barangay Bucal in Calamba City

Grade 7 student from Laguna shot inside school

Jul 04, 2019 - 5:37 PM

(4th UPDATE) The Department of Education says the victim died at at 4 pm on Thursday, hours after the attack

Dynasty members, old names capture new districts in 2019

May 16, 2019 - 8:04 PM

Meanwhile, in two areas where there will be new districts after 2019, political dynasties and prominent politicians grab important local posts

New districts, old names: Battles for House seats created under Duterte

May 10, 2019 - 1:00 PM

Some of those vying for the 5 new congressional seats are former lawmakers, longtime politicians, or scions of political dynasties

VIRAL: Father sells banana cake for son's liver transplant

Mar 06, 2019 - 2:07 PM

Antonio Detablan sells homemade banana cakes for P120 each to fund a P1.6-million liver transplant for his infant son

Calamba City gets own congressional district

Sep 25, 2018 - 5:25 PM

Republic Act 11078 carves the city out of the 2nd District of Laguna

Marcos seeks probe into Laguna outing of Robredo revisor, PET staff

Jul 09, 2018 - 5:32 PM

Ex-senator Bongbong Marcos says the swimming party indicates a 'conspiracy' between the Presidential Electoral Tribunal staff and the revisor of Vice President Leni Robredo

CONSPIRACY? Ex-senator Bongbong Marcos says the ballot recount is now compromised after a revisor of VP Leni Robredo went on an outing with PET staff.

Priest shot by riding-in-tandem gunmen in Calamba

Jun 06, 2018 - 3:21 PM

Reverend Rey Urmeneta is in stable condition, police say

Batangas taps Chinese firm to develop airport, seaport, railway

Dec 15, 2017 - 1:53 PM

Batangas Governor Hermilando Mandanas signs a memorandum of understanding Teamrise Group Company Limited in Hongkong

SIGNED. Batangas Governor Hermilando Mandanas (seated, left) signs a Memorandum of Understanding with China real estate company Teamrise Group Co. Ltd in Hongkong for 6 major projects for the province of Batangas. He is joined by (standing, from left) Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo, Special Envoy of the President to China Fernando Borja, and Philippine Ports Authority representative Elmer Cadano.

IN PHOTOS: 'Relatively peaceful' Undas 2017 for Filipinos

Nov 01, 2017 - 3:20 PM

(UPDATED) A wanted man is arrested in Cebu City's Carreta Cemetery, while police secures the Davao Roman Catholic Cemetery or Wireless Cemetery for President Rodrigo Duterte's possible visit

RELATIVELY PEACEFUL. Thousands trooped the Carreta cemetery, one of the two most crowded cemeteries in Cebu City, on Wednesday, November 1, 2017. Photo by Mars Mosqueda Jr/Rappler

Hundreds of students in hospitals over 'food poisoning' in Laguna

Jul 24, 2015 - 3:11 PM

5th UPDATE Calamba Mayor Justin Chipeco says charges have already been filed against the people responsible for bringing the food to the school

Calamba hospital saves on costs with solar power

Feb 06, 2015 - 7:30 AM

What the Calamba Doctor s Hospital in Laguna has is possibly the largest renewable energy system to be powering a hospital in the country

SOLAR HOSPITAL. Officials at the Calamba Doctor's Hospital say its new solar panels will help promote the hospital as a 'green' hospital. All photos by Pia Ranada/Rappler

P1,500 for 2: 5 budget day trips

Feb 08, 2014 - 10:50 AM

Going on a date with friends or just looking for something new to do? Try these dates for P1500 and below for two

PERFECT ENDING. End your day watching the sunset at Laguna de Bay. Photo by Rhea Claire Madarang

Thea Tolentino on fire in fantasy serye

Aug 22, 2013 - 9:45 PM

Young star steps out of kontrabida role as heroine in GMA show Pyra Ang Babaeng Apoy

THE EYES HAVE IT.'I didn't know they would be my ticket to a big break,' says Thea. Photo from her Facebook

NP's Chipeco wins as Calamba mayor

May 16, 2013 - 8:24 AM

For the next 3 years another Chipeco will head the city of Calamba

Comelec urges election vigilance in Calamba

May 13, 2013 - 2:20 AM

Laguna Comelec officials urge voters to report vote buying and election related violence