A woman sits on the floor of a crowded carriage on metro line 11 during a heatwave in Paris. The heatwave will be "widespread, long-lasting and intense", France's forecaster warned. GETTY IMAGES

Red heat alerts issued in France, Italy and Spain as 40C temperatures forecast

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PARIS – Red heat alerts have been issued in France, Spain and other nations across western and central Europe as heatwave conditions are forecast...
The Australian police secured these plastic packs of cocaine after seizing them in a secret bunker in Sydney. AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE

Largest ever cocaine bust in Australia after police raid underground bunker

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CANBERRA – Australian police have seized 2.7 tonnes of cocaine - the country's largest ever such bust - from an underground bunker system in...
"School safety is a shared responsibility. Through stronger partnerships with schools, parents, local government units, and the community, we can create a secure environment where learners can focus on their education without fear," says Police Regional Office–Negros Island Region acting director Brigadier General Romano V. Cardiño. PRO-NIR PHOTO

PRO-NIR tightens school security, firearm accountability after Tacloban incident

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BACOLOD City — The Police Regional Office–Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) has intensified security measures in schools and reinforced firearm accountability among police personnel following...

PRO-6 rounds up 269 fugitives in month-long drive

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ILOILO City – The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) has apprehended 269 wanted persons during its month-long operations across Western Visayas. Data released by PRO-6...
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Live-in partners yield P2M worth of illegal drugs in Sara

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ILOILO City – A young live-in couple was arrested after yielding around P2 million worth of suspected shabu during a buy-bust operation on Monday...
Mayor Raisa Treñas has ordered the Schools Division of Iloilo City, the local police and concerned offices to double security measures in all schools in the city following a deadly shooting incident inside a public high school in Tacloban City. “Indi kita maghulat nga may matabo antes kita maghulag,” Treñas emphasized. Photo shows a police officer managing traffic and guiding students safely across the street outside Iloilo National High School in La Paz district after classes on Monday afternoon, June 22. MAI LADIAO/PN

WAKE-UP CALL FOR SCHOOLS: Iloilo City tightens campus security after deadly Tacloban shooting

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ILOILO City – Alarmed by the deadly shooting inside a public high school in Tacloban City that left three students dead, Mayor Raisa Treñas...
The Bacolod City Government has intensified monitoring for African Swine Fever (ASF) following reports of increasing hog deaths in several local government units in southern Negros Occidental. Authorities said no hog deaths have been recorded in Bacolod City, while surveillance and biosecurity measures remain in place to protect the local swine industry. INQUIRER.NET PHOTO

Bacolod monitors ASF threat amid hog deaths in Negros

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BACOLOD City — The Bacolod City Government has not recorded any hog deaths within its jurisdiction despite growing concerns over swine mortalities reported in...
NO WATER. Residents of Florentino Street in Sampaloc, Manila queue up with their plastic containers to collect clean water from a water tanker. Government agencies have been ordered to intensify drought mitigation measures as the country braces for a prolonged El Niño. PNA

PBBM flags El Niño threat until 2027, orders aggressive drought defenses

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MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday raised the alarm over a possible prolonged El Niño phenomenon that could persist until 2027, directing...
Forty-nine French regions have been placed under a red heatwave alert, including Paris. EPA

Half of France under red heat alert

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PARIS – France has issued red heatwave alerts for around half the country including Paris for Monday as a heatwave pushes temperatures towards record...
Dr. Jose Martin Atienza, Medical Officer IV and National Immunization Program Coordinator of DOH-6

Vaccine hesitancy blamed for 41% surge in Western Visayas measles cases

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ILOILO City – A sharp rise in measles-rubella cases in Western Visayas has prompted health authorities to intensify vaccination efforts, with the Department of...
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