A House bill introduced by a Duterte Youth Representative seeks to change the airport's name to MIA in order to make it "easier" for passengers to find the country's international gateway and to give Filipinos a "sense of pride."
Aksyon Demokratiko presidential candidate Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso vowed to build disaster-resilient mass housing and expressed support for the creation of the Department of Disaster Resilience once he gets elected.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Eastern Visayas has released over 25,000 family food packs as an initial assistance to victims of Tropical Depression Agaton.
The Department of Public Works and Highways has finished the widening of the Carmen Junction-Bayambang-Manat road in Pangasinan, reducing traffic congestion.
With only a few weeks before the May 9 elections, the Commission on Elections and SM Supermalls have signed an agreement to allow the public to practice using vote counting machines.
Amid the inclement weather, an official in Davao has advised Dabawenyos to make their homes more resilient to flooding by having them retrofitted or redesigned.