The government-run Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) in Davao City has marked a major milestone in Philippine healthcare after successfully performing the country’s first adaptive sensing-enabled Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) procedure.

From the southern tip of Mindanao to the Southeast Asian spotlight, Palacio del Sur has once again put Zamboanga City on the tourism map as the sole Mindanao recipient at the ASEAN Tourism Standards Awards 2026 in Cebu City.

Camiguin has secured a spot on the New York Times’ highly anticipated “52 Places to Go” list for 2026, ranking No. 37 among destinations around the world.