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Air quality shifts from ‘very unhealthy’ to ‘fair’

By Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon | 3 days ago

Air quality in Metro Cebu has improved significantly from “very unhealthy” on September 1 to “fair” as of September 16, with the latest monitoring showing better conditions in both Metro Cebu...

Cebu News

QC suspends classes due to haze-induced poor air quality

By Ian Laqui | September 1, 2026 - 8:52am

In-person classes in all public schools in Quezon City have been suspended after local sensors recorded hazardous air pollution...

Nation

Navotas landfill fire reignites

By Josiah Antonio | April 28, 2026 - 12:00am

Air quality in Malabon, Pasay and Valenzuela remains “unhealthy to sensitive groups” after the fire at the Navotas...

Nation

Air quality back to “safe” level

By Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon | April 27, 2026 - 12:00am

Air quality in Metro Cebu and parts of Central Visayas has significantly improved, with monitoring stations in Cebu recording...

Cebu News

Air quality improving, no longer “unhealthy”

By Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon | April 23, 2026 - 12:00am

The air quality in Metro Cebu has significantly improved following days of elevated pollution levels and haze conditions as of yesterday, April 22, 2026.

Cebu News

Drones, air monitors deployed after Navotas landfill fire

By Ian Laqui | April 12, 2026 - 10:27am

Air quality checks are underway after the Navotas landfill fire.

Nation

Makati City tops air pollution levels hours into the New Year — DENR

By Dominique Nicole Flores | January 2, 2025 - 2:18pm

Makati City recorded the highest air pollution levels in Metro Manila as the country ushered in the New Year, the Department...

Headlines

Smog-ridden New Delhi extends schools shutdown

November 5, 2023 - 4:36pm

Authorities in the smog-ridden Indian capital New Delhi on Sunday extended an emergency schools closure by a week, with no...

Climate and Environment

Schools shut as toxic smog engulfs India's capital

By Aishwarya Kumar | November 5, 2023 - 10:18am

Schools were shut across India's capital on Friday as a noxious grey smog engulfed the megacity and made life a misery for...

Climate and Environment

US haze from Canada fires rare and extreme event — expert

June 8, 2023 - 7:57am

"In the last 20 or 25 years, the only event that comes even close to what we're seeing in the past few days was a very similar...

World