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Electrical fire—not arson—caused the four-hour blaze that struck the famous Star City amusement park in October, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) ruled Friday.

Families in Visayas and the Mimaropa region (Mindoro provinces, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan), displaced by the onslaught of Typhoon Ursula were assisted by staff and volunteers of the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) during the holiday season.

KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban released 27 peace activists Thursday, a day after they were abducted in an ambush on their convoy in western Afghanistan, a leader of the activist organization said.

Philippine agriculture was able to achieve  a  2 percent growth in 2019,  Secretary  of Agriculture William Dar said  at the  year’s  final  meeting of the Department of Agriculture’s  Management  Committee. The department   hopes  to  maintain  the present 2 percent  growth in 2020, go up to 3 percent in 2021, and reach 4 percent in 2022.

Tropical Cyclone Sarai barreled off the coast of Fiji early Saturday, forcing hundreds of residents to move to higher ground ahead of possible flooding.

Transportation Department and Technical Work Group Consultant Alberto Suansing said that the government’s recent decision that affected ride-hailing app Angkas is a pilot program and not just a livelihood.

Thirty-five-year-old Rhyan Cuarteros was still able to celebrate on Christmas Eve by having noche buena with his family in their house at Barangay Tangos North in Navotas City.

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) said Friday it arrested more than 2,000 illegal aliens this year as a result of its intensified campaign against foreigners who violated the country’s immigration laws.

Former Gamu mayor Fernando Ocampo Cumigad of Isabela has been convicted by the Sandiganbayan Fifth Division of 36 graft charges involving the anomalous purchase of gasoline and petroleum products from 2012 to 2013.

PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump is speaking out against the "carnage" involving thousands of civilians in a rebel stronghold in Syria.

MOSCOW — A Kazakhstan plane with 98 people aboard has crashed shortly after takeoff early Friday, killing at least 15 people, officials in Almaty said. At least 66 others survived with injuries, 50 of them hospitalized.

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China Friday launched one of the world's most powerful rockets in a major step forward for its planned mission to Mars in 2020.