Due to project implementation delays, the Philippines is seeking the extension of two loans obtained by the previous Duterte administration from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank. Documents showed that the Department of Finance (DOF), on behalf of the Philippine government, asked...
K-pop boy band BOYNEXTDOOR will be meeting Filipino fans next year in their first concert since their debut. BOYNEXTDOOR will hold their tour “Knock on Vo. 1” in Manila on March 22 next year at Araneta Coliseum, according to promoter Pulp Live World. They launched the tour in South Korea...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s two stuck astronauts just got their space mission extended again. That means they won’t be back on Earth until spring, 10 months after rocketing into orbit on Boeing’s Starliner capsule . This image made from a NASA live stream shows NASA astronauts Suni...
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — An overcrowded boat capsized on a river in central Congo on Tuesday, killing at least 25 people, including children, and leaving dozens missing, officials and local residents said. A vessel believed to be overcrowded capsized as it made its way along the Fimi River, the...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders have unveiled a stopgap spending bill that will keep the federal government funded through March 14 and provide more than $100 billion in emergency aid to help states and local communities recover from Hurricanes Helene and Milton and other natural...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that Israeli forces will stay in a buffer zone on the Syrian border, seized after the ouster of Syria's President Bashar Assad , until another arrangement is in place “that ensures Israel's security.” Israel's Prime Minister...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The motive for a shooting that killed a teacher and a student and wounded others at a Wisconsin school appears to be a “combination of factors,” a police chief said Tuesday as he appealed to the public to share what they might know about the 15-year-old girl who attacked...
Upscale resort developer and operator Discovery World Corporation (DWC) is investing an additional P762.2 million for the expansion and development of its resorts and township properties in Palawan, Davao, and Siargao. In four disclosures filed with the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), DWC said it...
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) — As dozens of deported migrants pack into a sweltering airport facility in San Pedro Sula, Norma sits under fluorescent lights clutching a foam cup of coffee and a small plate of eggs – all that was waiting for her in Honduras. The 69-year-old Honduran mother had...
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A Filipino woman who was on death row in Indonesia — and was nearly executed by firing squad in 2015 — was moved late Sunday to a female prison in Indonesia’s capital, from where she will be flown back to her home country. Filipino death row inmate Mary Jane...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The death toll in the French territory of Mayotte from Cyclone Chido is “several hundred” and may run into the thousands, the island’s top government official told a local broadcaster Sunday. This undated photo provided by NGO Medecins du Monde on Sunday, Dec....
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel said Sunday it will close its embassy in Ireland as relations deteriorated over the war in Gaza , where Palestinian medical officials said new Israeli airstrikes killed over 46 people including several children. Palestinians mourn over the bodies of civil...
