SCHIPHOL, Netherlands — More than 1,000 stranded passengers spent the night at Amsterdam 's international airport as snow and ice that is pummeling parts of Europe grounded hundreds of flights and choked highways and railroads Wednesday. In Paris, a skier slid along the snowy bank of the...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. has seized two sanctioned oil tankers linked to Venezuela in back-to-back actions in the North Atlantic and the Caribbean, officials said Wednesday. U.S. European Command announced the seizure of the merchant vessel Bella 1 for “violations of U.S. sanctions” in a...
The traditional "Pahalik" (kissing) of the image of the Jesus Nazareno started on Wednesday night, Jan. 7, at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila, 2 days before the much-anticipated Traslacion of the holy image on Friday, Jan. 9. According to the Manila Police District (MPD), about 4,000 devotees...
CAVITE – Authorities arrested a drug suspect and seized P370,000 worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation in Dasmariñas City, on Tuesday, Jan. 6. The Cavite Police Provincial Office (Cavite PPO) identified the high-value individual as alias Sha. The suspect was caught in the act of...
The Piñas City government, through its City Nutrition Committee, is set to conduct the annual Operation Timbang Plus (OPT) to promote the health and proper nutrition of young Las Piñeros. Mayor April Aguilar said the program will cover infants and children up to four years old, ensuring early...
A 30-year-old man was arrested for allegedly raping his acquaintance’s niece in Pasig City, the Eastern Police District (EPD) said on Tuesday, Jan. 6. The EPD identified the suspect as “Jayson,” listed as the station’s No. 2 most wanted person. He was arrested on Friday, Jan. 2, in Barangay...
The Pasay City government welcomed the start of 2026 with good news as the Metro Pasay Hospital and Medical Center officially accredited the “Take Care, I Care” guarantee letter program, following the signing of an agreement between the city government and hospital management. The agreement,...
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Mukesh Awasti was all set leave for Australia to pursue a degree in civil engineering on a sunny day in September, but instead he joined a youth revolt against corruption in Nepal and lost his leg after being shot by security forces. Lying on a hospital bed at the National...
LOS ANGELES (AP) – On the first anniversary of the most destructive wildfires in the LA area, the scant home construction projects stand out among the still mostly flattened landscapes. Fewer than a dozen homes have been rebuilt in Los Angeles County since Jan. 7, 2025, when the Palisades and...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Iran faces a new round of protests challenging the country 's theocracy, but it seems like the only thing people there want to talk about is half a world away: Venezuela. Since the US military seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, a longtime ally of...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s opposition supporters have long hoped for the day when Nicolás Maduro is no longer in power – a dream that was fulfilled when the US military whisked the authoritarian leader away. But while Maduro is in jail in New York on drug trafficking charges, the...
A 75-year-old woman featured in a viral Facebook post alleging that she was mauled in Pasay City has safely reunited with her family after police investigation disproved the claim. Pasay City Police chief Col. Joselito De Sesto said the elderly woman, identified by the alias “Marie,” is a...
