CAVITE – Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the fatal shooting of a man initially believed to be a victim of a hit-and-run found along Davilan Road in Barangay Lantic, Carmona City. A report from the Cavite Police Provincial Office dated July 16 said that investigators first...
Bea Alonzo is back at work just days after quietly marrying businessman Vincent Co, with the couple choosing to put their honeymoon on hold as they focus on their respective careers. The newlywed actress has resumed taping for GMA-7 's upcoming primetime drama "Whispers From Heaven" in...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States intensified its strikes targeting Iran early Thursday, hitting targets further north as American forces also fired into a ship it accused of trying to break its naval blockade on the Islamic Republic. Iran retaliated with missile and drone...
SYDNEY (AP) — More than 500 people are feared dead after reports that two boats carrying members of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya minority have capsized in the Bay of Bengal, officials said Thursday. According to preliminary information, the two boats left Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine...
BANGKOK (AP) — Victims of this week’s flash fire at a Bangkok music bar that took more than 30 lives included four of the six core members of the band playing when the blaze broke out. The fate of the Totsakan band has been a key focus in Thailand 's coverage of the blaze, and as...
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong authorities have raided two bookstores and arrested five people on suspicion of selling allegedly seditious publications, local media reported Wednesday, in the latest step targeting independent booksellers. Videos and photos from multiple media outlets showed officers...
The Mandaluyong City government has started providing free Rokid Artificial Intelligence (AI) glasses to residents with visual disabilities as part of its initiative to promote inclusive services through technology. The city government announced on Wednesday, July 15, the launch of what it called...
A 17-year-old boy was caught with P102,000 worth of shabu in a police buy-bust operation in Barangay Central Signal, Taguig City, on Wednesday, July 15. The Station Drug Enforcement Unit said a poseur-buyer transacted with the suspect before officers moved in. Seized during the operation were three...
The Pasay City government has intensified its public health campaign by reminding residents to continue practicing basic health habits -- regular handwashing, wearing masks when feeling unwell, and staying informed through official sources -- even as the city remains under a low Covid-19 risk...
Residents of five coastal barangays in Parañaque City will vote in a plebiscite on July 25 to decide on a proposed ordinance realigning their territorial boundaries under the “straight line policy.” Mayor Edwin Olivarez said the plebiscite will cover Barangays Don Galo, Tambo, Baclaran, La...
TOKYO (Jiji Press)--Susumu Tonegawa, the first Japanese laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, died on Saturday at the age of 86, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to which he belonged, announced Thursday. Tonegawa, from the central Japan city of Nagoya, received the Nobel...
TOKYO (Jiji Press)--Hitachi Ltd. and Tobu Railway Co. on Wednesday introduced a facial recognition system at ticket gates at Ikebukuro Station in Tokyo 's Toshima Ward. Passengers can pass through the ticket gates hands-free if they register their facial data and commuter pass information in...
