SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Three people were killed and three others were injured Tuesday when a decades-old overpass undergoing demolition partially collapsed in the South Korean capital, fire officials said. The accident occurred during a safety inspection after workers halted demolition work...
The Pasay City government, led by Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano, joined the global observance of the AIDS Candlelight Memorial 2026 on May 26 to honor individuals who lost their lives to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and to show support for people...
Police arrested a painter for illegal possession of a firearm following the service of a search warrant in Pasay City on Tuesday afternoon, May 26. Pasay City Police chief Col. Joselito De Sesto said the suspect, identified only as Enrique, 59, was apprehended at around 1:25 p.m. inside his...
A motorcycle rider was killed while several others sustained injuries after a massive road crash involving 10 vehicles along Mayon Avenue in Barangay San Jose, Rodriguez, Rizal, on Monday night, May 25. Police said the incident happened at around 8 p.m. when a truck loaded with sacks of cement...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea launched an unidentified projectile off its west coast Tuesday, South Korea 's military said, in what appeared to be the North 's latest weapons test this year. A brief dispatch from South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff gave no further details. It...
The country’s top media company, GMA Network Inc., particularly its news programs, emerged among global leaders in viewership based on the Tubular Leadership Worldwide Rankings for April 2026. GMA Network rose to No. 13 from its previous position of No. 24 in the latest Tubular Leadership...
Bulacan police arrested two suspects less than 24 hours after they allegedly shot and killed a man in San Jose Del Monte on Sunday, May 24. Lt. Col. Reyson M. Bagain, San Jose Del Monte police chief, identified the suspects as alias Bugi, 26, and alias Glen, 23. They were apprehended at around...
The Japanese government plans to help Southeast Asian countries diversify their crude oil procurement sources, in order to stabilize petrochemical supply chains amid the ongoing Middle East tensions. Faced with recent energy shocks following the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, Southeast...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean retail tycoon Chung Yong-jin on Tuesday issued his second apology in two weeks as Starbucks’ local operation faces a backlash over a recent marketing campaign that was widely perceived as mocking victims of a bloody military crackdown on pro-democracy...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said Monday that it carried out “self-defense” strikes in southern Iran, including on missile launch sites and boats placing mines, even as President Donald Trump said on social media that negotiations were “proceeding nicely.” The strikes were done...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV called Monday for robust regulation of artificial intelligence and for its developers to work for the common good rather than profit, issuing a sweeping manifesto on safeguarding humankind as the technology impacts everything from work to war. “Magnifica...
MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The annual Hajj pilgrimage, one of the Five Pillars of Islam, officially began Monday. More than 1.5 million pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia from outside the country, Saleh bin Saad Al-Murabba, commander of the Hajj passport forces, said Friday. The faithful have...
