The local government of Pasig and the Philippine Energy Research and Policy Institute (PERPI), a government research institute, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen the city’s capacity in promoting programs for efficient energy use and conservation. The signing ceremony was...
Bans on smoke-free nicotine alternatives are increasingly driving illicit markets across Southeast Asia, where vaping products remain widely available through underground and online channels despite strict prohibitions in several countries. According to international policy experts and public...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Math nerds and dessert enthusiasts unite to celebrate Pi Day every March 14, the date that represents the first three digits of the mathematical constant pi. Representing the ratio of a circle 's circumference to its diameter, pi is approximately equal to 3.14159 — but...
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV moved into the newly renovated papal apartment in the Apostolic Palace on Saturday, taking up residence in the flat that was famously eschewed by Pope Francis. The Vatican said Leo would be joined by his closest aides in the apartment, located on the third floor of the...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A combined Russian missile and drone attack on the Kyiv region killed at least four people and wounded 15, a Ukrainian official said Saturday, after the United States postponed Russia-Ukraine talks due to the war with Iran. The attack hit four districts, damaging residential...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran urged people Saturday to evacuate the Middle East 's busiest port and two others in the United Arab Emirates, openly threatening a neighboring country 's non-U.S. assets for the first time as its war with the U.S. and Israel entered a third week. ...
The Caloocan City government will provide free shuttle service for City Hall employees starting March 16, as part of its efforts to conserve fuel and energy. The shuttle service will operate from Monday to Friday and aims to help employees reduce transportation costs while supporting the city’s...
A 48-year-old road worker from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) was injured after he was accidentally hit by a motorcycle along Roxas Boulevard near Quirino Avenue in Manila on Saturday, March 14. According to the Manila Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (DRRMO), the...
Authorities are hunting down a man in Antipolo City who stabbed and injured his neighbor following a fistfight that reportedly began after he allegedly provoked the victim with offensive words. According to the Antipolo Component City Police Station (Antipolo CCPS), the incident occurred at 8:30...
DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Michigan (AP) – A Lebanese-born man who had learned a week earlier that four of his family members were killed in an Israeli airstrike in his native country waited in his car outside a synagogue for two hours before ramming into the building where dozens of children were inside....
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North Korea on Saturday fired about 10 ballistic missiles toward the eastern sea, South Korea’s military said, staging its own show of force as the rival South conducts a joint military exercise with the United States. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the...
Jet fuel prices are rising as the war in the Middle East disrupts global oil supplies, putting cost pressure on airlines as the busy summer travel season approaches. Experts say it’s not a question of if airfares will go up, but when, for how long, and by how much. The impact may be felt most on...
