Protesters held “no work, no school, no shopping” strikes across the US on Friday to oppose the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. The demonstrations took place amid widespread outrage over the killing of Alex Pretti, an intensive care nurse who was shot multiple times after he...
A dismissed police officer and two others were arrested in Novaliches, Quezon City, on Friday, Jan. 30, in connection with the killing of Police Senior Master Sergeant Diane Marie Gabres Mollenido and eight-year-old son, John Ysmael, authorities said. The Quezon City Police District (QCPD)...
The local government of Pasig kicked off 2026 with a Mega Job Fair, where 412 applicants were hired on the spot and provided with new opportunities in the very first month of the year. Around 1,659 applicants attended the first job fair of the year, held at the Pavilion, Maybunga Rainforest Park...
Vic Billones III, 70, of Pandi, Bulacan, spent half of his life working and assisting Filipino communities in Saudi Arabia. “I saw firsthand how crucial it was to provide our workers with information about their rights under Saudi labor law, resources available at the Philippine embassy, and...
The role of the police goes beyond protecting society, as the Eastern Police District empowers and gives hope to students pursuing their dreams through its “Adopt-A-Student” program, helping turn a student’s dream of becoming a teacher into reality. Maricar T. Vilbar, 23, is a living...
Inside hospital corridors where routines are shaped by treatments and long waiting hours, learning and play continue, through the steady efforts of a public school teacher who chose to extend her calling beyond the classroom. Kristine Crisseda “KC” Mangareng, a resident of Malabon City, is a...
It was a kitchen built for their “beloveds” – health frontliners, inmates from five city jails, patients, doctors, and nurses in the emergency room of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH), including its OB-GYN department, and foundations supporting children with cerebral palsy. During the...
BANGKOK (AP) — The Bank of Thailand plans to tighten regulations on online gold trading to curb the impact of fluctuating prices on the local currency. The new measures will not have a big impact to gold trading, which has become increasingly popular, but will improve transparency of online...
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama 's president moved to assure the public on Friday that critical ports at both ends of the Panama Canal will continue to operate without interruption — a day after the country 's Supreme Court ruled that the concession held by a subsidiary of Hong Kong 's...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela 's acting President Delcy Rodríguez on Thursday signed a law that opens the nation 's oil sector to privatization, reversing a tenet of the self-proclaimed socialist movement that has ruled the country for more than two decades. The reform will...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine waited for signs on Friday that Russia is abiding by a commitment that U.S. President Donald Trump said it made to temporarily halt attacks on Ukraine 's power grid, as Kyiv and other regions are gripped by one of the most bitter winters in years. Trump said...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said Friday that it will reopen the pedestrian border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt in both directions over the weekend, marking an important step forward for U.S. President Donald Trump 's Gaza ceasefire plan. COGAT, the Israeli military body in charge...
