The Pasay City government has deployed traffic personnel along J.W. Diokno Boulevard near the Senate building to manage congestion and maintain order during rallies linked to Vice President Sara Duterte 's impeachment trial. According to Pasay Traffic and Parking Management Office (PTMO) head...
A man who ran amok, chasing and threatening residents with a blade in Pasig City, died following an encounter with police officers on Sunday, May 18. Police said a motorcycle rider sought help after receiving threats from an unidentified man armed with a bladed weapon. Responding officers from...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Canada 's national health agency Sunday confirmed that one of four Canadians who returned home from a cruise ship hit with a hantavirus outbreak has tested positive for the virus. The Public Health Agency of Canada confirmed the positive test a day after...
The Southern Police District (SPD) intensified its war on illegal drugs with a weeklong crackdown from May 11 to 17, seizing over ₱1.6 million worth of narcotics and arresting 102 suspects in southern Metro Manila. SPD director Brig. Gen. Glenn Oliver Cinco said a total of 80 anti-illegal drug...
A 59-year-old man with previous illegal drug and gambling cases -- recently tagged by police as a drug personality -- was arrested after yielding P170,000 worth of shabu in a predawn buy-bust in Barangay Payatas, Quezon City, on Sunday, May 17. Operatives of Quezon City Police District (QCPD)...
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) driver arrested on May 13 in connection with the shooting incident inside the Senate building has tested positive for gunpowder residue, the Southern Police District (SPD) announced on Sunday night, May 17. SPD Public Information Office chief Lt. Margaret...
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s president on Sunday stressed that arms purchases from the United States are “the most important deterrent” of regional conflict and instability, after President Donald Trump called into question continued U.S. support of Taiwan following his visit to China....
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A wave of militant attacks on schools in Nigeria over the past week has left more than 80 children missing, local officials and a rights group said Sunday, the latest in school abductions in the West African country where the government is battling an array of jihadi and...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A drone strike targeted the United Arab Emirates ' Barakah nuclear power plant Sunday, setting an electrical generator ablaze on its perimeter and again straining the shaky ceasefire in the Iran war. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Health authorities say there is a new Ebola outbreak in the Central African country of Congo, with more than 300 suspected cases and at least 88 deaths. Cases have also been reported in neighboring Uganda. The outbreak was declared a public health emergency of...
The local government of Makati will offer free cervical and breast cancer screenings, along with related health services, on May 20 in line with Cervical Cancer Consciousness Month. The screening is in collaboration with the Department of Health under the “Workplace Mentoring Session for...
ROME (AP) — The researchers in Ireland looked at their computer screen, marveling at a medieval book tracked down in a Roman library. They flipped through its digitized pages and found their sought-after treasure: the oldest surviving English poem. “We were extremely surprised. We were...
