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...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto on Sunday, May 17, warned the public that the local government has no program on cryptocurrency or crypto wallets amid reports of individuals posing as LGU staff and offering crypto coins. “Attention, lalo na sa mga taga-Centennial 2 Pinagbuhatan: Wala pong programa...
House Deputy Speaker Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin has filed a resolution seeking a congressional inquiry into the growing incidence of fake news, online harassment, cyber threats, disinformation, and other forms of digital abuse proliferating across social media and online platforms. Her...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The World Health Organization declared Sunday the Ebola disease outbreak in Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern. Africa 's top public health body first confirmed a new Ebola outbreak in Congo 's Ituri province on Friday. By...
The local government of Parañaque provided around 102,000 public elementary students with two sets of free school uniforms and a pair of shoes ahead of the opening of classes in June. The distribution program began on May 15 at Parañaque Elementary School (PES) Central and Sun Valley Elementary...
Several hardworking residents of Las Piñas have begun turning their entrepreneurial dreams into reality after receiving free food carts from the city government, officially launching their own small businesses. The beneficiaries, who received their carts from Mayor April Aguilar on May 2, are part...
A personal driver and his companion riding a motorcycle were arrested for possession of a firearm and a hand grenade in Pasay City. Col. Joselito De Sesto, Pasay City Police chief, said the suspects were identified only as Kyle, 25, a personal driver and resident of Greentown Villas I in Bacoor,...
Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on a two-day trip to Beijing next week, the Kremlin said Saturday. The announcement comes less than 24 hours after U.S. President Donald Trump finished his own state visit to China, where he also met Xi to discuss trade and...
Recent comments by U.S. President Donald Trump that arms sales to Taiwan are a "very good negotiating chip" in the United States ' dealings with China are heightening anxieties on the island democracy that Beijing claims as its own. Trump made the comment in a Fox News interview with Bret...
A 32-year-old Iranian national was arrested after allegedly selling fake gold bars worth P18,660,000 in Barangay Poblacion, Makati City. The Southern Police District (SPD) said the suspect, identified only as “Saeid,” is a gold and watch seller. He was arrested inside a hotel during a...
PARIS (AP) — France 's Pasteur Institute said it has fully sequenced the Andes virus detected in a French passenger from the MV Hondius cruise ship and found that it matched viruses already known in South America, with no evidence so far of new characteristics that would make it more...
