Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso on Thursday, Nov. 20, announced the release of more than P22.3 million in allowances for prosecutors and judges assigned to the city as part of ongoing year-end benefit payouts to City Hall employees. Domagoso made the announcement after a meeting with...
A 38-year-old bank messenger was arrested by the Makati City Police for stealing P650,000, which he used for online gambling, on Wednesday, Nov. 19, the Southern Police District (SPD) said. The police identified the suspect as "Jessie," a resident of Barangay 12 in Caloocan City. Based on the...
The Philippine delegation to the ongoing 11th Conference of the Parties (COP) of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) received strong praise from farmer groups and advocates for asserting the country’s sovereign right to assess proposed measures in accordance with national...
The public is invited to tour the new Alabang Philippines Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This sacred house of worship will be the fourth Latter-day Saint temple in the country and the second in the Manila metropolitan area. The First Presidency of the Church has...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso raised alarm over the worsening mental health of young Manileños and reminded the public to always be kind to others on Wednesday, Nov. 19. Domagoso made the appeal following the incident of a man who was about to jump from a building in Sampaloc,...
The Marikina City Police is currently on the hunt for a thief who stole garments from a clothesline and a motorcycle in Barangay Tumana, Marikina City, the authorities said Thursday, Nov. 20. According to the police investigation, the suspect was caught on CCTV stealing clothes at around 3 a.m....
Dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo and her seven co-accused were found guilty on Thursday, Nov. 20, by the Pasig Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 167 of Qualified Trafficking in Persons and other trafficking-related offenses linked to an illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operation (POGO)...
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian authorities raised the alert for Mount Semeru volcano to the highest level on Wednesday after a series of eruptions prompted evacuations. The volcano is the highest peak on Java, the most densely populated island in Indonesia. Mount Semeru in East Java province...
PARIS — The head of the Louvre Museum said Wednesday that new surveillance cameras and anti-intrusion systems will soon be installed at the Paris landmark after last month’s stunning crown jewels heist. The cameras — some 100 of them — will be up and running by the end of next year while...
JOHANNESBURG — In South Africa ’s oldest township, volunteers in wetsuits jump into the thigh-deep water of the polluted Jukskei River to untangle a net that 's designed to trap garbage but damaged by heavy rains. Without the nets, the shacks of low-lying Alexandra on the outskirts of...
A volunteer firefighter and rescuer from Antipolo City was given a hero 's burial by fellow firefighters and barangay responders as family, friends, and colleagues paid their final respects to a man, remembered for his courage and selfless service. Cristofer Magpusao, 47, a volunteer of...
Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sonny Angara on Wednesday, November 19, brushed off calls for his resignation amid allegations linking him to an alleged flood control controversy, saying the claims circulating so far are baseless and unsupported by facts. In an ambush interview at the...
