VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV on Thursday made his most important U.S. appointment to date, naming a fellow Chicagoan as the next archbishop of New York to lead one of the biggest U.S. archdioceses as it navigates relations with the Trump administration and its immigration crackdown. Bishop Ronald...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Thailand on Thursday carried out more airstrikes on Cambodia, claiming its jet fighters struck a warehouse where the Cambodian army had stored rockets that have been deployed to deadly effect in combat that began last week. The two nations have been fighting over patches...
VATICAN CITY— Pope Leo XIV insisted Thursday that peace was not only possible but necessary, as he blasted the “irrationality” of nuclear deterrence and the weaponization of faith in modern political discourse. Leo made the comments in his first peace message, an annual exhortation that the...
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Crews were mopping up Thursday but still bracing for more after hurricane-force wind downed power lines and fanned wildfires along the Colorado Front Range and onto the Great Plains. Wind that in places topped 100 mph (160 kph) late Wednesday arrived after Xcel Energy...
A 35-year-old nurse died after allegedly losing her balance while riding a motorcycle and being accidentally run over by a modern jeepney in Marikina City on Wednesday morning, Dec. 17. According to the Marikina City Police Station, the accident occurred along A. Bonifacio Avenue near Kabo Pio...
Residents of Barangay Tumana in Marikina City have lost their water services on Thursday, Dec. 18, after water concessionaire Manila Water disconnected their water supply due to the alleged failure of both the current and previous barangay captains to settle outstanding payments. According to the...
The Supreme Court (SC) has nullified a Commission on Elections (Comelec) resolution that ordered the filing of an overspending case before the court against a mayoralty candidate in Loboc, Bohol in the 2010 elections. In a decision written by Associate Justice Ricardo R. Rosario, the SC ruled that...
The Muntinlupa City government congratulated residents who won medals at the 33rd Southeast Asian Games in Thailand. They are Daryl John Mercado, Mark Jesus San Jose and Kaila Napolis who won a bronze medal each in different sports in the SEA Games. Mercado, a resident of Barangay Tunasan,...
The Filipino-Indian Commerce and Welfare Society, Inc. (FICWSI) has extended medical support to Baby Aviannalyn, a Filipino child who was born with a serious heart defect. Manjinder James Kumar, founder and president of FICWSI, said the baby and her mother left the Philippines last Oct. 31 and...
The Makati City Police has arrested a 38-year-old man for raping a 15-year-old girl in Makati City on Wednesday, Dec. 17. Based on the police report, the suspect, identified as "Bonifacio," a resident of Taguig City, purposely separated the child from her friends during a social gathering in...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso announced on Wednesday, Dec. 17, the arrest of the pickpocket caught on video stealing from a passenger at the LRT Central Station. Domagoso identified the suspect as "Jerwin," a resident of Parañaque City. According to the mayor, Jerwin was arrested...
Around P1,881,560 worth of shabu was confiscated from five high-value individuals (HVIs) during a two-day buy-bust operation in San Mateo and Binangonan, Rizal, on Dec. 17 and 18. The Rizal Police Provincial Office (Rizal PPO) said all operations were conducted by the respective drug enforcement...
