A 42-year-old businesswoman was arrested in Pasay City after allegedly selling a counterfeit gold necklace worth P191,000. Pasay City Police chief Col. Jselito De Sesto identified the suspect only as “Divine,” a resident of Pampanga. She was apprehended on June 23 at the ground floor of a...
Around 2,000 members of the LGBTQIA+ community and their supporters joined the colorful Rainbow Parade as the Pasay City government celebrated Pride Month on Wednesday, June 24. Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano led the annual parade, which featured six decorated floats and participants in vibrant costumes...
A street sweeper of the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) was injured after being struck by a physician’s vehicle while performing her duties along EDSA in Pasay City on Wednesday afternoon, June 24. Police identified the victim as Patricia Diokno, 50, a resident of Elena Street,...
TOKYO, June 25 (Jiji Press) -- A powerful earthquake hit the Tohoku region of northeastern Japan on Thursday morning, measuring upper 6, the second-highest level on the country 's seismic intensity scale, in Aomori Prefecture. The temblor, with an estimated magnitude of 6.9, occurred around...
HONG KONG (AP) — China 's Premier Li Qiang on Wednesday defended the country 's technological advancements as an opportunity for the world rather than a threat. Li also said the country 's heavy state subsidies were not the main reason for the rapid rise of its high-tech...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces struck a major natural gas processing plant and two key satellite communications centers in their latest nighttime attack on Russia, Ukraine 's General Staff said Wednesday. The operation was part of Ukraine 's aerial campaign targeting energy...
WASHINGTON (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte will check in face-to-face with President Donald Trump on Wednesday, visiting the volatile U.S. leader two weeks before the annual summit of the military alliance at a time when the Pentagon is reviewing the size of the U.S. military footprint...
PARIS (AP) — A positive case of Ebola virus has been identified in France in a patient traveling back from Congo, the French Ministry of Health said Wednesday. The individual, who has not been identified, returned from a humanitarian mission in one of the virus transmission zones in Congo and...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — To someone who is getting sucked out to sea by a rip current, "Don 't panic!" may be difficult to heed, even if that 's exactly what you should do. But lifeguards say to not only relax but flip over and float out of the danger. Rip currents are one of the coast 's...
A 17-year-old boy, mistaken for a thief, was robbed of his mobile phones by a man who joined barangay watchmen in chasing him in San Juan City on Tuesday, June 23. Authorities said the incident began when barangay watchmen saw the teenager running in Barangay Kabayanan. Believing he was involved in...
PARIS (AP) — France recorded its hottest day ever Tuesday as an early heat wave gripped Europe, prompting the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre museum to restrict visiting hours and disrupting school and transportation schedules in multiple countries. Punishing temperatures extended to the United...
TOKYO (AP) — The head of the U.N. 's nuclear agency signaled Wednesday that Iranian nuclear enrichment sites would be visited by his inspectors, a key component in the interim U.S.-Iran to reach an end to the war. But an Iranian diplomat promptly rejected this, saying such a visit can only...
