Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon unveiled the food items for this year’s Pamaskong Handog, a Christmas package to be given to households. Biazon said this year, the Muntinlupa City government prepared Pamaskong Handog packages for 138,000 households based on estimates. Each Pamaskong Handog...
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Rescuers and aid workers fanned out across Jamaica on Saturday to distribute food and water and reach communities still isolated four days after Hurricane Melissa hit the island. Essential relief supplies are now rolling into hurricane-stricken St. Elizabeth and Westmoreland,...
WARSAW, Poland — Poles met up with families and visited their beloved dead on All Saints’ Day, which was celebrated Saturday across the Catholic world. All Saints’ Day, annually celebrated Nov. 1, is one of the most important days in the Polish calendar. Supermarket shelves are stacked with...
The New San Juan Volunteer Fire Brigade Inc. on Sunday, Nov. 2, urged the public to regularly check on and reach out to their loved ones amid the growing mental health concerns in the country, following their response to a young woman who allegedly jumped from the fourth floor of a condominium in...
Quezon City has been officially recognized as a UNESCO Creative City of Film, becoming one of the first cities in Southeast Asia to receive the designation. The recognition highlights city’s contributions to Philippine cinema and its efforts to promote creativity, fair labor practices, and...
To make the opening of the Thanksgiving Family Day Celebration more memorable, the city’s Social Welfare Department recently brought Makati families to the Enchanted Kingdom to enjoy a fun-filled day and spend more quality time with their loved ones. Makati City Mayor Nancy Binay joined...
A total of 30 individuals were left homeless when a fire broke out due to an unattended candle in Parañaque on Nov. 2. SFO1 Giovanni Corbes, of the Parañaque Bureau of Fire Protection, reported that the fire started at the house occupied by Leoneda Kabuenas, located at 110 Bakawan St., Purok 1,...
Police arrested a Nigerian national during a buy-bust operation and confiscated from him P136,00 worth of shabu in Parañaque. The suspect, identified as Menet, 32, was arrested at around 10 p.m. at Kasel Residences, Barangay Moonwalk, Parañaque City. The police said Menet, tagged as a high-value...
GYEONGJU, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Lee Jae Myung asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to make greater efforts to persuade North Korea to return to talks, as the two leaders on Saturday agreed on a set of steps to expand their economic and other ties. Their one-on-one meeting came...
PARIS (AP) — The Paris prosecutor said Saturday two new suspects were handed preliminary charges for their alleged involvement in the crown jewels heist at the Louvre museum, three days after they were arrested by police as part of the sweeping investigation. Laure Beccuau, the prosecutor, said...
NOVI SAD, Serbia (AP) — Tens of thousands of people from all over Serbia gathered on Saturday in the northern town of Novi Sad to commemorate the victims of a railway station disaster a year ago. The rally was seen as a massive display of discontent with the government of autocratic President...
BOSTON (AP) — There was an explosion early Saturday at Harvard Medical School that appears to have been intentional, but no one was injured, authorities said. A university police officer who responded to a fire alarm tried to stop two unidentified people who ran from the Goldenson Building...
