The suspect in the fatal road crash along Commonwealth Avenue tested positive for illegal drugs, the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) confirmed on Saturday, Oct. 18. The incident occurred around 11 a.m. in front of the Commission on Human Rights in Barangay UP Campus on Friday, Oct. 17. The...
The local government of Marikina has identified and released a list of designated “safe zones” in each barangay as part of its preparedness efforts amid the recent series of earthquakes and other disasters in the country. It said these areas serve as safe locations for immediate evacuation and...
Nurse Rod Salaysay works with all kinds of instruments in the hospital: a thermometer, a stethoscope and sometimes his guitar and ukulele. In the recovery unit of UC San Diego Health, Salaysay helps patients manage pain after surgery. Along with medications, he offers tunes on request and...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainians shared their disappointment Saturday that the U.S. may not provide Kyiv with long-range Tomahawk missiles, while work to repair the damaged power supply to the country 's Zaporizhzhia power plant soothed other concerns surrounding Europe 's largest...
CAIRO (AP) — Israel said Hamas handed over "two coffins of deceased hostages " from Gaza late Saturday, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu increased pressure on the militant group to share the rest more quickly under their ceasefire. No names were immediately released. The bodies were in...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. State Department said Saturday that it has "credible reports" that Hamas could violate the ceasefire with an attack on Palestinian civilians in Gaza. If the attack takes place, it "would constitute a direct and grave violation" of the agreement forged by...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) disclosed on Saturday, Oct. 18, that it is currently studying possible legal measures against retired officers, including the removal of their pension, in response to reports that some of them may have been involved in spreading false information and...
NEW YORK (AP) – President Donald Trump said Friday he had commuted the sentence of former US Rep. George Santos, who was slated to serve more than seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty to fraud and identity theft charges. Joseph Murray, one of Santos’ lawyers, told The Associated...
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump on Friday called on Kyiv and Moscow to “stop where they are” and end their brutal war following a lengthy White House meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Trump 's frustration with the conflict has surfaced repeatedly in the nine...
The city government of Las Piñas distributed community go bags to different homeowners ' associations as part of the city government 's ongoing disaster preparedness and resilience campaign. Barangays Manuyo Dos, Pulanglupa Uno, Zapote, and CAA were the first batch of communities to...
Operatives of the Southern Police District Drug Enforcement Unit (SPD-DEU) arrested two high-value individuals for illegal drugs in a buy-bust operation in Parañaque City on Friday, Oct. 17. Police identified the suspects as “Gie,” 37, and “Jefrey,” 27, both residents of Barangay San...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora on Friday, Oct. 17, urged local government units (LGUs) nationwide to expedite disaster preparedness to ensure both government and community readiness when calamities strike. According to Zamora, who also serves as the Metro Manila Council (MMC) president and...
