TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he hopes to announce the release of all hostages from Gaza "in the coming days," as Israel and Hamas prepare for indirect talks in Egypt on Monday on a new U.S. plan to end the war. In a brief statement late Saturday,...
A team of excavators has uncovered a load of long-lost Spanish coins buried for centuries under the surf and sand along a stretch of Florida known as the “Treasure Coast.” Shipwreck salvage company 1715 Fleet-Queens Jewels LLC announced that its divers had found more than 1,000 silver and gold...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — US President Donald Trump on Friday ordered Israel to stop bombing the Gaza Strip after Hamas said it had accepted some elements of his plan to end the nearly two-year war and return all the remaining hostages taken in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack. Hamas said it was...
The city government of Makati distributed teacher’s kits and P2,000 gift vouchers to a total of 1,689 teaching and non-teaching staff during the World Teachers’ Day celebration at the Makati Coliseum on Thursday, Oct. 2. Mayor Nancy Binay, together with the city councilors, led the event where...
Manila Vice Mayor Chi Atienza expressed the city government 's solidarity with the people of Cebu following the magnitude 6.9 earthquake that struck the province on Sept. 30, leaving more than 60 people dead, hundreds injured, and thousands of families in distress. “The entire city council...
A Lalamove rider was shot and killed by three unidentified men during a robbery and scuffle over a firearm in Pasay City. Police Col. Joselito De Sesto, Pasay City Police chief, identified the victim as Marvin, 31. He sustained a gunshot wound to the head and was declared dead upon arrival at...
A 38-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday, Oct. 1, after allegedly molesting a 10-year-old girl whom he asked to give him a massage in exchange for P20 in Pasig City. The Eastern Police District (EPD) identified the suspect as “Ondoy.” He was immediately arrested after his victim reported the...
Operatives from the Southern Police District (SPD) and the Las Piñas Police Warrant and Subpoena Section arrested a man wanted for sexual offenses in Makati City on Oct. 3. Police Col. Sandro Tafalla, Las Piñas City Police chief, said the suspect, Buboy, 23, was nabbed at around 1:30 p.m. on...
A 35-year-old jeepney driver was stabbed multiple times by a delivery rider following a road rage incident along Paz Street in Paco, Manila, on Oct. 2, the Manila Police District (MPD) said. Based on the police investigation, the victim, identified as Mark Anthony Ramon, had just parked by the side...
A huge fire hit a residential area in Barangay 705, Leveriza Street, Manila, on Friday night, Oct. 3, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said. According to the BFP, the blaze started at around 9:25 p.m. and has reached the second alarm at around 9:36 p.m. Firefighters are on site to extinguish the...
PRAGUE (AP) — Czech voters began casting ballots Friday in a two-day general election that could steer the country away from supporting Ukraine and toward Hungary and Slovakia, threatening to further divide the European Union and NATO. Billionaire Andrej Babiš is predicted to be the latest...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia 's sustained bombardment of Ukraine 's power grid is deepening concerns about the safety of the country 's nuclear facilities after a drone knocked out power for more than three hours to the site of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster in northern...
