Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso slammed accusations of bullying made by Manila 3rd District Rep. Joel Chua, following the mayor 's closure of an "illegal" construction project, allegedly spearheaded by the solon, in Barangay 334 on Thursday, August 21. The project was shut down...
The Manila city government conducted a Special Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council meeting at the City Hall to discuss the onslaught of heavy rains and severe flooding brought about by the southwest monsoon (habagat) and Tropical Depression Isang on Friday, Aug. 22. According to...
Authorities from the Parañaque City Police rescued a 16-year-old student who was found in possession of P204,00 worth of shabu and a bladed weapon inside school premises last August 19. The police said the case of the student from Parañaque National High School, Barangay San Dionisio, was a...
The Caloocan City government deployed vehicles to provide free rides to stranded individuals in the city due to heavy rains brought about by the southwest monsoon (habagat) and Tropical Depression Isang on Friday, August 22. Free rides will be available in both South and North Caloocan, covering...
Dengue cases in Quezon City have reached 6,872 from January 1 to August 18, with 23 deaths reported, according to the Quezon City Epidemiology and Surveillance Division (QCESD). The number is 155 percent higher than in the same period last year. Most of those affected are children aged 10 years...
Authorities from the Pasay City Police nabbed on Thursday, Aug. 21, in Bacoor City, Cavite, another “Salisi Gang” member who victimized Commission on Election (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia and stole his bag while eating lunch at a Pasay City restaurant. Pasay City Police Chief Col....
ROME — Pope Leo XIV is planning to visit Lebanon this year on his first foreign visit, the country’s Catholic cardinal said, a trip that would give history 's first American pope a chance to speak in broad terms about peace in the Middle East and the plight of Christians there. A visit to...
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda has agreed to a deal with the United States to take deported migrants as long as they don 't have criminal records and are not unaccompanied minors, the foreign ministry said Thursday. The ministry said in a statement that the agreement had been concluded but that...
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea 's President Lee Jae Myung faces a pivotal foreign policy test barely two months after taking office, with back-to-back summits in Tokyo and Washington that reflect the wider struggle of U.S. allies to navigate Donald Trump’s unilateral push to redefine...
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran held its first military exercise since the end of its 12-day war with Israel, state television reported Thursday, with navy vessels launching missiles at targets at sea in the Gulf of Oman and the Indian Ocean. While such drills are routine in the Islamic Republic, the...
Several cities in the National Capital Region (NCR) suspended afternoon classes on Friday, Aug. 22, due to heavy rains spawned by Tropical Depression “Isang” and the southwest monsoon or “habagat.” Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso ordered the suspension of afternoon classes in...
The League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) aired its support for President Marcos ' call for transparency and accountability on the flood control projects that were uncovered to be either "ghost" projects or sub-standardly built by some contractors who had the monopoly of these projects....
