Governor Daniel R. Fernando was recognized with the People’s Governor Excellence Award during the 10th Anniversary of the World Class Excellence Japan Awards (WCEJA) held at Heritage Hotel Manila in Pasay City on Thursday, June 18. In his acceptance speech, Fernando said he was dedicating the...
The Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry Inc. (FFCCCII) and the Filipino at Tsino Magkaibigan Foundation have provided P11 million in relief and rehabilitation assistance to victims of the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Mindanao on June 8. During a press conference...
Mayor Vico Sotto said the P9.2‑billion New Pasig City Hall, whose construction from groundbreaking to topping‑off took just eight months, is expected to be operational for Pasigueños within a few months. A topping-off ceremony for the building was held on June 15 after it reached its maximum...
A foreign family in Las Piñas City has praised local police for their swift, compassionate response that ensured the safety of their young daughter during a recent incident. Southern Police District (SPD) director Brig. Gen. Glenn Oliver Cinco said the district received a letter of gratitude on...
TYRE, Lebanon (AP) — Adnan Kaour returned on Thursday to check on his home in southern Lebanon 's coastal city of Tyre — once known as an idyllic summer getaway spot — just a week after Israel issued warnings for all of its residents to evacuate. The warnings were followed by sweeping...
The agreement struck between the United States and Iran aims to end the war, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, ease sanctions on the Islamic Republic and relaunch nuclear talks with a 60-day deadline. But the brief document signed by U.S. President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian...
A man who allegedly posed as a Philippine National Police (PNP) officer and attempted to seize a lawmaker’s vehicle was arrested in Quezon City on June 15 after an entrapment operation in Barangay Bahay Toro. Police said the suspect introduced himself as “Master Sergeant Hernandez” and tried...
A 70-year-old woman died after being struck by a passenger jeepney, whose driver was allegedly blinded by the bright lights of an oncoming vehicle, in Pililla, Rizal, on Wednesday, June 17. The Rizal Police Provincial Office (Rizal PPO) said the incident occurred around 5 a.m. while the jeepney was...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military attacked a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Thursday, killing three people, as the Trump administration wages a monthslong campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America. The latest attack brings the number of people who...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators are seeking to block Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth 's travel funds until the Pentagon submits several overdue reports to lawmakers, including its investigation into a deadly strike on an elementary school in Iran at the start of the U.S.-Israeli war. According to...
Ukraine struck a major Moscow oil refinery Thursday for a second time in a week, sending huge plumes of black smoke over the capital and disrupting hundreds of flights at its airports in one of its biggest drone attacks since Russia’s full-scale invasion over four years ago, officials said....
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Nearly 25,000 children caught in conflict were victims of a record number of violations last year, including killings, rape and recruitment to fight, and for the first time, government forces — not armed groups — were the main perpetrators, a new United Nations report...
