WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration put up $750,000 to charter a private yacht to evacuate a single American citizen from a remote South Pacific island after she had been aboard a cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak, a move that has further strained the State...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government can continue collecting the 10% worldwide tariff it imposed in February while legal challenges to the levies continue to work their way through the courts, a federal court ruled Thursday. The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington decision...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he had called off new military strikes on Iran, claiming a breakthrough in negotiations to end the war just hours after the American leader threatened to escalate the conflict by seizing control of Iran 's oil...
Mayor Francis Zamora on Thursday, June 11, highlighted San Juan City’s efforts in education and student welfare during President Marcos Jr.’s visit to Pinaglabanan Elementary School, where a demonstration of tablets provided to 13,000 public school students was held. The local government...
West Zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (Maynilad) is upgrading its Putatan Water Treatment Plant (PWTP) 1 in Muntinlupa City with ceramic ultrafiltration (UF) technology to strengthen the facilitys capability to treat raw water from Laguna Lake. The project involves the phased...
A 45-year-old man wanted for a statutory rape case was arrested by operatives of the Las Piñas City Police on Wednesday night, June 10. Col. Ricky Neron, chief of the Las Piñas City Police, identified the suspect as Roel, who had been the subject of an intensified manhunt after being tagged as a...
Authorities renewed their call for parents to remind children not to talk to strangers after a Grade 6 student in San Juan City was allegedly duped by a man who stole her mobile phone. On Thursday, June 11, San Juan City Police Station (CPS) said that an investigation remains ongoing after the...
Authorities have mounted a manhunt for an armed man who engaged an off-duty police officer in a gunfight following a shooting incident that was allegedly sparked by a quarrel over animal cruelty in Parañaque City on June 5. Southern Police District (SPD) director Brig. Gen. Oliver Cinco said...
TORONTO (AP) — Canada introduced legislation on Wednesday that could bar children younger than 16 from having social media accounts unless the companies show they can make their platforms safe. Canada is joining a growing global effort to tighten safety protections. Canadian government officials...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States launched a second round of airstrikes on Iran into Thursday morning after President Donald Trump warned that Tehran would “pay the price” for stalled negotiations, and Iran responded with strikes targeting Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan. The...
The Pasig Office of Senior Citizens Affairs (Pasig OSCA) reminded senior citizens that the local government does not require any payment or fees to receive benefits intended for them. On Wednesday, June 10, Pasig OSCA urged the public to report any individuals, whether employees of the Pasig LGU...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) -- Yohei Kono, former speaker of Japan 's House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament, who is also known to have written a landmark 1993 statement over wartime comfort women, died on Monday at the age of 89, people close to him said Wednesday. A native of...
