Mayor Joy Belmonte Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has signed the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) on the city's calorie labeling ordinance that will soon require restaurants operating in Quezon City to display the calorie count of food items in their menus. Under the ordinance, food...
A 67-year-old man was arrested for allegedly making and selling unlicensed homemade firearms in Baras, Rizal. The arrested suspect during a media interview. Authorities confiscate alleged homemade firearms from a senior citizen in Baras, Rizal. (Photo from Rizal PPO) The Rizal Police Provincial...
Government officials, industry leaders, and policymakers have called for a holistic and multi-sectoral approach to curb the rising illicit tobacco trade in the country. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Speaking at the 2nd International Tobacco Summit organized by the...
CAVITE – A woman had the shock of her life when she saw a reticulated python, locally known as "sawa," right inside her house in Rosario on Thursday, Jan. 30. Residents of Barangay Ligtong-IV hold up the 9-foot reticulated python that emerged from the bathroom ceiling of a house in the area....
Pag-IBIG Fund was recognized as one of the top performing government- owned companies by the Governance Commission of GOCCs (GCG) in an awards ceremony held in Pasay City recently. Based on its evaluation systems, the GCG named Pag-IBIG Fund in the Top 10 Government Owned and Controlled...
In its continuing pursuit to promote public safety and ensure stable and reliable electricity service to its customers, Manuel V. Pangilinan-led Manila Electric Company (Meralco) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) recently conducted a joint clearing operations to address illegal service...
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama President José Raúl Mulino said Thursday there will be no negotiation with the United States over ownership of the Panama Canal , and he hopes U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s upcoming visit will allow them to focus on shared interests including migration and...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio says President Donald Trump’s desire to acquire Greenland and retake control of the Panama Canal is driven by legitimate national security interests stemming from growing concerns about Chinese activity and influence in the Arctic and in Latin...
WASHINGTON (AP) — As the nation reeled from the deadliest American aviation disaster in more than two decades, President Donald Trump on Thursday baselessly blamed diversity initiatives for undermining air safety and questioned the actions of a U.S. Army helicopter pilot involved in the midair...
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A nurse in Uganda has died of Ebola in the first recorded fatality since the country's last outbreak of the disease ended in early 2023, a health official said Thursday. FILE - A medical worker disinfects a tent used for suspected Ebola victims inside the Ebola isolation...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A crash between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter has killed teen figure skaters returning from a national meet with their mothers and coaches, as well as a group of union steamfitters from the Washington, D.C., area. Six white roses and photographs of victims...
A jet with 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army helicopter while approaching Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C., sending the two aircraft plummeting into the Potomac River and killing everyone on board. Search and rescue efforts are seen around a wreckage site...
