New Eastern Police District (EPD) Officer-in-Charge Brig. Gen. Melecio M. Buslig Jr. pledged to uphold discipline, integrity, and service excellence, emphasizing that rogue police officers have no place within the force. On Monday, June 1, Buslig was welcomed by members of the EPD Command Group...
Nine electric posts in Barangay Tawiran, Obando in Bulacan were knocked down by strong winds at around 3:20 p.m. on Monday, June 1, leaving several areas without power. The Obando local government unit (LGU), led by Mayor Ding Valeda and the Sangguniang Barangay, immediately coordinated with...
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to dial back fighting after he talked with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and communicated with the Lebanese militant group through mediators. Trump announced the development in a social...
An explosion and fire at a Hanwha Aerospace plant in Daejeon killed five workers and injured two others, authorities said Monday. Under the Serious Accidents Punishment Act, executives of the company could face penalties if the explosion is found to be the result of safety failures. Police and...
NEW YORK (AP) — In another of a series of moves restricting media access at the Pentagon, the Defense Department has declared that its press office is now a classified space inaccessible to journalists. On X, acting Pentagon press secretary Joel Valdez confirmed the move, saying there was...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora urged the public to respect and allow the legal process to take its course following the issuance of a warrant of arrest against Senator Jinggoy Estrada in connection with plunder and graft cases. On Monday, June 1, Zamora told reporters that the senator 's...
PARIS (AP) — The French Navy, with support from the United Kingdom, has intercepted an oil tanker under international sanctions that was traveling from Russia, the most recent effort by nations that support Ukraine to target Russian oil exports helping to finance President Vladimir Putin’s...
The streets of the lakeside town of Binangonan, Rizal came alive with color, music, and devotion as local youth gathered to mark the culmination of Flores de Mayo -- a cherished, centuries-old Filipino Catholic tradition honoring the Blessed Virgin Mary. Young girls and teenagers from across the...
BEIRUT (AP) — Israel 's government ordered strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut on Monday, a day after its ground forces reached their deepest point in Lebanon in 26 years and as Hezbollah fired rockets at northern Israel including the outskirts of coastal city of Haifa. A joint...
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — At least 282 confirmed cases of Ebola have now been reported in Congo’s ongoing outbreak, the central African nation said late Sunday, as patients who recovered from the disease spoke of their indescribable joy in interviews with The Associated Press. The outbreak remains...
The Presidential Communications Office (PCO) has endorsed to the Department of Justice (DOJ) the filing of charges against four social media accounts falsely claiming that the Supreme Court has stopped Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa’s arrest. "The Supreme Court, in fact, denied Senator Dela...
CAVITE – Authorities rescued a 14-year-old girl from an alleged blackmail and sexual assault attempt in a hotel in Bacoor City on Saturday, May 30. A report from the Police Regional Office 4A said the victim and her father sought help from the Bacoor Component City Police Station (Bacoor CCPS)...
