Kyiv, Ukraine - A senior official with Ukraine's intelligence agency has been fired after revelations that investigative journalists had been wiretapped, a source at the agency told AFP on Monday. The move comes after several instances of intimidation of Ukrainian investigative journalists...
London, United Kingdom - King Charles III has been diagnosed with cancer and has begun treatment, Buckingham Palace said on Monday, sparking a flood of support from around the world. Britain's King Charles III wearing the Imperial state Crown, waves from the Buckingham Palace balcony after...
Sydney, Australia - Australia has told China of its "outrage" over a suspended death sentence handed to Chinese-Australian dissident writer Yang Jun, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tuesday. A Chinese paramilitary police officer (L) stands guard outside the Australian embassy in Beijing...
London, United Kingdom - Britain and France on Tuesday host 35 nations alongside business and technology firm leaders at an inaugural conference in London to tackle "hackers for hire" and the market for cyber attack tools. Representatives from firms including Apple, BAE Systems, Google and...
Navotas City Mayor John Reynald "John Rey" Tiangco said on Monday, Feb. 5, that the city has passed the Department of the Interior and Local Government's (DILG) Good Financial Housekeeping (GFH) standards through the local government's honest utilization of public funds. The GFH, which was...
Muntinlupa commemorated the 79th anniversary of its liberation from Japanese occupation during World War II. Officials led by Rep. Jaime Fresnedi, Vice Mayor Artemio SImundac and councilors in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Liwasan ng mga Bayani in Barangay Alabang on Feb. 3. ...
The Pasig City local government announced the 12 new features of the Maybunga Rainforest Park in time for its first anniversary as the city's permanent rainforest park, Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto announced. Maybunga Rainforest Park The 12 new and improved amenities of the park are as follows: 1)...
Makati City Mayor Abby Binay announced that the 23 city barangays will be getting an additional P10 million share each from the city’s basic real property tax (RPT) collection following the transfer of the 10 EMBO barangays to Taguig's jurisdiction by the Supreme Court (SC). Mayor Abby Binay...
SEOUL, South Korea - Russia's deputy foreign minister Andrey Rudenko visited South Korea to discuss the Ukrainian war and bilateral ties, Seoul's foreign ministry said Sunday, as the two countries trade increasingly heated rhetoric over the nuclear-armed North. This handout picture taken and...
VIÑA DEL MAR, Chile - Wildfires blazing across Chile have killed at least 51 people, leaving bodies in the street and homes gutted, with flames continuing to spread on Sunday and the toll expected to rise. TOPSHOT - Aerial view of the forest fire that affects the hills of the city of Viña...
The arrested robbery holdup suspect (Photo courtesy of Pasay City police) A robbery holdup suspect was arrested by members of the Pasay City Police Substation 10 who were conducting Oplan Galugad on Sunday, Feb. 4. The Southern Police District said Pasay City Police Chief, Col. Mario Mayames...
The arrested carnapping suspect (Photo from Pasay City police) A man pretending to be a victim of a carnapping incident was arrested by a member of the Investigation and Detective Management Section (IDMS) on Friday, Feb. 2. Pasay City police chief, Col. Mario Mayames said the suspect identified as...
