PADANG, Indonesia — Rescuers recovered more bodies Monday after monsoon rains triggered flash floods on Indonesia's Sumatra Island, bringing down torrents of cold lava and mud, leaving 43 people dead and another 15 missing. The heavy rains, along with a landslide of mud and cold lava from Mount...
ISLAMABAD — When he heard that devastating floods hit his village in northern Afghanistan last week, farmer Abdul Ghani rushed home from neighboring Kunduz province where he was visiting relatives. When he got home, he found out that his wife and three children had perished in the deluge. Two of...
ROME — Forty-nine employees of the Vatican Museums have filed a class-action complaint with the Vatican administration demanding better seniority, leave and overtime benefits in an unusual, public challenge to Pope Francis’ governance. FILE - Museums employees walk down an aisle of the Vatican...
The Valenzuelanos celebrated the 262nd Mano Po San Roque Festival on Mother’s Day, May 12. Rhythmic drumbeats, streams of colorful buntings, clusters of stalls selling sweet rice delicacies, unified dances, and praises filled the streets in Barangay Mabolo. The celebration started with the...
Mayor Eric Olivarez with Congressman Edwin Olivarez and OsPar-1 Medical Director Dr. Darius Sebastian (Photo from Parañaque PIO) Parañaque City Mayor Eric Olivarez has inaugurated the newly-rehabilitated emergency room of Ospital ng Parañaque(OsPar)-1 located in Barangay La Huerta....
Several barangays belonging to the eastern cities of the National Capital Region (NCR) passed the Department of the Interior and Local Government's (DILG's) 2023 Seal of Good Local Governance Barangays (SGLGB) which has been giving due recognition to the top barangays in the country. A total of 72...
The Malabon City local government honored five outstanding Malabuenos with the Natatanging Epifanio delos Santos Gawad Parangal or EDS Award. The award recognizes the residents who had shown excellence and dedication in their respective fields and inspired the local government to improve the...
Governor Daniel R. Fernando and Vice Gov. Alexis C. Castro clarify the issue on the formal complaint filed by an anonymous "Francisco Balagtas" with the Ombudsman at the Hiyas ng Bulacan Pavillon Convention Center in the City of Malolos on Friday, May 10, 2024. Also in photo are (from left)...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — When Luana Salva got her first formal job after years of prostitution, she was ecstatic. A quota law in Argentina that promoted the inclusion of transgender people in the work force — unprecedented in Latin America expect in neighboring Uruguay — pulled her from the...
PADANG, Indonesia — Heavy rains and torrents of cold lava and mud flowing down a volcano's slopes on Indonesia’s Sumatra island triggered flash floods that killed at least 15 people and injured several others, officials said Sunday. Monsoon rains and a major mudslide from a cold lava flow on...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Canadian authorities are urging all remaining residents in a town in British Columbia to leave immediately, despite improving weather conditions, after many were already evacuated due to a fast-growing wildfire. The blaze, which started Friday, almost doubled in size...
ISLAMABAD — Shopkeeper Nazer Mohammad ran home as soon as he heard about flash floods crashing into the outskirts of a provincial capital in northern Afghanistan. By the time he got there, there was nothing left, including his family of five. "Everything happened just all of a sudden. I came...
