The local government of Manila started distributing Christmas gift boxes to all senior citizens in the city on Wednesday, Dec. 13. Photo from Bong Son/MANILA BULLETIN A total of 180,000 senior citizens in the city will receive the gift boxes that each contains a thermo-insulated food...
CAVITE – Authorities arrested one of Region 4A’s most wanted persons for murder in Tanza on Tuesday, Dec. 12. The Cavite Police Provincial Office (PPO) identified the accused as alias Rolando. The suspect was nabbed by virtue of an arrest warrant issued by the Regional Trial Court Branch 23 in...
A 51-year-old man previously arrested by the police was once again nabbed for drug possession in Taytay, Rizal, the Rizal Police Provincial Office (Rizal PPO) said. The suspect, identified as "Tisoy," was arrested in a buy-bust operation conducted by the Taytay Rizal Police in Barangay Dolores,...
STRASBOURG, France - Brussels proposed hiving off profits earned from frozen Russian state assets Tuesday, a step towards sending funds worth billions of euros to Ukraine, EU officials said. The EU has frozen some 200 billion euros of Russian central bank assets as punishment for Moscow's invasion...
WASHINGTON, United States - US President Joe Biden warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday that the country risked losing global support for its war against Hamas because of its "indiscriminate" bombing of Gaza. In his most blunt remarks since the October 7 attack on Israel by...
SYDNEY, Australia - A sperm whale has died in Western Australia days after it was filmed in shallow waters among dozens of delighted beachgoers, authorities have said. This handout frame grab from video footage taken and released by the Western Australia Department of Bioiversity, Conservation and...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - The leaders of Australia, Canada and New Zealand on Wednesday warned Israel that efforts to destroy Hamas cannot spell "continuous suffering" for Palestinian civilians and issued a renewed call for a ceasefire. In a rare joint statement, prime ministers Anthony Albanese,...
The Mandaluyong City local government on Monday, Dec. 11, was recognized by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) for its excellent disaster risk reduction and sustainability programs and initiatives. (Photo from Mandaluyong LGU) During the 23rd Gawad KALASAG National...
A busted major pipe of Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (Maynilad) burst and leaked gallons of water which caused temporary knee-deep flooding, heavy traffic, and road closure of the east-bound lane of Legarda Street in Manila on Wednesday morning, Dec. 13. Photo from Maynilad/MANILA BULLETIN ...
An estimated 2,000 jeepney operators and drivers in Pasig City will join the transport strike to be staged by the Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide (PISTON) on Dec. 14 to 15 in protest of the Dec. 31 deadline for the public utility vehicle (PUV) consolidation given to...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte and Samahan ng mga Pilipina para sa Reporma at Kaunlaran Inc. (SPARK! Philippines) Executive Director Maica Teves were cited by the French government as defenders of human rights for their initiatives in safeguarding the rights of persons deprived of liberty in...
PARIS, France - The United States will always insist on the need to protect journalists reporting from Gaza during the conflict between Israel and Hamas militants, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a letter to Agence France-Presse on Tuesday. AFP and other international media groups had...
