SYDNEY, Australia -- Nationwide outages hit a major Australian communications company Wednesday, disrupting phone lines, crashing payment systems and impacting millions of customers. Optus said it was scrambling to restore its mobile and internet services to more than 10 million customers across...
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Seven people died and 20 others were injured in a bus explosion in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, police said. Relatives of blast victims gather outside the Italian aid organisation 'Emergency' hospital in Kabul on November 7, 2023, following an explosion on a bus. Seven...
A jeepney driver was arrested after his vehicle hit and killed an 11-year-old boy in Sta. Cruz, Manila last Saturday, Nov. 4, the Manila Police District (MPD) reported Tuesday, Nov. 7. The MPD-Manila District Traffic Enforcement Unit (MDTEU) identified the suspect as Cajes Domi de Vera. He...
Police confiscated over P500,000 worth of suspected shabu in three separate buy-bust operations in the cities of Quezon, Navotas, and Valenzuela on Monday, Nov. 5, and Wednesday, Nov. 7. The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) announced on Tuesday, Nov. 6, that around 55 grams of alleged shabu worth...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte and Navotas City Rep. Toby Tiangco were recognized by the RP-Mission and Development Foundation Inc. (RPMD) as the top performing National Capital Region (NCR) mayor and representative in its independent and non-commissioned "Boses ng Bayan" poll for the third...
The local government of Manila released on Monday, Nov. 6, the new fare matrix that should be followed by all tri-wheels in the city. It said that Ordinance No. 8979, Series of 2022, was approved and signed on Sept. 18 by Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan and is already in effect, on the new fare...
Photo from Las Piñas PIO Las Piñas City Mayor Imelda Aguilar said the City Health Office (CHO) conducted a successful vaccination drive on a total of 1,310 senior citizens in the city to protect them from the flu or influenza. Aguilar said the CHO, under the supervision of Dr. Juliana...
Photo courtesy of Parañaque PIO Parañaque City Mayor Eric Olivarez delivered his State of the City’s Children Address (SOCCA) as part of the city’s celebration of National Children’s Month on Monday, Nov. 6. Olivarez was joined by City Administrator Atty. Voltaire Dela Cruz,...
The shooting to death of a newly-elected barangay kagawad in Pasay City as seen on a CCTV footage. (Photo courtesy of Pasay City police) The Pasay City police launched a manhunt operation against one of the riding in tandem suspects who shot to death a newly-elected barangay councilor in the...
Photo from Cavite Police Provincial Office CAVITE – Authorities collared two drug suspects in a buy-bust operation in Silang early Tuesday morning, Nov. 7. The Cavite Police Provincial Office identified the suspects as alias Susan and alias Joshua. The suspects were arrested after being...
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Hamas militants on Monday fired 16 rockets from Lebanon towards northern Israel, the Palestinian group's armed wing announced, saying they targeted areas south of the Israeli coastal city of Haifa. (Photo from AFP) The Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades said the strikes came "in...
ROME, Italy -Italy on Monday granted citizenship to a critically-ill baby at the center of a legal battle in Britain over whether she should continue to receive life-saving care. The parents of Indi Gregory have been fighting a case against doctors who say it is time to withdraw life support...
