A progressive fisherfolk group urged President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr., on Tuesday, July 19, to support food producers instead of constructing more roads and infrastructure if he intends to achieve food security. FARMERS in Western Visayas region are urged to adapt to...
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) inaugurated its new administration building at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on Tuesday, June 14. Undersecretary Ricardo Jalad, Administrator of the Office of Civil Defense, speaks at the inauguration of the OCD's new administration building at Camp Aguinaldo in...
TEHRAN, Iran -- The death toll from the collapse of an Iranian building two weeks ago has risen to 41 after three more bodies were found, local authorities said Monday. The 10-storey Metropol building that was under construction in Abadan in southwestern Khuzestan province collapsed on May 23,...
Outgoing Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III today led the symbolic lowering of the time capsule at the basement of the new Senate building at the Naval Village in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City. Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III leads the symbolic lowering of the time capsule during a simple...
To improve the city’s services to taxpayers and residents, incumbent Valenzuela City Mayor Rex Gatchalian said that a modern and bigger finance building will rise in the city hall compound on MacArthur Highway, which is expected to be opened in 2024. In a video posted on the city’s Facebook...
BEIJING, China -- Fifty-three people died in a building collapse in central China, authorities said Friday, announcing the end of the rescue mission in a disaster which has been blamed on illegal construction. The commercial building in Changsha city caved in last Friday, prompting over six days of...
BEIJING, China -- Chinese authorities raised the number of people confirmed dead in a building collapse to 26 on Thursday, nearly a week after the block containing apartments, a hotel and a cinema caved in and emergency workers launched a massive rescue operation to pull out survivors. The...
Rescuers reenforce a building next to the collapsed self-constructed residential building in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, April 30, 2022. Five people have been rescued, and 23 others remain trapped after a self-constructed residential building collapsed Friday in central China's Hunan...
This aerial photograph taken on April 29, 2022 shows rescuers working after a six-storey building collapsed in Changsha, in China's central Hunan province. CNS / AFP BEIJING, China -- Dozens of people were trapped under a building which collapsed in central China, officials said Saturday, as...
WASHINGTON, United States – The US Capitol was briefly evacuated Wednesday after authorities sounded a threat alarm over a harmless parachute stunt, prompting top lawmaker Nancy Pelosi to blast aviation officials for an "inexcusable" failure. Police tasked with protecting the complex at the...
LINGAYEN – Pangasinan would soon have an earthquake intensity meter of its own. (Photo courtesy of the Pangasinan PIO) The Pangasinan Provincial Board in its online session on April 4, approved a resolution that authorized Governor Amado I. Espino III to enter and sign a Memorandum of Agreement...
The main office of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) in Pasay City has secured a Covid-19 Safety Seal Certification from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). GSIS Such was to ensure the public that minimum health and safety protocols are being strictly observed...
