A total of 2,629 Transport Network Vehicle Service (TNVS) drivers in Manila have received their much-awaited fuel subsidy from the national government on Tuesday, March 24, providing them much-needed reprieve from the soaring cost of fuel prices amid the Middle East war that has pushed oil prices...
Two vintage MK-2 fragmentation grenades were dug up by construction workers conducting digging works inside the Manila City Hall compound on Monday afternoon, March 23. The Mk-2 is a fragmentation hand grenade introduced in 1918 and widely known as the "pineapple" grenade due to its ribbed...
A teenager is in critical condition after he was stabbed during a riot between youth groups in Malate, Manila, on Sunday, March 22. According to the Manila Police District (MPD), the victim, 17 years old, and his group engaged in a street rumble with another group of teenagers along San Andres...
In diplomacy, some of the most enduring connections are through culture. In Manila, the Embassy of Hungary recently marked its National Day with the launch of “Hindi Pasisiil ang Pagsibol II: Mga Tula Mula Hungaria”, the second edition of a collection of Hungarian poems translated into Filipino...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), and the United States Indo-Pacific Command (US Indopacom) carried out joint maritime drills in Manila Bay and waters off Mariveles, Bataan over the weekend to improve their interoperability. Col. Xerxes Trinidad, chief of AFP...
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Sunday, March 22, said the easterlies will continue to affect the entire country, bringing generally warm and humid conditions along with isolated rain showers and thunderstorms. Based on its latest weather...
A woman allegedly involved in an online extortion and robbery scheme was arrested after reportedly demanding P2 million and threatening a foreign national in Manila on Friday, March 20. The suspect was arrested in an entrapment operation conducted by the Philippine National Police (PNP) Cyber...
Authorities have arrested a 29-year-old man for setting a sari-sari store on fire along Visayan Avenue corner Leo Street in Barangay 572, Manila, on Friday, March 20. The Manila Police District (MPD) said the suspect was seen exiting his house carrying a flaming cardboard before placing it on the...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has started constructing a six-storey main building for the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) College of Communication in Sta. Mesa, Manila. The project will include 14 classrooms, two laboratories, an auditorium, and faculty rooms...
China 's embassy in Manila confirmed the Chinese army 's move on Friday, March 20, to challenge a Philippine aircraft that was spotted in the airspace of the Philippines ' Spratly Islands as Beijing found it supposedly intruding into their sovereignty. Quoting a statement from China...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso announced on Friday, March 20, that the city is targeting to start the distribution of 10 kilos of rice to residents by the month of April as a form of aid amid the intensifying conflict in the Middle East that continues to push oil prices to record...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso announced the expansion of his administration 's “Yormilk: Kaagapay ng Batang Maynila sa Paglaki” program aimed at curbing malnutrition and fostering the growth of children enrolled in public day care centers across the city. Domagoso made the...
