A 57-year-old ride-hailing app rider died, while his passenger was injured, following a collision between their motorcycle and a utility van in Marikina City, authorities said on Sunday, April 19. According to the Marikina City Police Station (Marikina CPS), the incident occurred at the corner of...
The Southern Police District (SPD) reported that 490 ordinance violators were apprehended during the implementation of its Integrated Anti-Criminality Plan to promote discipline, public safety, and order in its area of responsibility. SPD director Col. Glenn Oliver Cinco said the arrests marked...
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Leo XIV said Saturday that it was “not in my interest at all” to debate U.S. President Donald Trump about the Iran war, but that he would continue preaching the Gospel message of peace. Leo spoke to reporters aboard the papal plane flying from...
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a Filipino wanted in the United States for his alleged involvement in an online group that exploited minor victims through gaming and social media platforms between 2019 and 2021. On...
Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano led the distribution of vegetable donations from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Saturday, April 18, to residents in several barangays identified as most in need. Rubiano personally received the agricultural produce delivered to the city on Friday, April 17,...
Authorities confiscated around P2,788,000 worth of shabu from a high-value individual (HVI) during a buy-bust operation in Cainta, Rizal on Saturday night, April 18. The Rizal Police Provincial Office (Rizal PPO) said the suspect, identified as “Has,” was arrested following a tip from an...
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Progressive leaders from around the globe gathered in Barcelona on Saturday to try and galvanize their forces and defend a rules-based world order. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, an outspoken critic of U.S. President Donald Trump and the U.S.-Israeli war against...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles toward the sea on Sunday, its neighbors said, days after the U.N. 's nuclear watchdog warned that North Korea was making "very serious" advances in efforts to build nuclear weapons. South Korea 's Joint Chiefs...
LONDON (AP) — A life jacket worn by a passenger on RMS Titanic as she escaped the sinking steamship on a lifeboat sold at auction on Saturday for 670,00 pounds ($906,000). The flotation device was worn by Laura Mabel Francatelli, a first-class passenger on the doomed ocean liner, and is signed...
CAIRO (AP) — The standoff over the Strait of Hormuz escalated again Saturday as Iran reversed its reopening of the crucial waterway and fired on ships attempting to pass, in retaliation after the United States pressed ahead with its blockade of Iranian ports. The strait is closed until the U.S....
LUANDA, Angola (AP) — Pope Leo XIV challenged Angola 's leaders to break the "cycle of interests" that have plundered and exploited Africa for centuries as he arrived in the southern African country on Saturday with a message of encouragement for its long-suffering people. Leo 's...
ANTALYA, Turkey (AP) — Iran is not yet ready to hold a new round of face-to-face talks with U.S. officials, a senior Iranian official said Saturday, citing Washington 's refusal to abandon “maximalist” demands on key issues. In an interview with The Associated Press on the margins of a...
