Authorities arrested a condominium security guard in Makati City after he voluntarily surrendered for his alleged involvement in a robbery at a unit occupied by an Australian national, during which several luxury items and pieces of gold jewelry were stolen. The Makati City Police Station said the...
The Makati City government on Sunday, Jan. 11, urged landowners to pay their annual real property tax (RPT) dues on or before Jan. 20 and avail of the discount being offered by the new city ordinance which offers an additional 15 percent on top of the 10 percent “early bird” discount. The...
The Manila Electric Company (Meralco), in coordination with the Pasay City government, will conduct anti-urban blight and anti-dangling wire clearing operations to remove “spaghetti wires” from Jan. 19 to 23. Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said the wire-clearing activities will be...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Nationwide protests challenging Iran’s theocracy saw protesters flood the streets in the country’s capital and its second-largest city into Sunday, crossing the two-week mark as violence surrounding the demonstrations has killed at least 116 people,...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The organization that oversees the Nobel Peace Prize is throwing cold water on talk of Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado giving her recent award to President Donald Trump. Once the Nobel Peace Prize is announced, it can 't be revoked, transferred or shared...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has launched another round of retaliatory strikes against the Islamic State in Syria following last month 's ambush that killed two U.S. soldiers and one American civilian interpreter in the country. The large-scale strikes, conducted by the U.S. alongside partner...
A 60-year-old Chinese woman was arrested after allegedly presenting a fake driver’s license while visiting a detainee at the Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit (CIDU) facility in Quezon City. Quezon City Police District (QCPD)-CIDU Chief Lt. Col. Edison Ouano identified the suspect as...
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump on Friday called on oil executives to rush back into Venezuela as the White House tries to quickly secure $100 billion in investments to fix the country 's neglected infrastructure and fully tap into its expansive reserves of petroleum. Since the US...
A rare copy of the comic book that introduced the world to Superman and also was once stolen from the home of actor Nicolas Cage has been sold for a record $15 million. The private deal for “Action Comics No. 1” was announced Friday. It eclipses the previous record price for a comic book, set...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Protests in Iran raged Friday night in the Islamic Republic, online videos purported to show, despite a threat from the country 's theocracy to crack down on demonstrators after shutting down the internet and cutting telephone lines off to the world. At...
WASHINGTON (AP) — US forces boarded another oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea on Friday, the US military said, as the Trump administration targets sanctioned tankers traveling to and from Venezuela as part of a broader effort to take control of the South American country 's oil. The predawn...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles in a large-scale overnight attack, officials said Friday, killing at least four people in the capital. For only the second time in the nearly four-year-old war, it used a powerful, new hypersonic missile...
