DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The shaky ceasefire in the Iran war was tested again on Sunday when a cargo ship caught fire after being hit by an unknown projectile off Qatar 's coast, and Kuwait 's military reported an attack by drones, without specifying where they came from. The...
TENERIFE, Canary Islands (AP) — Passengers started disembarking on Sunday from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship anchored off Tenerife in Spain 's Canary Islands, hours after arriving there as evacuation plans got underway. An Associated Press journalist at the scene saw people reaching land...
As storm chaser Ashton Lemley picked his way through a tornado-ravaged Mississippi trailer park, he heard the unmistakable meow of a kitten pierce the predawn darkness. The homes were flattened just hours earlier as storms spawned at least three tornadoes across the bottom half of Mississippi,...
About 60 families, consisting of around 180 individuals, were displaced after a fire broke out in a residential area in Parañaque City on Sunday afternoon, May 10. According to SFO3 Giovanni Corbes, arson investigator of the Parañaque Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the fire started at around...
Residents and clients planning to process documents and access government services at Parañaque City Express, a one-stop shop in Ayala Malls Manila Bay, are advised to adjust their schedules, as it will temporarily suspend operations on May 11 and 12 due to office relocation. Business Permit and...
TENERIFE, Spain (AP) — A hantavirus-stricken cruise ship with more than 140 people on board has arrived at Tenerife, the largest of Spain 's Canary Islands, off the coast of West Africa, where the passengers and some of the crew are to disembark. The World Health Organization, Spanish...
Authorities arrested two wanted persons facing illegal drugs charges in separate operations conducted on May 9 and 10 as part of the intensified anti-criminality campaign of the Pasay City Police. Co. Joselito De Sesto, Pasay City Police chief, identified the suspects only by their aliases...
Authorities arrested a drug suspect during an anti-criminality operation and confiscated more than P142,000 worth of shabu and a deadly weapon in Pasay City on May 9. Pasay City Police Chief Col. Joselito De Sesto identified the suspect only as “Will,” 31, a resident of Barangay 201, Pasay...
Barangay officials and employees in San Juan City will receive free medical services through the “Bayanihan sa Kalusugan” program, a partnership between the city government and Alagang Unilab. The initiative is also part of the celebration of 80 years of Alagang Unilab and underscores the...
The spirit of bayanihan continues to shine in Parañaque as 200 reusable water containers were donated to families displaced by the recent fire in Lower Barangay, Barangay San Antonio. Parañaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez warmly received the donation from Dennis Ligon of Tropang Roligon to help...
NEW YORK (AP) — No quick dispatching of disease investigators. No televised news conference to inform the public. No timely health alerts to doctors. In the midst of a hantavirus outbreak that involves Americans and is making headlines around the world, the U.S. government 's top public...
BEIRUT (AP) — Three Israeli drone strikes on vehicles just south of Beirut on Saturday killed four people while a series of airstrikes on southern Lebanon killed at least 13, including a man and his 12-year-old daughter, state media and the Health Ministry said. The three drone strikes south of...
