TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Emperor Naruhito expressed concern about the scars that remain for survivors of the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster in comments released for his 66th birthday Monday just weeks before the March 11 anniversary. “While recovery of infrastructure has made...
CAVITE – A hit-and-run incident led to the arrest of a motorist and the seizure of a firearm and more than half a million pesos worth of suspected shabu in Carmona City, early morning on Monday, Feb. 23. The Cavite Police Provincial Office (Cavite PPO) identified the suspect as alias Ian, a...
A 48-year-old truck driver was seriously injured after being stabbed with an ice pick by another driver when he tried to break up a fight in Barangay Sto. Nino, Marikina City, on Sunday, Feb. 22. Marikina City Police chief Col. Jenny Tecson said the suspect, identified as "Gleen," had a heated...
The Quezon City government on Monday, Feb. 23, i s strengthening its capacity to provide a child-safe digital environment, aiming to protect children further from online abuse and exploitation. Coinciding with this year’s Safer Internet Day for Children, the Quezon City government gathered...
The Samahan ng Mahal na Pasyon ng Panginoong Hesukristo (SMPPH) formally kicked off its annual “Pabasa ng Bayan” in Malibay, Pasay, ushering in the Lenten season with prayer, music, and heritage. The event was held at Malibay Plaza on the first Sunday of Lent. The gathering drew generations of...
Makati City Mayor Nancy Binay cautioned the public to be wary of fake social media pages posing as the city government and its offices for illegal practices on Monday, Feb. 23. Binay made the statement following reports of a fraudulent scheme in which individuals use her name or the city...
Operatives of the Parañaque City Police Station’s Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) arrested two drug suspects in a buy-bust operation and seized P340,000 worth of shabu. The Southern Police District (SPD) identified the suspects as Gina, 27, a resident of Barangay Baclaran, and Jovanne, 43, a driver...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark 's military said its arctic command forces evacuated a crew member of a U.S. submarine off the coast of Greenland for urgent medical treatment. The Danish Joint Arctic Command, on its Facebook page, said the crew member was evacuated on Saturday some 7...
PARIS (AP) — France will summon U.S. Ambassador Charles Kushner to protest comments by the Trump administration over the beating death of a far-right activist, the foreign affairs minister said. Jean-Noel Barrot was reacting to a statement by the State Department’s Counterterrorism Bureau,...
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Young women, mothers holding babies and some men lined up in a dusty field on the outskirts of Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare. They came for injections of a new HIV prevention drug launched in the country on Thursday, one that only needs to be administered twice a year....
ASSISI, Italy (AP) — The bones of St. Francis of Assisi went on public display for the first time Sunday, capping an 800-year saga over his bodily remains and confirming the enduring appeal to Christians of venerating a saint’s relics. Nearly 400,000 people registered in advance to see the bone...
The Quezon City government issued a statement clarifying its position on planned assemblies and rallies on Wednesday. Feb. 25, in commemoration of the EDSA People Power Anniversary. In a statement on Sunday, Feb. 22, the city government said that it recognizes the rights of the citizens for a...
