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...
Fire destroyed 15 houses in a residential area in Barangay Putatan, Muntinlupa on Sunday, Feb. 22. The Muntinlupa City Fire Station reported that the fire started at about 10:42 a.m. from a house on Camella Street, Patdu Compound in the barangay. The fire spread to other homes in the area,...
Quezon City Police District (QCPD) led a cleanup and repainting drive along Maginhawa Street on Saturday, Feb. 21, as part of “Project Hilamos,” an initiative aimed at promoting cleaner and safer public spaces. Mayor Joy Belmonte joined QCPD personnel and barangay officials in the activity,...
The Eastern Police District (EPD) on Sunday, Feb. 22, said it will deploy over 982 personnel to provide additional security before and during the 40th Anniversary of the EDSA People Power on Feb. 25. Personnel will be deployed for civil disturbance management and area and route security during the...
Filipino lawmakers are pushing a measure to unify the country’s split-tier tax system for vapor products, seeking to recover billions of pesos in lost government revenue. HB 5207, backed by more than 40 lawmakers including House Deputy Speaker Kristine Singson-Meehan and 4 other solons who filed...
LONDON (AP) — King Charles III ' s brother was under arrest. Police were searching two royal properties, and news commentators were endlessly discussing the details of a sex scandal with tentacles that stretched to the gates of Buckingham Palace. So how did Britain 's royal family...
LONDON (AP) — Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the U.K. and its European allies should immediately deploy noncombat troops to Ukraine to show Russian President Vladimir Putin that Western nations are truly committed to the nation 's freedom and independence. Speaking ahead...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Arab and Muslim nations on Saturday sharply condemned comments by the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, who said Israel has a right to much of the Middle East. Huckabee made the comments in an interview with conservative commentator Tucker Carlson that aired...
NEW YORK (AP) — JPMorgan Chase acknowledged for the first time that it closed the bank accounts of President Donald Trump and several of his businesses in the political and legal aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021 attacks on the U.S. Capitol, the latest development in a legal saga between the...
BEIRUT (AP) — The Islamic State group has blasted Syria 's interim president calling him a "puppet without a soul" controlled by Western countries, adding that his fate eventually will be similar to that of ousted leader Bashar Assad. In an audio message released late Saturday by the group...
NEW ALBANY, Ohio (AP) — The billionaire behind the retail empire that once blanketed shopping malls with names such as Victoria 's Secret and Abercrombie & Fitch told members of Congress on Wednesday that he was "duped by a world-class con man" — close financial adviser Jeffrey Epstein....
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday struck down President Donald Trump’s biggest and boldest tariffs. But the justices left a $133 billion question unanswered: What 's going to happen to the money the government has already collected in import taxes now declared unlawful?...
