MANILA, Philippines (AP) — European shares were trading lower on Friday following a mixed session in Asia as investors awaited a key U.S. inflation report. Economists expect the U.S. personal consumption expenditures index, due later in the day, to show inflation remained at about 2.6% in July....
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The death toll in a major Russian missile and drone strike on the Ukrainian capital rose to 23, including four children, officials said Friday, as U.S.-led efforts to end the three-year war remain stuck in apparent limbo. Authorities in the Kyiv region declared Friday an...
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A visit by a pair of U.S. senators to Taiwan has drawn criticism from China, which claims the island as its own and objects to any contact between officials of the two sides. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker, a Mississippi Republican, and Nebraska...
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel on Friday declared Gaza 's largest city a dangerous combat zone and said it was in the "initial stages" of a planned offensive that has drawn international condemnation. Israel 's military said it suspended mid-day pauses to fighting, which had...
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) arrested one of the suspects in the death of a 35-year-old man whose body was found inside a hotel room in Cuba, Quezon City, on Thursday night, August 28. According to initial investigation, the victim was last seen checking in with two male companions. On...
A total of 1,144 families living in Districts 1 to 6 and Baseco in Manila that were adversely affected by Typhoons Crising, Dante, and Emong in July received financial assistance from the city government and the National Housing Authority (NHA) on Thursday, Aug. 28. Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko...
The Philippine National Police-Women and Children Protection Center (PNP-WCPC) said on Thursday, Aug. 28, that both administrative and criminal cases have been filed against two police officers allegedly involved in sexual abuse of a policewoman in Marikina City. Related story: ...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso urged the city 's youth to be more responsible in their use of technology, particularly social media, during a forum organized by the city 's Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Federation and Youth Development and Welfare Bureau (YDWB) on Friday,...
The Akbayan Partylist, led by Rep. Perci Cendaña, staged a protest outside St. Gerrard Construction in Pasig City on Friday, Aug. 29, to condemn contractors Curlee and Sara Discaya over their alleged involvement in anomalous flood control projects. “Ang masasabi ko po dito sa mga nangyayari...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Friday, August 29, strongly condemned the hazing incident involving criminology students of Central Mindanao Colleges (CMC) in Kidapawan City, Cotabato. The violent initiation during the reception rites on August 23 left 19 students injured, raising...
The city government of Las Piñas held a people’s caravan for 1,500 National Housing Authority (NHA) beneficiaries and brought to their doorsteps basic local services. Las Piñas City Mayor April Aguilar said the people’s caravan which carried the theme “Serbisyong Dala ay Pag-asa” held...
The planned demolition of houses in an area in Barangay Cupang in Muntinlupa did not push through on Friday, Aug. 29, after the Muntinlupa City government filed a motion in court to stop it. Mayor Ruffy Biazon went to the Acero–ICC-Sto. Nino area in Barangay Cupang, the subject of a...
