Mayor Jeannie Sandoval encouraged Malabueños to refrain from the use of firecrackers, fireworks, and other pyrotechnic devices during the New Year celebration. The city mayor emphasized that public safety remains the city government’s top priority, while authorities are prepared to respond to...
HONOLULU — Mike Lambert heard fewer illegal fireworks exploding in his suburban Honolulu neighborhood in the months after a chain of blasts at a house party last New Year 's Eve led to the deaths of six people, including a 3-year-old boy. As the director of Hawaii 's Department of Law...
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Monday commuted to Cheong Wa Dae, the country’s traditional presidential palace, for the first time since taking office in June, more than three years after his ousted predecessor Yoon Suk Yeol moved the presidential office to the...
MANADO, Indonesia — A fire at an Indonesian retirement home killed 16 residents on Sunday evening, police said. The fire in the single-story house in Manado in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi Province started while the residents were asleep, police said Monday. Several people living near the nursing...
GENEVA — The United States on Monday announced a $2 billion pledge for U.N. humanitarian aid as President Donald Trump’s administration slashes U.S. foreign assistance and warns United Nations agencies they must “adapt, shrink or die” in a time of new financial realities. The money is a...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military said Monday that it had conducted another strike against a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two people. The strike, which was announced by U.S. Southern Command on social media, has brought the total number of known boat strikes...
Several houses were destroyed in a fire that hit a residential area on Yabut Street in Barangay Guadalupe Nuevo, Makati City on Monday night, Dec. 29. According to TXTFIRE Philippines, the blaze has reached the second alarm at around 8:19 p.m. and the third alarm at around 8:28 p.m. Firefighters...
The Bulacan provincial government and the police are intensifying the crackdown on illegal firecrackers, especially banned and so-called “killer” types, to ensure that prohibited fireworks will not sold. Following reports that unlicensed products and banned types of firecrackers may flood...
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) on Monday, Dec. 29, confirmed that missing bride Sarah “Sherra” De Juan has been located in Sison, Pangasinan. According to police, personnel from QCPD Police Station 5, with De Juan’s family, are en route to fetch her from her current location. ...
CAVITE – A man was shot dead following a confrontation over an alleged theft in Dasmariñas City on Sunday, Dec. 28. A report from the Police Regional Office 4A said a commotion broke out in Barangay Burol 1 after the suspect, identified as alias Topher, was confronted by residents over a theft...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso assured residents of the readiness of all hospitals and medical institutions in the city in responding to firecracker-related injuries and other emergencies this coming New Year. According to him, all six district hospitals in Manila are already...
Parañaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez reminded residents to welcome the New Year responsibly, emphasizing the importance of celebrating safely with family rather than ending up in a hospital emergency room due to firecracker-related injuries. Olivarez said that every year, fireworks and firecrackers...
