BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Some wore black dresses to signify a funeral for fossil fuels. Hundreds wore red shirts, symbolizing the blood of colleagues fighting to protect the environment. And others chanted, waved huge flags or held up signs Saturday in what 's traditionally the biggest day of...
CAIRO (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas turns 90 on Saturday, still holding authoritarian power in tiny pockets of the West Bank, but marginalized and weakened by Israel, deeply unpopular among Palestinians, and struggling for a say in a postwar Gaza Strip. The world 's...
With the goal of giving abandoned and neglected elders a place that still feels like home, One Cainta Sunset Retreat, a local government-run home for the aged, provides attentive, hands-on care and affection, aiming to restore the love and meaningful life many were once denied. The facility’s...
COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) – A South Carolina firing squad has executed a man Friday, the third person to die by that method in the state this year. Three prison employees, all with live ammunition, volunteered to carry out the execution of Stephen Bryant, 44, who was pronounced dead at 6:05...
The Mandaluyong City local government has released a traffic management plan to mitigate the anticipated disruption of traffic in the city as the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) religious group holds its three-day anti-corruption demonstrations at the EDSA Shrine on Nov. 16 to 18. The city government,...
NEW YORK (AP) — Acceding to President Donald Trump’s demands, US Attorney General Pam Bondi said Friday that she has ordered a top federal prosecutor to investigate sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to Trump political foes, including former President Bill Clinton. Bondi posted on X that she...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Friday that he was scrapping US tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruits, and a broad swath of other commodities, a dramatic move that comes amid mounting pressure on his administration to better combat high consumer prices. Trump has built his...
Police turned over a child in conflict with the law (CICL) to the Bahay Pag-asa in Parañaque after he was arrested for two counts of statutory rape on Nov. 14. The Southern Police District Special Operations Unit, District Intelligence Section, and District Mobile Force Battalion, in coordination...
The city government of Las Piñas conducted the “bayanihan" clean-up drive at Tartar Creek in Barangays Pamplona Tres and Talon Uno last Nov. 13 as part of President Ferdinand Marcos ' program on “Oplan Kontra Baha.” Las Piñas City Mayor April Aguilar said the “Oplan Kontra Baha”...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) on Saturday, November 15, announced the passing of Governor Rosa Rosal, a revered humanitarian and a pioneering figure in the country’s volunteer movement. In a statement, the PRC expressed its “deepest sadness,” noting that Rosal dedicated more than seven...
A 26-year-old Vietnamese woman was rescued by the Makati City Police from another foreigner identified as a notorious human trafficker during an entrapment operation at a hotel in Makati City on Friday, Nov. 14. The police identified the victim as "Tru’O’ng" and the suspect as "Houng," 29....
A 29-year-old man was arrested by members of the Parañaque City Police Station Drug Enforcement Unit during the conduct of a buy-bust operation and confiscated P400,400 worth of marijuana and kush from him. The suspect, identified as Mer, was arrested at around 1:05 a.m. on Nov. 14 at Marimar 2,...
