CAVITE – Authorities collared a Chinese man and his two Filipino cohorts who yielded P20 million worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation in Bacoor City on Sunday, June 29. Bacoor Component City Police Station (Bacoor CCPS) identified the suspects as alias Ong, a Chinese residing in...
Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon started his second term of office at noon on June 30 and reminded employees of their duty to serve the public. “We must serve and treat people with utmost courtesy, politeness, respect and attention that will make them feel that they are welcome and attended to,”...
Governor Daniel Fernando vowed to push for the creation of the Bulacan Mega City and more housing projects as he took his oath of office before Executive Judge Hermenegildo Dumlao II at the Bulacan Capitol Gymnasium in Malolos, Bulacan, on Sunday, June 29. The ceremony was held during the...
Mandaluyong City Mayor Menchie Abalos on Monday, July 30, vowed to follow the footsteps of her father-in-law, former Mayor Ben Abalos, in uplifting the lives of Mandaleños from poverty and focusing on the health and education of its youth. After taking her oath of office together with other city...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has vowed to sustain her administration’s core programs on innovation, inclusivity, and good governance as she started her third and final term on Monday, June 30. As she took her oath of office at the M.I.C.E. Center in Quezon City Hall, Belmonte reflected on her...
Makati City Mayor Abby Binay underscored the need for the city to sustain its current standing as a financially stable, transparent, and fiscally responsible local government that is providing exemplary services to its citizens. “For the past nine years, we took bold steps to revolutionize public...
After months of merely saying he had no plans to run, Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto has put an end to speculation by confirming he will not seek any position in the 2028 elections. Sotto made the statement on Monday, June 30, during the turnover ceremony of incoming elected officials 2025-2028 in...
NEW YORK (AP) — The monthlong celebration of LGBTQ+ Pride reaches its rainbow-laden crescendo as New York and other major cities around the world host major parades and marches on Sunday. The festivities in Manhattan, home to the nation’s oldest and largest Pride celebration, kick off with a...
ROME (AP) — Major heat waves across Southern Europe have pushed temperatures above 40 C (104 F) in countries including Italy, Spain and Greece, as local authorities issued fresh warnings against the risk of wildfires. Experts link the rising frequency and intensity of these heatwaves to climate...
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday celebrated a special feast day traditionally used by the Catholic Church to drum up donations from the faithful, with the Vatican under the first American pope rolling out a new campaign to urge ordinary Catholics to help bail out the deficit-ridden Holy See....
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong pro-democracy political party League of Social Democrats announced on Sunday it had disbanded due to immense political pressure, the latest casualty in a years-long crackdown that has already quieted much of the city’s once-vocal opposition. Following massive...
NEW DELHI (AP) — Three people were killed and more than a dozen hospitalized Sunday following a sudden crowd surge and stampede at a popular Hindu festival in eastern India, local authorities said. “There was a sudden crowd surge of devotees for having a glimpse of the Hindu deities during...
