The Mandaluyong City Police Station on Saturday, June 27, said it is investigating a viral video of a man claiming to be a “general” who allegedly brandished a firearm during a parking dispute with a motorist outside his home. In a video uploaded by “Edz Beley” on Friday, June 26, the man...
Education Secretary Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara visited Parañaque National High School-Main on Friday, June 26, to assure the community of support and safety amid a controversy involving a teacher’s alleged misconduct that went viral online. Angara was welcomed by Parañaque City officials...
In celebration of Pride Month and to promote respect for diversity, the Mandaluyong City Jail Male Dormitory (MCJMD) held its Pride Month Culminating Activity, highlighting the talents and individuality of LGBTQIA+ Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs). The event, held on June 26 through the...
Three alleged members of a robbery gang were wounded in an armed encounter with police at around 5:56 p.m. on Friday, June 26, at the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) Toll Plaza in Barangay Turo, Bocaue, Bulacan. Acting Bulacan police director Colonel Jay B. Baybayan identified the suspects as...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Authorities in the United Arab Emirates on Friday sounded an incoming missile alert for Dubai but shortly afterward told the public to “disregard the previous warning,” an indication that it was likely triggered by mistake. The brief text message from the...
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Friday moved to prolong temporary protection status for millions of people who have fled the war in Ukraine, but not for new arrivals who would be eligible to serve in the armed forces. Ukraine is desperate to boost the size of its fighting force more than...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — As the U.S. and Iran exchanged escalating strikes on June 11, a plane carrying Qatari mediators was stranded on the tarmac in Tehran. They had been engaged in intensive talks through the night, attempting to halt what appeared to be a spiral back into all-out war, a diplomat...
NABATIYEH, Lebanon (AP) — Shiite Muslims marked one of the most important days on their calendar Friday with large gatherings in Iran, Iraq, Lebanon and other parts of the world to remember the seventh-century killing of Hussein, the grand son of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad. The annual...
Russian air defenses intercepted 660 Ukrainian drones in a major nighttime attack on 12 Russian regions as well as the Russia-held Crimean peninsula, the Black Sea and the Azov Sea, Russia’s Defense Ministry said Friday. It appeared to be one of the biggest drone attacks on Russia and the...
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Thick clouds of black smoke billowed into the sky on the outskirts of Myanmar 's largest city Friday as authorities burned more than 50 tons of heroin, opium, ketamine, methamphetamine, marijuana and crystal meth — some $600 million of confiscated illegal drugs...
The Parañaque City government will install metal detectors in all public schools as part of heightened security measures aimed at protecting students, teachers, and school personnel following the recent fatal shooting incident inside a school campus in Tacloban City. Mayor Edwin Olivarez said the...
Operatives of the Southern Police District (SPD) arrested two suspected illegal firearms dealers and seized five unregistered .38-caliber revolvers during a buy-bust operation in Parañaque City on Thursday, June 25. The SPD said the suspects, identified as Toto, 32, a resident of Las Piñas City,...
