The Quezon City government welcomed the offer of San Miguel Corporation (SMC) president Ramon Ang to help address Metro Manila’s flooding problem, while emphasizing the importance of coordinated, evidence-based solutions involving both public and private sectors. According to the city’s...
UPDATED WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday in Alaska to discuss ending the war in Ukraine, a potential breakthrough after weeks of expressing frustration that more was not being done to quell the fighting. The Kremlin has not yet...
NAGASAKI, Japan (AP) – Nagasaki is marking the US atomic attack on the southern Japanese city 80 years ago and survivors are working to make their hometown the last place on earth hit by the bomb. The atomic bomb dropped by the United States on Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945, killed some 70,000...
CHICAGO (AP) — James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died. He was 97. Lovell died Thursday in Lake Forest, Illinois, NASA said in a statement on Friday. "Jim 's character and steadfast courage...
The Quezon City government will hold a travel expo from August 16 to 17 at QC M.I.C.E. Center, located within the Quezon City Hall compound, to promote local tourism and drive economic recovery. Spearheaded by the Quezon City Tourism Department in partnership with the Quezon City Travel Agencies...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The husband of a woman convicted of killing three people with a meal laced with deadly mushrooms suspected his wife had been poisoning him more than a year before the fatal meal, an Australian court has heard. A judge on Friday lifted a gag order on pretrial evidence...
The local government of Mandaluyong and online platform Shopee Philippines launched on Thursday, Aug. 7, a digital upskilling project aimed at helping Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) improve their technological skills to promote their businesses. Mandaluyong Mayor Menchie Abalos led...
Senior Citizens Party-list Rep. Rodolfo “Ompong” Ordanes on Friday, Aug. 8, said they are pushing the “Iskolar ng Bayan” program to help grandparents who are supporting their grandchildren’s education. During a press conference in Pasig City, Ordanes said they are proposing to allocate...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora was named national president of the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) for the years 2025 to 2028 during its 75th General Assembly held on Friday, Aug. 8, at Conrad Manila. “As LCP national president for 2025-2028, our objective is nation-building through...
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Undersecretary for Regional Operations Roberto R. Bernardo on Friday, Aug. 8, denied allegations linking him to corruption and an alleged dismissal from government service, calling the accusations “malicious and completely false.” “There is no...
Two Vietnamese nationals were arrested by the Southern Police District (SPD) for posing as doctors and illegally practicing medicine inside a beauty clinic in Barangay Poblacion, Makati City on Thursday, Aug. 7. The suspects were identified as alias Van, 36, and alias Thi, 35. Based on the...
Senator Camille Villar on Thursday lauded the courage and dedication of the Bureau of Fire Protection – National Capital Region (BFP-NCR) personnel, and urged them to continue with their vital mission of saving lives and protecting communities. Speaking at the BFP-NCR’s 34th Founding...
