Some areas in at least three localities in Rizal Province will have no water for up to six hours beginning at 10 p.m. on August 7. Manila Water said the areas to be affected by the water service interruption that will last until 4 a.m. on August 8, Friday are portions of Baras, Binangonan, and...
Authorities have identified the source of the gas leak that happened in the posh Ayala Alabang Village in Muntinlupa on Aug. 5. Mayor Ruffy Biazon said authorities have traced it to a generator set inside the Alabang Country Club in the village and not from a gas station. The mayor said “the...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran executed two men in separate cases Wednesday, accusing one of spying for Israel and another of being a member of the Islamic State group, state media reported. A report by the judiciary news website Mizanonline identified the alleged spy as Rouzbeh Vadi, who...
KABUL, Afghanistan — One after the other, the opportunities vanished. Like so many other Afghan women, Sodaba could do little but watch as her country’s new Taliban government imposed a stranglehold on women’s lives. The Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in 2021, and quickly set about...
TAIPEI, Taiwan — An outbreak of the chikungunya virus in China has prompted authorities to take preventive measures from mosquito nets and clouds of disinfectant, threatening fines for people who fail to disperse standing water and even deploying drones to hunt down insect breeding grounds. More...
A small medical transport plane crashed and caught fire Tuesday on the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona, killing four people, the tribe said in a statement. A Beechcraft King Air 300 from the CSI Aviation company left Albuquerque, New Mexico, with two pilots and two health care providers,...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistan extended the deadline for the deportation of millions of Afghan refugees to Sept. 1, officials said Wednesday as the United Nations welcomed the decision while expressing concern over coerced returns. Afghans have fled to Pakistan over the past four decades to...
A fire broke out in a three-story residential townhouse on Scout Rallos Street in Barangay Sacred Heart in Quezon City on Wednesday afternoon, August 6. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the fire was raised to 1st alarm at 4:11 p.m. and escalated to 2nd alarm at 4:28 p.m. The fire...
The city government of Pasay City recently carried out clearing operations targeting illegally parked vehicles and sidewalk vendors to reclaim pedestrian spaces. Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said the clearing team from the Traffic Parking and Management Office (TPMO) conducted operations in...
Metro Manila Council (MMC) President and San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said Metro Manila mayors will be submitting a list of roads to be exempted from the suggested parking ban first proposed during a joint meeting between the MMC, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), and the...
Senator Mark Villar has called for a Senate investigation into the “exorbitant, unreasonable, and predatory” pricing of domestic airline tickets in the Philippines, following public outcry over airfare hikes that have seen prices soar far beyond international flight costs. In a resolution...
The Taguig police warned the public against using a cigarette locally known as “Tuklaw” that contains high levels of nicotine. The warning was issued after an incident near an elementary school in Barangay Central Signal in Taguig last Aug. 1 where a man experienced seizure-like symptoms...
