DENVER (AP) — A Colorado funeral home owner accused of stashing nearly 190 dead bodies in a decrepit building and sending grieving families fake ashes is set to be sentenced Friday in federal court for cheating customers and defrauding the government out of nearly $900,000 in COVID-19 aid. Jon...
IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — From abroad, Iranian Kurdish dissident groups have been watching closely for signs that Iran 's theocracy could falter in its grip on the country, battered by Israeli airstrikes in the intense, 12-day war until a U.S.-negotiated ceasefire halted the fighting. Israel...
The Southern Police District-Drug Enforcement Unit (SPD-DEU) dismantled a drug den and arrested five suspects, one of them an alleged government employee, during a buy-bust operation in Las Pinas City on Friday, June 27. The suspects were identified as Busyong, 37, an alleged government employee...
The Makati City Police have arrested three thieves wanted for stealing the fiber-optic cables of the CCTV cameras of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) installed at the Guadalupe overpass in Makati City, Makati Police OIC Col. Reycon Garduque confirmed on Friday, June 27. Garduque...
Two Chinese nationals were arrested for shooting a 40-year-old Filipino businessman while boarding his parked vehicle in Makati City on Thursday night, June 27. According to the police, the incident occurred at the parking lot of a mall on Amorsolo Street in Barangay Pio Del Pilar. Initial...
Bulacan Governor Daniel R. Fernando led a major “Green Revolution” campaign in the province, together with the Bulacan Environment and Natural Resources Office (BENRO), by planting over 1,000 native tree seedlings in Sitio Payapa, Barangay Camachin, Doña Remedios Trinidad (DRT). The...
A dump truck driver was arrested after running over and killing a 20-year-old woman in Rodriguez, Rizal, authorities said on Thursday, June 26. Based on the investigation, the victim was riding a motorcycle with her live-in partner and a female friend along Barangay Burgos early Sunday, June 22....
Pateros Mayor Miguel Ike Ponce III is bidding farewell to his post after serving for three consecutive terms or a total of nine years. On June 30, Ponce will turn over his position to incoming Mayor Gerald German who previously served as municipal administrator and Pateros vice mayor. German was...
To carry out necessary maintenance and upgrading works on various Meralco distribution facilities, electric service will be temporarily interrupted on the following dates and places: Meralco exerts all efforts to restore electric service as scheduled. However, there are instances when due to...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans on the House Oversight Committee issued a subpoena Thursday to Anthony Bernal, a senior aide to former first lady Jill Biden, as part of their rapidly expanding investigation into former President Joe Biden 's mental fitness while in office. The subpoena signed...
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders on Thursday called for even greater efforts to help meet Ukraine 's pressing military needs, and expressed support for the country 's quest to join their ranks, but they made little headway with new sanctions against Russia. At a summit in...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican Museums on Thursday unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms, the spectacularly frescoed reception rooms of the Apostolic Palace that in some ways rival the Sistine Chapel as the peak of high Renaissance artistry. A decade-long project to...
