Pag-IBIG Fund’s total assets surged past the ₱1.1 trillion mark as of March 31, 2025, underscoring its continued financial strength and reaffirming its position among the country’s leading government financial institutions. From ₱1.069 trillion at the end of 2024, total assets grew by...
SAN DIEGO (AP) – The runway lights were out, a weather alert system wasn 't working, and there was heavy fog in a San Diego airport when a pilot who had flown across the country made the decision to proceed with landing but came up short and crashed into a neighborhood, likely killing all...
The city government of Las Pinas distributed the unclaimed financial aid to senior citizens whose birthdays fall in the months of February and March. Newly-elected Mayor April Aguilar personally supervised the smooth distribution of financial aid to 39 senior citizens, benefiting P10,000 each, last...
A motorcycle rider initially stopped by police for not wearing a helmet was later found transporting P307,000 worth of illegal drugs in Parañaque City on Friday, May 23. The suspect, identified as alias “Hidehiro,” 21, a resident of Tondo Manila, was apprehended at around 4:50 a.m. in front of...
A police officer was stabbed and seriously wounded by a knife-wielding man he was trying to stop from running amok in Barangay San Antonio, Parañaque City on Friday, May 23. Staff Sgt. Carlo Sotelo Navarro,45, assigned to the Parañaque City Police BF Homes Substation, suffered severe head and...
A 16-year-old girl was caught in possession of more than P1 million worth of shabu during a buy-bust operation launched by the Eastern Police District (EPD) in Barangay Pinagbuhatan, Pasig City on May 21. The girl, identified as alias "Indang," was a newly tagged high value target for illegal...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Harvard University is challenging the Trump administration 's decision to bar the Ivy League school from enrolling foreign students, calling it unconstitutional retaliation for defying the White House 's political demands. In a lawsuit filed Friday in federal court in...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Since President Donald Trump announced his intent to end a half-century of U.S. sanctions on Syria, a debate has developed in his administration over how quickly and thoroughly that should happen. At risk could be the future of a transitional government run by those who drove...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Under the scrutiny of a black-robed official and before a hushed audience, a decorative cookie tin rattles like a bingo drum. Inside: the future of New Zealand 's laws. The ceremonial lottery at Parliament, where bills are drawn randomly from what 's...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — At least 60 people were killed by Israeli strikes across Gaza in a 24-hour period, Gaza 's health ministry said Friday, as Israel pressed ahead with its military offensive and let in minimal aid to the strip. The dead included 10 people in the southern city...
ROME (AP) — Iran and the United States prepared for a fifth round of negotiations over Tehran 's rapidly advancing nuclear program Friday in Rome, with enrichment emerging as the key issue. U.S. officials up to President Donald Trump insist Iran cannot continue to enrich uranium at all in...
BANGKOK (AP) — The Chinese government said Friday that the Trump administration 's move to ban international students from Harvard would harm America 's international standing, as anxious students and parents overseas fretted over what would come next. Among the two largest parts of the...
