The Metro Pacific Tollways South (MPT South) marked Road Safety Month by unveiling its latest road safety advocacy campaign, “Drayberks: Ready 4 Safety.” Over 100 stakeholders from both public and private sectors attended the ceremonial launch held at the Golden Phoenix Hotel in Pasay City on...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV called Wednesday for humanitarian aid to reach the Gaza Strip and for an end to the "heartbreaking" toll on its people, as he presided over his first general audience in Saint Peter 's Square. The Vatican said that around 40,000 people were on hand for the...
WASHINGTON (AP) – Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has accepted a luxury Boeing 747 jet from Qatar for President Donald Trump to use as Air Force One, the Pentagon said Wednesday, despite ongoing questions about the ethics and legality of taking the expensive gift from a foreign nation. The...
WASHINGTON (AP) – Two staff members of the Israeli embassy in Washington were shot and killed Wednesday evening while leaving an event at a Jewish museum, and the suspect yelled, "Free, free Palestine" after he was arrested, police said. The two victims, a man and a woman, were leaving an event...
After the midterm elections, the local government of Las Piñas collected the campaign materials that were required to be removed and recycled them into reusable products. Las Piñas Mayor-elect April Aguilar ordered teams from the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) to remove...
Around 300 young boys availed of free circumcision during the “Oplan Tuli” program conducted by the Las Piñas city government at the Aguilar Sports Complex, Pilar on May 20. Las Piñas Mayor-elect April Aguilar was present at the event. She said the program is part of the city...
The Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) has urged the local government of Marikina to shut down a dog training center following the deaths of two poodles under its care. The animal rights group said the facility lacks an animal welfare permit from the Bureau of Animal Industry–Animal Health...
President Vladimir Putin visited Russia 's Kursk region for the first time since Moscow claimed that it drove Ukrainian forces out of the area last month, the Kremlin said Wednesday. Putin visited the region bordering Ukraine the previous day, according to the Kremlin. Ukrainian forces made a...
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide car bomber struck a school bus in southwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing five people — including three children — and wounding 38 others, officials said, the latest attack in tense Balochistan province . The province has been the scene of a ...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (AP) — Israeli strikes continued to pound the Gaza Strip Wednesday, despite a surge in international anger at Israel 's widening offensive. The attacks killed at least 82 people, including several women and a week-old infant, according to the Gaza Health Ministry and area...
CAVITE – A furparent and the Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) have filed a case before the Office of the Prosecutor in General Trias City against a woman accused of poisoning two dogs, resulting in the death of one. The dogs ' owner sought help from PAWS to file charges of malicious...
Police seized over P800,000 worth of shabu from 17 drug suspects during anti-illegal drug operations conducted in Bulacan on Monday, May 19, and Tuesday, May 20. Col. Franklin Estro, Bulacan police officer-in-charge (OIC), said five suspects were apprehended in an anti-illegal drug operation led...
