Police arrested two suspected drug dealers and seized P734,400 worth of shabu during a buy-bust operation in Parañaque City on Thursday, June 18. Parañaque City Police chief Col. Nicolas Pinon identified the suspects as Gerard, listed as a high-value individual (HVI), and Cristy, tagged as a...
Two men who robbed a house in Mandaluyong City were arrested after police located them at a hotel in Pasay City through a stolen mobile phone on Wednesday, June 17. The Eastern Police District (EPD) said the suspects entered an unlocked residence on Boni Avenue and entered the victims’ room....
BUNDIBUGYO, Uganda (AP) — Whenever Ebola comes, some of the afflicted choose the road to the nearest hospital. Others take the path to the shrine of a traditional healer, often with devastating consequences. Many view the onset of hemorrhagic fever as a spiritual affliction and seek out herbs...
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Police in Vietnam rescued more than 400 cats in a major bust of a cat meat crime ring last week in Ho Chi Minh City, and at least 40 of them have been reunited with their owners. However, following the dayslong police operation, several of the cats died because of the harsh...
EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France (AP) — Leaders at the Group of Seven summit on Wednesday threw their support behind U.S. President Donald Trump 's tentative agreement with Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz and further extend a shaky ceasefire — even though he 's offered scant specificity...
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia 's President Vladimir Putin is hosting leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations at a summit that opens Wednesday, seeking to bolster business and other ties with members of the regional bloc. The two-day Russia-ASEAN summit, which is held in Kazan, is set...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has won key pledges of further support for its fight against Russia from world leaders attending the Group of Seven summit in France, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday. The leaders of the world 's leading industrial economies promised to...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran will immediately take steps to reopen the Strait of Hormuz once a tentative deal with the U.S. to end the war is signed and will be allowed to sell its oil without restrictions, according to leaked copies of an interim agreement that officials say broadly...
Cainta, Rizal Mayor Kit Nieto has vowed to intensify Cainta’s campaign against bullying, strengthening programs that protect students and provide safe spaces for young people. The move comes after Quezon City Councilor Alfred Vargas visited the town on Tuesday, June 16, to commend Nieto’s...
The water level at Angat Dam has continued to decline despite several days of rainfall, raising concerns among residents of Bulacan and other parts of Luzon. Latest monitoring data from the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO) showed that as of 10:00 a.m. on June 15, Angat...
PALU, Indonesia (AP) — A 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook part of central Indonesia ’s Sulawesi island Tuesday, killing at least one resident, injuring dozens of people, damaging homes and infrastructure and rattling residents of a city devastated by a quake and tsunami eight years ago,...
EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France (AP) — The United States could soon reimpose sanctions on Russian oil shipments after President Donald Trump and fellow leaders at the Group of Seven summit of major industrialized democracies moved Tuesday to put the war in Ukraine back on top of their agenda, more than...
