A man was injured while 17 families were displaced in a fire that gutted houses on Ibañez Street, Barangay Little Baguio, San Juan City on Thursday, March 20. (Photo from Mayor Francis Zamora) According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the blaze started at 7:11 a.m. and was...
Around 200 workers and 16 of their employers were arrested during a raid on an illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) hub in Ayala Avenue, Makati City on Wednesday afternoon, March 19. According to the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC), the operation, in...
Two persons were injured in a fire that broke out at a residential area in Moral Street, San Roque 1 Barangay Pag-Asa in Quezon City on Thursday morning, March 20. The residential fire in Barangay Pag-Asa Quezon City on Thursday, March 20, 2025 (BFP Public Information Office) The Bureau of Fire...
High-value individuals identified as alias Gi and alias Kirstein nabbed in a buy-bust operation in Imus City on March 18. (Photo from PDEA Calabarzon/MANILA BULLETIN) CAVITE – Authorities apprehended two high-value individuals and confiscated over P1.8 million worth of illegal...
The World Health Organization (WHO) is facing calls to reconsider its costly 11th Conference of the Parties (COP11) to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) due to funding constraints and concerns over its priorities, according to harm reduction advocates. Harm reduction...
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — At a former American air base in southern Vietnam, work abruptly stopped last month on efforts to clean up tons of soil contaminated with deadly dioxin from the military’s Agent Orange defoliant. FILE- A Vietnamese soldier stands guard in front of military aircraft near a...
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Authorities in North Macedonia said Wednesday they have shuttered dozens of nightclubs and entertainment venues following a fire that killed 59 people at a live pop concert. People light candles during a vigil in the town of Kocani, North Macedonia, Tuesday, March...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An international United Nations staffer was killed and five others were wounded in a strike Wednesday on a U.N. guesthouse in the Gaza Strip. Smoke rises following an Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Wednesday, March 19, 2025....
The police officer, who was charged with inciting to sedition over his viral social media posts about the arrest of former president Rodrigo Duterte, is facing administrative cases filed by the Quezon City Police District (QCPD). Patrolman Francis Steve Fontillas was charged with five...
ILOILO CITY – Mayor Jerry Treñas said no candle lighting vigil was held by Iloilo City councilors or Iloilo City Hall employees in support of former President Rodrigo Duterte. “I would like to clarify that the Iloilo City government, along with its officials, did not organize or lead any...
The arested suspects (Photo from SPD) Members of the Southern Police District-Drug Enforcement Unit (SPD-DEU) arrested three suspected drug pushers during an entrapment operation in Pasay City. The SPD identified the suspects as alias “Carlo," 28, a delivery rider; alias "Eduardo,"...
The arrested suspect (Photo from Pasay City Police) A man tagged as the source of illegal drugs inside a public cemetery was arrested by members of the Pasay City Police Station Intelligence Section (SIS) during a buy-bust operation on March 18. Pasay City Police chief Col. Joselito De...
