ROME (AP) — Pope Francis marked the one-week point Friday in his hospital stay, getting up and out of bed to eat breakfast as the 88-year-old pontiff continued fighting pneumonia and a complex respiratory infection, the Vatican said. The Vatican late Thursday reported a “slight improvement”...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Washington has allowed President Donald Trump’s mass firings of federal workers to move forward. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper decided Thursday he could not grant a motion from unions representing the workers to temporarily block the layoffs. He...
A poster shows Shiri Bibas, who was kidnapped to Gaza with her husband and two young sons on Oct. 7, 2023, in Jerusalem, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Hamas militants of violating the ceasefire deal by handing over the...
A fire broke out at a commercial building on Soler corner Florentino Torres, Sta. Cruz, Manila on Friday night, Feb. 21. Photo from Sampaloc Fire Volunteer Brigade Inc. Manpa The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said the fire started at 7:38 p.m. and escalated to the second alarm at 7:59 p.m. BFP...
Mayor Imelda Aguilar and Vice Mayor April Aguilar with ACT-CIS Rep. Erwin Tulfo (Photo from Las Piñas PIO) ACT-CIS Partylist Representative Erwin Tulfo paid a courtesy visit to Las Piñas City Mayor Imelda Aguilar and Vice Mayor April Aguilar last Tuesday, Feb. 18 . The visit highlighted...
Senatorial candidate Willie Revillame on Friday, Feb. 21, said he does not consider himself a politician but a public servant, emphasizing that his goal is to genuinely help Filipinos in need. Senatorial candidate Willie Revillame (right) and GP Party-list nominee JP Padiernos (left) speak in Pasig...
The Quezon City government has officially launched the Tandang Sora Women’s Museum on Thursday night, Feb. 21. (Quezon City government facebook page) It is the first ever women’s museum in the country, paying tribute to the countless women who have shaped the nation through courage, resilience,...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) – The Israeli military said Friday it had positively identified the remains of two young hostages but another body released by Hamas under a ceasefire deal was not the boys' mother as the militant group had promised. BORDER police salute as a convoy carrying the remains...
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...
(Photo from Facebook) Two students were wounded when a schoolmate stabbed them with a folding knife during a brawl in Pasig City on Thursday, Feb. 20. In a now viral video on social media, seven students, all minors, from Rizal High School were seen engaging in a fistfight. During the fight, one of...
The House of Representatives’ Tri-Committee (Tri-Comm) should also invite pro-administration social media influencers and vloggers in their investigation on the prevalence of fake news, reelectionist Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa said. As it is, Dela Rosa noted that the Tri-Comm’s...
Camille Villar has gained significant traction in the latest Social Pulse Philippines survey on senatorial preferences for the 2025 elections, securing the 9th spot in the rankings. The survey, conducted from January 26 to February 8, 2025, reflects shifting voter sentiments as election day...
