A woman was arrested on Tuesday, Feb 18., for escaping from a traffic incident and posing as a police officer, the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) said. The suspect was identified as Keith Valdez Bagtas, 29. According to the police report, the suspect's car hit another vehicle along EDSA on...
The arrested suspects (Photo from SPD) Operatives of the Parañaque City Police Station arrested two fugitive brothers for multiple sexual offenses and child protection violations during a manhunt on Wednesday, Feb. 19. The Southern Police District (SPD) identified the suspects as “Christian,”...
Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano's statement on POGOs (Photo from Pasay PIO) Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano has issued a statement on the pronouncement of Winston Casio, spokesperson of the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC), concerning illegal operations of Philippine offshore...
The Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) faction allied with former president Rodrigo Duterte has slammed the insistence of the House of Representatives’ Tri-Committee (Tri-Comm) to summon vloggers and other social media influencers perceived to be pro-Duterte to their...
MIAMI (AP) – President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that he "better move fast" to negotiate an end to Russia's invasion of Ukraine or risk not having a nation to lead. The rhetoric from Trump toward Ukraine comes amid an escalating back-and-forth...
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) – Hamas is set to return the bodies of four Israeli hostages on Thursday, including a mother and her two children who have long been feared dead and had come to embody the nation's agony following the Oct. 7, 2023, attack. The remains to be released from the Gaza...
ROME (AP) – Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni visited Pope Francis for 20 minutes in the hospital Wednesday and reported he was "alert and responsive" and full of good humor, despite his diagnosis of pneumonia and a complicated bronchial infection that has sidelined the 88-year-old pontiff for...
A fire broke out in a residential area on E. Jacinto Street, Bambang, Pasig City, on Thursday, Feb. 20. Screen grab from 032 Bumbero/Facebook The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said the fire started at 1:17 p.m. and escalated to the second alarm at 1:24 p.m. Firefighters placed the fire under...
(Photo from TikTok) An eight-year-old boy was beaten by his own mother and grandmother for not coming home on time in Rodriguez, Rizal on Tuesday, Feb. 18, the Rodriguez Rizal Police said. In a now viral video taken by their neighbors, the boy's mom was seen dragging and hitting her son multiple...
(Photo from SPD) Two persons were arrested after they yielded P8,840,000 worth of shabu hidden in a freeze-dried durian pack during a police buy-bust operation in Barangay San Antonio, Makati City on Wednesday, Feb. 19. The Southern Police District (SPD) identified the suspects as "Wewel" and...
Some of Metro Manila mayors showed their support for Alyansa Para sa Bagong Pilipinas senatorial slate during the alliance's kickoff campaign rally in Pasay City on Tuesday, Feb. 18. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. raises the arms of the 12 senatorial bets under the Alyansa Para sa Bagong...
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama is detaining in a hotel nearly 300 people from various countries deported under U.S. President Donald Trump, not allowing them to leave while waiting for international authorities to organize a return to their countries. FILE - Panama's Minister of Public Security Frank...
