MAGDEBURG, Germany (AP) — When Haben Gebregergish first immigrated to the German city of Magdeburg seven years ago, the Eritrean immigrant was walking to the supermarket with her child when an intoxicated woman approached her on the street. An election poster of the far-right anti-immigrant party...
FAR'A REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — By car and on foot, through muddy olive groves and snipers’ sight lines, tens of thousands of Palestinians in recent weeks have fled Israeli military operations across the northern West Bank — the largest displacement in the occupied territory since the...
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis slept well, got out of bed and ate breakfast Wednesday, the Vatican said, after tests confirmed the 88-year-old pontiff had developed pneumonia in both lungs in a further complication that raised concerns about his ability to fight off the infection. Candles with the...
Water concessionaire Manila Water announced the scheduled water service interruptions in Quezon City from Feb. 20 -21 and Feb. 26 - 27, due to ongoing network maintenance activities. Here is the list of the affected communities: Feb. 20 (10:00 p.m.) - Feb. 21 (4:00 a.m.) - Barangay Mariana -...
(Photo from Pasay City Police) Three drug suspects were arrested by the Pasay City Police Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) during a buy-bust operation conducted on Wednesday, Feb. 19. Pasay City Police chief Col. Samuel Pabonita identified the suspects as alias “Mon," alias Joseph," and alias...
Vice Mayor Menchie Abalos (3rd, left) crowned Bella Maria Fall (3rd, right) from Barangay Hagdan Bato Libis as Miss Mandaluyong 2025 during the coronation night held on Friday, February 7, 2025 at the Mandaluyong City College Gymnasium. Other winners of the annual beauty pageant are (from left)...
A hostage situation on Recto Avenue in Manila on Tuesday, Feb. 18, ended peacefully after police officers, who acted as negotiators, chipped in and gave the P20,000 salary that the hostage taker's employer allegedly refused to pay him. A man (in black T-shirt) took a woman hostage at an ID lace...
Mayor Abby Binay Makati City Mayor and senatorial aspirant Abby Binay on Tuesday, Feb. 18, is confident that her party, the administration's Alyansa Para sa Bagong Pilipinas, will perform strongly in Metro Manila in the midterm elections in May. Binay, in a press conference, said that the party...
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo, founder of NightOwlGPT and columnist of Manila Bulletin, has been recognized with the AI & Learning Award at the inaugural She Shapes AI Global Awards, honoring her pioneering work in linguistic preservation and digital inclusion for marginalized communities worldwide....
The key to a lasting marriage is love and respect, Camille Villar underscored as she cheered 177 couples who tied the knot during the mass wedding (kasalang bayan) rites in Valenzuela City during Love Month. As Villar witnessed the couples exchange their vows, the millennial senatorial candidate...
Metro Manila Council (MMC) President and San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora received the sacks of well-milled rice from Department of Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr during the ceremonial turn-over of National Food Authority (NFA) rice to Local Government Units (LGU) as part of the...
Displaced Palestinians, traveling in vehicles, wait to cross through a security checkpoint at the Netzarim corridor as they make their way from central Gaza to the northern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana) CAIRO (AP) — A top Hamas official says the militant group...
