The Pasig Office of Senior Citizens Affairs (Pasig OSCA) reminded senior citizens that the local government does not require any payment or fees to receive benefits intended for them. On Wednesday, June 10, Pasig OSCA urged the public to report any individuals, whether employees of the Pasig LGU...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) -- Yohei Kono, former speaker of Japan 's House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament, who is also known to have written a landmark 1993 statement over wartime comfort women, died on Monday at the age of 89, people close to him said Wednesday. A native of...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) -- Moves are underway in Japan to develop artificial intelligence tools designed to help reduce burdens on surgeons. While the number of cancer patients in the country is projected to peak around 2040 amid an aging population, not enough people want to become surgeons due to the...
By YUKA MORIYAMA TOKYO (Jiji Press) – As Japan and the Philippines prepare to mark 70 years of diplomatic relations next month, a Tokyo-based Filipino folk dance troupe is uplifting Japanese audiences and bringing the two nations closer through the power of dance. Inrayog Philippines traces its...
SENDAI, Miyagi Pref. (Jiji Press) -- East Japan Railway Co. on Wednesday started operating a specially painted Shinkansen bullet train themed on the 25th anniversary of Tokyo DisneySea, a theme park near the Japanese capital. The train, painted with "jubilee blue," the anniversary 's theme...
NEW YORK (AP) — A massive underground detector aimed at understanding the mysterious ghost particles in our universe released its first major results on Wednesday. The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory in China started collecting data in August with the goal of understanding neutrinos:...
CITY OF MALOLOS, BULACAN — Governor Daniel R. Fernando has called on Bulakenyos to live by the lessons of the nation’s heroes and safeguard the freedom they fought for, as the province prepares to celebrate the 128th Anniversary of Philippine Independence on Friday, June 12. National...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A series of long-range Ukrainian attacks hit targets deep inside Russia on Wednesday, part of Kyiv 's efforts to raise the costs of the war for the Kremlin by striking energy facilities and military industries. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces struck...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bill Gates will appear Wednesday before a congressional panel investigating the Jeffrey Epstein files, becoming the latest powerful figure linked to the disgraced financier to testify. Members of the House Oversight Committee are slated to interview the billionaire Microsoft...
TAICHUNG, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan 's military fired rockets in China 's direction from "shoot-and-scoot" mobile launchers on Wednesday in a demonstration of how it might try to repel a Chinese attack. While the U.S.-supplied system known as HIMARS has been tested before, the latest...
GMA News has scored a major international milestone after climbing to the No. 3 spot worldwide in the latest Tubular Leadership Worldwide Rankings, making it the highest-ranked news publisher from the Philippines. The April 2026 rankings released by video analytics company Tubular Labs showed GMA...
An ordinary commute to work turned into a frightening ordeal after a man riding a jeepney was suddenly stabbed by a woman—but as his cries for help fell on deaf ears, a passing off-duty firefighter stepped in and rushed to his aid without hesitation. In a Facebook post shared by the victim,...
