LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County is taking on Pepsi and Coke for their role in plastic pollution. In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, the county alleged PepsiCo and Coca-Cola companies have misled the public about the recyclability of their plastic bottles and downplayed the negative...
PHOENIX (AP) — Kamala Harris said Thursday that Donald Trump's comment that he would protect women whether they "like it or not" shows that the Republican presidential nominee does not understand women's rights "to make decisions about their own lives, including their own bodies." "I think...
Diwali is the most important festival of the year in India — and for Hindus in particular. FILE- Hindu women light oil lamps at the Banganga pond as they celebrate Dev Diwali festival in Mumbai, India, Nov. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File) It is celebrated across faiths by more than a...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Biden administration said Thursday some 8,000 North Korean troops are now in Russia near Ukraine's border and are preparing to join the fight against Ukrainian troops in coming days – a potentially serious escalation of the nearly 3-year-old war. FILE - A TV...
Human-caused climate change made Spain's rainfall about 12% heavier and doubled the likelihood of a storm as intense as this week's deluge of Valencia, according to a rapid but partial analysis Thursday by World Weather Attribution, a group of international scientists who study global warming's...
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A powerful typhoon made landfall in Taiwan on Thursday, killing two people and bringing high winds and floods to much of the island's east coast and northern areas, after barreling past the northern Philippines. In this photo released by Hualien County Fire Department,...
Who would have thought that in a place surrounded by the dead, where silence reigns, there are a few living souls struggling to persevere, quietly voicing their desire to achieve their dreams? Yong Borlongan: Then and now Photos from Yong Borlongan/Facebook A police officer, who was once a child...
(Photo courtesy of Pasay PIO) The Pasay City government implemented several road closures and traffic rerouting near the Pasay Public Cemetery and Roman Catholic Cemetery starting today, October 31, to November 2, in observance of Undas 2024. Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano advised motorists...
(Photo from Las Piñas Tourism and Cultural Office) Las Piñas City Mayor Imelda Aguilar issued a set of reminders to residents who will visit their departed love ones during All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day. Aguilar said visitors are urged to bring adequate food and water, trash bags, and...
A previously convicted individual for drug-related offenses was apprehended once more, alongside two other high-value targets, during a buy-bust operation in San Mateo, Rizal, on the evening of Wednesday, October 30. Arrested drug suspects during a buy-bust operation in San Mateo, Rizal. (Photo...
The local government of Marikina prepared an “Oplan Undas 2024” task force to ensure safe, orderly, and peaceful observance of Undas in November. Mayor Marcy Teodoro inspects city cemeteries in preparation for Undas 2024 (Photos from Marikina LGU) Mayor Marcy Teodoro said on Thursday, October...
The local government of Marikina announced on Thursday, October 31, that it had filed charges against the personnel of Barangka Public Cemetery for unauthorized exhumation of remains. Mayor Marcy Teodoro inspects city cemeteries in preparation for Undas 2024 (Photo from Marikina LGU) It said that...
