UNITED NATIONS, United States - The dire humanitarian situation in violence-wracked Haiti following weeks of gang attacks could result in the death of "countless children," especially from lack of health care and nutrition, the head of UNICEF said Tuesday. A man pulls a cart with a casket through a...
Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan declared half-day classes for students at all levels in private and public schools and half-day work for city government employees on Wednesday, March 27, in observance of Holy Week. Lacuna-Pangan signed Executive Order (EO) No. 8 on Monday, March 25,...
The arrested suspect (Photo from Pasay police) Members of the Pasay City Police Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) arrested a woman drug suspect during the implementation of a search warrant on Monday, March 25. Col. Mario Mayames, Pasay City police chief, said the suspect...
Vice-Mayor April Aguilar with jobseskers hired on the spot (Photo courtesy of Las Piñas PIO) The Las Piñas City government conducted a job fair on Monday, March 25, one of the various services prepared in celebration of the 27 th cityhood anniversary. The job fair was...
West Zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (Maynilad) is donating fire trailers to several Local Government Units (LGUs) within its service area this year to help enhance their firefighting capabilities and bolster emergency response efforts, particularly during Fire Prevention Month....
Meralco advisory (Photo courtesy of Para ñaque PIO) The Manila Electric Company (Meralco) announced that power service interruption will be implemented on March 27 for five hours in Para ñaque City. According the Facebook post of Para ñaque City Public Information...
Mayor Eric Olivarez attends information caravan on urban gardening (Photo from Para ñaque PIO) The Para ñaque City government conducted an information caravan that aims to promote urban agriculture in the city on Tuesday, March 26. Para ñaque city Mayor Eric Olivarez...
The Manila Police District (MPD) is hunting down the man who mauled his 81-year-old grandfather to death in Sta. Ana, Manila on Monday night, March 25. The MPD-homicide section is checking the body of an 81-year-old victim who was mauled to death by his grandson in Sta. Ana, Manila (Photo...
LOS ANGELES, United States - A teenage girl shot herself dead with a deputy's gun in the lobby of a sheriff's station in California, authorities said Monday. A sign at the entrance to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Station in City of Industry, California, is seen on March 25, 2024. A teenage...
LOS ANGELES, United States - A man who repeatedly threatened to kill an Arizona election official was sentenced to two and a half years in prison on Monday, as investigators warned of increasing hostility towards poll workers ahead of this year's high-stakes US votes. Joshua Russell, from...
LONDON, United Kingdom - The UK on Monday accused Beijing-backed groups of targeting "democratic institutions and parliamentarians" in two "malicious" cyber campaigns, unveiling sanctions and summoning China's ambassador. In this video grab taken from footage broadcast by the UK Parliamentary...
GENEVA, Switzerland - A UN rights expert on Monday said there were "reasonable grounds" to determine that Israel has committed several acts of "genocide" in its war in Gaza, also warning of "ethnic cleansing". Displaced Palestinian children wait inside their makeshift tents at a camp beside a...
