The Malabon City Government is now offering free 2D EchoCardiography (2D Echo) screening following the inauguration of the city's first two-dimensional machine at the Ospital ng Malabon (OSMAL) on Thursday, March 21. Malabon City gov’t inaugurates its first 2D EchoCardiography Machine at...
A 60-year-old coconut vendor died after his bike collided with a pickup truck in San Andres Bukid, Manila on Thursday, March 21. The buko vendor (covered) and his bicycle following a fatal collision with a pickup truck in San Andres Bukid, Manila on March 21, 2024. (Photo from...
The San Juan City local government will hold a bloodletting activity on Saturday, March 23, aimed at promoting the positive effects of donating blood and increasing the supply of blood in the city's hospitals. San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said the bloodletting program, dubbed "Dugo ng San...
KYIV, Ukraine - A top US official said Wednesday that Washington could not predict when a vital $60-billion military aid package for Ukraine would be passed in Congress, as Volodymyr Zelensky called for Western air defenses after a Russian missile attack killed at least five. US National...
PARIS, France - The population of almost every country will be shrinking by the end of the century, a major study said Wednesday, warning that baby booms in developing nations and busts in rich ones will drive massive social change. The fertility rate in half of all nations is already too low...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Negotiations to form a transitional council to govern Haiti advanced on Wednesday, as the United States airlifted more citizens to safety from gang violence that has plunged the impoverished country into chaos. Haiti has been rocked by a surge of unrest since February...
TOKYO, Japan - Buildings shook in Tokyo and emergency phone alarms went off when a magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck near the capital on Friday morning, with no tsunami warning issued. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the quake in southern Ibaraki, east of Tokyo, had a depth of 50 kilometres...
CANBERRA, Australia - Australia said Thursday it would join an international drone coalition to aid Ukraine's war effort, uniting with allies like Britain and Latvia. Britain's Secretary of State for Defense Grant Shapps (R) and Australia's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defense...
CANBERRA, Australia - The United Kingdom and Australia inked a new defense agreement in Canberra on Thursday, as they try to boost a fledgling nuclear-powered submarine program with the United States. Australia's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defense Richard Marles (L) and Britain's...
Five people were hurt in a fire that hit a residential area in Barangay Addition Hills, Mandaluyong City on Thursday, March 21, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said. The BFP said the blaze started at 8:58 a.m. and has already reached the second alarm at 9:02 a.m. Firefighters declared fire out...
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki (R) listens to Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly during their meeting in Ramallah on March 12, 2024. (Photo by Zain JAAFAR / AFP) MONTREAL, Canada - Canada will halt all arms shipments to Israel, a government official told AFP on...
SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea on Wednesday announced the allocation of 2,000 new medical school admissions slots nationwide every year, moving ahead with a reform plan to create more doctors despite a crippling month-long strike by medics opposed to it. Hospitals have been forced to...
