Senior Deputy Executive Secretary Hubert Guevara, head of the Philippine delegation to the 10th Conference of Parties (COP) The Philippines drew widespread support from international anti-smoking advocates amid attempts by the Global Alliance on Tobacco Control (GATC) to discredit the...
Caloocan City Mayor Dale Gonzalo "Along" Malapitan said that the local government will continue the efficient utilization of the public funds in providing services to the residents after the city passed the Department of Interior and Local Government' (DILG's) 2023 Good Financial Housekeeping (GFH)...
A 35-year-old man was arrested after stabbing three tricycle drivers in Tondo, Manila on Saturday night, Feb. 10. The Manila Police District (MPD) said that the suspect, identified as Jaworski Sermania, also sustained injuries after witnesses attacked him during his arrest. ...
A Chinese national was found dead inside his condominium unit in Binondo, Manila on Chinese New Year eve on Friday, Feb. 9. The Manila Police District (MPD) identified the man as Zeng Liang, 37, a resident of Ongpin Street in Binondo. According to the responding officers, the victim’s...
BUDAPEST, Hungary - A Hungarian bookshop has evaded a fine for violating a controversial LGBTQ law owing to a missing comma in the legislation. Prime Minister Viktor Orban's nationalist government passed the law against "promoting" homosexuality to minors in 2021, drawing criticism at home and...
DIJON, France - Protesters hurled soup at a Monet painting on Saturday in a museum in southeast France, the latest action by a campaign group that pulled a similar stunt on the Mona Lisa last month. The Musee des Beaux-Arts in France's third largest city said in a communique that the attack on...
BUDAPEST, Hungary - Hungarian President Katalin Novak, a close ally of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, announced her resignation Saturday following outrage over a pardon granted to a man implicated in a child sexual abuse case. TOPSHOT - A handout picture shows Hungary's President Katalin Novak as she...
MADRID, Spain - Spain's civil guard on Saturday announced eight arrests after a drug traffickers' boat hit a patrol vessel and killed two officers during a chase. The civil guard arrested three of the boat's passengers following Friday's incident in the southern port of Barbate near Cadiz that also...
BERLIN, Germany - NATO's secretary general called on Europe to increase its arms production to support Ukraine and prevent "potentially decades of confrontation" with Moscow, in an interview published by German media Saturday. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a press conference...
REYKJAVIK, Iceland - A third volcanic eruption that wreaked havoc on Icelandic infrastructure came to an end Saturday, national authorities said, although hot water supplies damaged by the activity will take "several days" to repair. The water supply was briefly restored Friday, but lava spewing...
A police officer documents the arrest of the man wanted for large-scale illegal recruitment (Photo courtesy of Pasay City Police) A man wanted for large-scale illegal recruitment in Dagupan City was arrested by Pasay City police on Friday, Feb. 9. The Southern Police District (SPD) said the...
Two men wanted for violations of the country's revenue code and wildlife law were arrested in separate operations in Pasay City on Feb. 7. Pasay City police chief Col. Mario Mayames identified the suspects as alias Peter, 57, of Matungao, Bulacan, who was charged for violation of the National...
