TOKYO (AP) — A slow-moving storm has been dumping intense rains on northern Japan, swelling rivers, sending residents to shelters and disrupting traffic during a Japanese Buddhist holiday week. Construction vehicles are submerged due to a swollen river caused by a storm in Iwaizumi, Iwate...
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The death toll from a mountain of rubbish that collapsed in the Ugandan capital rose to 24 on Monday as rescuers with excavators continued searching for victims, according to the city authority. At least four children are among those killed by the collapse at the Kiteezi...
A 61-year-old woman who was reported missing for more than a year was finally reunited with her family on August 7. Rosemarie Danao Cruz with her daughter, Raulene, and officials of the city government (Photos from Mayor Jun Ynares) According to Antipolo City Mayor Jun Ynares, Rosemarie Danao Cruz...
Confiscated drugs (Photo from Parañaque police) Members of the Parañaque City Police Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) recovered P1 million worth of shabu in a buy-bust operation on Sunday, August 11. The Southern Police District (SPD) identified the suspects as "Marvin," 28, and tagged by...
The Federation of Philippine Industries (FPI) is appealing to the government to declare smuggling an act of economic sabotage, saying that illicit trade harms the local economy and steals billions of pesos in government revenue. Jesus Arranza, chairman of the Federation of Philippine Industries...
Commuters were stranded in different parts of Metro Manila as transport group Manibela launched its three-day transport strike on Monday, August 12. Commuters are seen waiting for jeepneys along Caruncho Avenue in Pasig City on Monday, August 12. (Photo by Patrick Garcia) One commuter, an office...
Transport group Samahang Manibela Mananakay at Nagkaisang Terminal ng Transportasyon (Manibela) started its three-day transport strike on Monday morning, August 12, at the Monumento Circle in Caloocan City. The group launched the transport strike to oppose the Public Transport Modernization Program...
The two high-value individuals and the P287,500 worth of suspected marijuana oil and kush seized during a sting operation in Dasmariñas City on August 10. (Photo from PDEA Calabarzon) CAVITE – Authorities here collared two high-value individuals (HVIs) and seized P287,500 worth of...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris promised Saturday to work to eliminate taxes on tips paid to restaurant and other service industry employees, echoing a pledge that her opponent, Republican Donald Trump, has made, and marking a rare instance of political overlap from both sides....
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Days after Ukraine began a surprise military incursion into Russia’s Kursk border region, Zelenskyy broke the government’s silence on it late Saturday by indirectly acknowledging ongoing military actions to “push the war out into the aggressor’s territory” in his...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military ordered more evacuations in southern Gaza early Sunday after a deadly airstrike on a school-turned-shelter in the north killed at least 80 Palestinians, according to local health authorities. Israel said it targeted a militant command post,...
Two wanted men were arrested in separate operations conducted by members of the Las Piñas city police Warrant and Subpoena Section (WSS) on Friday, August 9. The city police chief, Col. Sandro Tafalla, said the arrested persons were identified as alias “Allan Rich,” facing frustrated...
