Four barangay watchmen accused of alleged "salvaging" of a man in Las Piñas are facing investigation despite their temporary release from jail. The Prosecutor’s Office ordered the temporary release of Jason Santos, Joseph Clarion, Romeo Natividad and barangay ex-officio Jaime Forteo, all...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto on Tuesday, Jan. 2, said the city government will assess and study the complete ban on illegal firecrackers in the city following the number of fireworks-related incidents (FWRIs) still being recorded in the country. Mayor Vico Sotto Sotto stressed that the city's yearly...
The Makati City local government on Wednesday, Jan. 3, slammed Taguig City's response regarding its announcement on the closure of the health centers and lying-in clinics in the 10 EMBO barangays. The city government had earlier announced that it would be closing its health centers and lying-in...
CAVITE – The city government of Dasmariñas has issued an advisory to residents, commuters, and motorists on the expected heavy traffic flow in the coming months due to roadworks by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). File photo from Dasmariñas Traffic Management...
The Manila Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (DRRMO) reported on Tuesday, Jan. 2, that it recorded a total of 1,024 road accidents and fire incidents in 2023. Photo from Manila DRRMO/MANILA BULLETIN According to the data of the Manila DRRMO, 80 fire incidents were recorded, 61 of...
ISTANBUL, Turkey - Turkey announced on Tuesday it had detained 34 people suspected of planning abductions and spying on behalf of Israel's Mossad intelligence service. The raids came just weeks after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned of "serious consequences" should Israel try to target figures...
PARIS, France - French President Emmanuel Macron called on Israel to avoid escalation, "particularly in Lebanon", following a strike in Beirut attributed to Israel that killed Hamas's deputy leader, the Elysee Palace said Tuesday. Palestinian Hamas supporters in the West Bank city of Ramallah...
NEW YORK, United States - US prosecutors unveiled new criminal charges against Senator Robert Menendez on Tuesday, alleging he took bribes to help a businessman secure investment from a fund with ties to Qatar's government. Menendez already faces corruption-related charges in the same case, which...
WASHINGTON, United States - Former US president Donald Trump filed an appeal on Tuesday against a ruling by the top election official in Maine that would keep him off the presidential primary ballot in the northeastern state. Maine last week joined Colorado in barring Trump from appearing on the...
KYIV, Ukraine - Deadly strikes hit residential buildings in Ukraine and a Russian border region Tuesday as an escalation of aerial attacks also wounded dozens and prompted Kyiv to urge speedier Western weapons shipments. TOPSHOT - Fire and burnt-out cars are seen after a missile strike in Kyiv on...
BÉZIERS, France - A rueful thief has returned a golden ornamental cockerel stolen in a French village, a prosecutor said on Tuesday, lifting the veil on its mysterious disappearance nearly 25 years ago. The iron-wrought painted cockerel was taken in April 1999 from the top of a outdoor Catholic...
NEWS YORK, United States - The president of Harvard University resigned Tuesday after coming under ferocious attack over plagiarism accusations and her response to anti-Semitism on campus amid the Israel-Hamas conflict. (FILES) Dr. Claudine Gay, President of Harvard University, testifies before the...
