WAJIMA, Japan - Japanese rescuers scrambled to search for survivors Wednesday as authorities warned of landslides and heavy rain after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 62 people. Firefighters inspect collapsed wooden houses in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture on January 2, 2024, a day after a...
A multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) plowed through several concrete barriers of EDSA Busway on Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 2, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said. According to authorities, a red Toyota Innova was cruising along EDSA-Boni southbound lane when its two left tires suddenly...
TOKYO, Japan - A Japan Airlines plane was in flames on the runway of Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Tuesday after apparently colliding with a coast guard aircraft, television reports said. The images on broadcaster NHK showed the plane moving along the runway before an explosion of orange flames...
Around 900 vendors will be temporarily removed from the vicinity of Quiapo Church in preparation for the upcoming Traslacion 2024, the procession of the Black Nazarene on Jan. 9. The Manila Police District (MPD) said they will conduct a clearing operation on Tuesday evening, Jan. 2, after...
SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean opposition party leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck on Tuesday by a man who pushed through a crowd pretending to be his supporter. South Korean opposition party leader Lee Jae-myung is attended to after being attacked in Busan on January 2, 2024....
Successive police operations by the Bulacan police on the first day of the year 2024 resulted in multiple successful arrests and interventions across the province. In reports submitted to Col Relly B. Arnedo, Bulacan police director, on Monday, Jan. 1, the City of San Jose Del Monte police...
(Photo courtesy of Pasay City police) A Vietnamese was arrested by members of the Pasay City police Station Intelligence Section (SIS) who were conducting a security patrol on Dec. 31. Col. Mario Mayames, Pasay city police chief, said the suspect, identified as Qnguyen, was arrested at...
Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Director Brig. Gen. Redrico Maranan on Tuesday, Jan. 2, said that the New Year celebration in the city was generally peaceful. Maranan said that aside from one incident of indiscriminate firing, the city police recorded no other untoward incidents on New Year's...
The Makati City local government on Tuesday, Jan. 2, announced that BLU Cards issued to residents of the 10 EMBO Barangays will no longer be valid starting Jan. 1. "Alinsunod sa desisyon ng Korte Suprema, ikinalulungkot naming ipaalam sa ating mga seniors mula sa 10 EMBO barangays na BLU...
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - Fourteen Nicaraguan priests have now been arrested in a crackdown on the Catholic Church in the Central American country, prompting Pope Francis to call for dialogue during his Monday prayer. Two boys prepare a statue of Jesus Christ after a procession on Good Friday in...
LOS ANGELES, United States - A 4.1 magnitude earthquake rattled the Los Angeles region Monday as the New Year began, the US Geological Survey reported, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The quake was centered in the Pacific Ocean 19 km (12 miles) off the town of Rancho...
WASHINGTON, United States - The US aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, deployed to the eastern Mediterranean after the deadly attack on Israel by Hamas in October, will return to the United States "in the coming days," the Navy said Monday. A Israeli navy patrol boat sails in the Red Sea as...
