(Photo from Parañaque PIO) The Parañaque City government has announced that the City Treasurer’s Office is offering tax discount to residents who will be paying their real property taxes (RPT) up to March, 2024. Mayor Eric Olivarez said the City Treasurer’s Office under Dr....
(Photo courtesy of Parañaque PIO) The Parañaque City government announced that the Business Permit and Licensing Office (BPLO) will strictly implement City Ordinance No.14-03, otherwise known as “ An ordinance mandating the installation of CCTV cameras in business establishments and...
A cyclist died after accidentally being hit and run over by a passenger bus in Sampaloc, Manila on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 24. The Manila Police District (MPD) Vehicular Traffic Investigation Section (VTIS) identified the victim as Russel Tapayan, 33, resident of Barangay Culliat, Quezon City....
PARIS, France - French President Emmanuel Macron expressed "great concern" about a Catholic parish in war-torn Gaza with the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, his office said on Sunday. Macron spoke with Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa by telephone on Saturday to discuss the "tragic situation" there...
VATRY, France - Four French judges on Sunday began questioning more than 300 Indians travelling on a plane detained near Paris over suspicions of human trafficking. TOPSHOT - This photograph taken on December 23, 2023, shows the Airbus A340 which was grounded over suspected "human trafficking" at...
KYIV, Ukraine - Russian bombardment killed four people and injured nine over 24 hours in the frontline southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, the region's governor said on Sunday. Russian forces fired 71 shells at Kherson from Saturday to Sunday morning, hitting the city centre, residential areas,...
JAKARTA, Indonesia - At least 13 people were killed and 38 injured in eastern Indonesia on Sunday in an explosion at a Chinese-funded nickel-processing plant, the owner of the industrial park that hosts the facility said. A Chinese worker who was injured in the explosion at a nickel smelter furnace...
KYIV. Ukraine - Many Ukrainians will on Monday celebrate Christmas Day on December 25 for the first time, after the government changed the date from the Orthodox Church observance of January 7 in a snub to Russia. Passengers walk along a platform decorated with a Christmas tree at a subway...
WASHINGTON, United States - Nearly three years after President Joe Biden took office vowing "America is back," the country's international image is taking a beating as his administration backs Israel in its war with Hamas. An Israeli army self-propelled artillery howitzer fires rounds from a...
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey launched air operations "against terrorist targets in the north of Syria and Iraq", its defence ministry said Saturday, after 12 of its soldiers were killed over two days. In a press release on its website, the ministry said "29 targets, including caves, bunkers, shelters,...
Three persons were reportedly hurt after a fire gutted homes at Barangay Capri, Quezon City on Saturday, Dec. 24. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) identified the injured residents as Alvin Sumayod, 22, who sustained a minor burn on his forehead; Renz Dumape, 25, who got a laceration in his right...
WASHINGTON, United States - The United States on Saturday voiced deepening concern over the fate of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who has not been heard from since early December. "We are deeply concerned about the whereabouts of Alexei Navalny, who has now been missing in...
