Police collared a woman and two men during a drug entrapment operation that also yielded P102,000 of suspected shabu in Barangay Minuyan Proper, City of San Jose Del Monte (CSJDM) on Saturday evening, Dec. 9. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Bulacan Provincial Officer identified the...
The Quezon City local government announced on Saturday, Dec. 9, that the city was placed under "red warning status" after the number of Covid-19 cases in the city rose in the past weeks. According to the city's Public Information Office (PIO), the daily average Covid-19 cases on Dec. 4 to 7...
Mayor Imelda Aguilar/Photo courtesy of Las Piñas PIO The Las Piñas city government launched the “Love Las Piñas Christmas" logo with the lighting of giant Christmas tree on Dec. 7. Mayor Imelda Aguilar led the lighting of the giant Christmas tree and colorful lights around the Las Piñas City...
The Southern Police District (SPD) said a total of 2,425 police personnel and 925 force multipliers will be deployed to strategic areas within the southern part of Metro Manila to ensure the safety and security of all residents and visitors during the Yuletide season According to Brig. Gen. Mark...
The Mandaluyong City local government started on Friday, Dec. 8, the distribution of Pamaskong Handog gift boxes to residents as Christmas day comes near. (Photo from Mandaluyong LGU) Mandaluyong City Mayor Ben Abalos signaled the start of the distribution of the over 250,000 boxes to Mandaleños...
WASHINGTON, United States - The United States saw its jobless rate dip in November while hiring rose more than expected, government data showed Friday, fueling optimism that the world's biggest economy may achieve the elusive goal of avoiding recession, while also taming inflation. The economy...
WASHINGTON, United States - The United States widened a trade blacklist Friday taking aim at forced labor concerns involving Uyghurs and other minorities in China. Three Chinese companies -- COFCO Sugar Holding, Sichuan Jingweida Technology Group and Anhui Xinya New Materials -- were the...
WASHINGTON, United States - The United States on Friday approved a breakthrough therapy that uses revolutionary gene editing tool CRISPR to treat the debilitating blood disorder sickle cell disease. More than 100,000 Americans, most of them Black, suffer from sickle cell disease, a painful,...
BRUSSELS, Belgium - EU member states and lawmakers clinched a deal on Friday on how to draft "historic" rules regulating artificial intelligence models such as ChatGPT -- after 36 hours of negotiations. Meeting in Brussels, negotiators nailed down curbs on how AI can be used in Europe, which...
UNITED NATIONS, United States - The United Nations Security Council met behind closed doors Friday on the fast-escalating row between South American neighbors Venezuela and Guyana over a disputed oil-rich region. The new map of Venezuela with the incorporation of Guyana Essequiba is pictured...
PARIS, France - Livestock is responsible for 12 percent of greenhouse gas emissions caused by humans and its impact will only increase as meat consumption rises, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization said Friday. To reduce emissions, the Rome-based agency in a report called for improving...
WASHINGTON, United States - The United States will have its first high-speed train -- between Los Angeles and Las Vegas -- in 2028, the Biden administration said Friday as it unveiled a series of major rail investments. President Joe Biden This project called Brightline West, from the name of...
