(Photo from Makati Fire Department) Six senior high school students were injured in an alleged chemical explosion inside a science research center in Barangay San Antonio, Makati City on Wednesday, Jan. 29, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) reported. According to the BFP, the explosion occurred...
Equipment and paraphernalia allegedly used to manufacture shabu in a small-scale laboratory discovered in Tanza on Jan. 28 (Photo from PDEA Calabarzon) CAVITE – Authorities discovered a small-scale laboratory allegedly being used for the production of illegal drugs following a...
The House of Representatives has approved on second reading a bill designed to rationalize excise tax rates on tobacco and vapor products, aiming to halt the decline in excise tax collections due to illicit trade. Nueva Ecija Rep. Mikaela Suansing Nueva Ecija Rep. Mikaela Suansing...
Tondo, Manila fire (Photo from Fire Alert Metro Manila) Three fires were reported in Manila on Wednesday, Jan. 29, Chinese New Year, two of them in Binondo, the heart of Chinatown, where two household helpers perished. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said the two fatalities died in a...
(Photo from Fire Alert Metro Manila) A fire gutted several houses in Herbosa Street, Barangay 91, Tondo, Manila on Wednesday, Jan. 29, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) reported. According to firefighters at the scene, the blaze started at 12:46 p.m. and has reached the 2nd alarm at 12:50...
(Photo from Fire Alert Metro Manila) An apartment building was gutted by a fire that hit a residential area in Ongpin corner Bermuda Street, Binondo, Manila on Wednesday, Jan. 29. Based on the initial report of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the blaze started at 12:24 p.m. and quickly...
The recovered pen gun (Photo from SPD) An armed 41-year-old man who was creating trouble in his neighborhood was arrested by responding Parañaque City Police on Jan 28. The Southern Police District (SPD) identified the suspect as alias “Bryan.” He was arrested at around 11:20...
Photo from Pasay BFP A Korean restaurant was destroyed by a fire in Barangay 76, Pasay City, on Tuesday night, Jan. 28. Pasay City Bureau of Fire and Protection (BFP) Fire Marshall Supt. Mariano Taguiam said the Songdowon Korean Restaurant owned by a certain Jung Sejung was destroyed...
Fire crews monitor the Palisades Fire in Mandeville Canyon, Jan. 11, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — Human-caused climate change increased the likelihood and intensity of the hot, dry and windy conditions that fanned the flames of the recent devastating...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has inspected a facility that produces nuclear material and called for bolstering the country’s nuclear capability, state media reported Wednesday, as it ramps up pressure on the U.S. following the...
President Donald Trump arrives to speak about the economy during an event at the Circa Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order aimed at cutting federal support for gender...
A woman injured in a stampede is helped into an ambulance by the banks of the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers, on Mauni Amavasya' or new moon day during the Maha Kumbh festival, in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP...
