A person with a disability (PWD) died and over 50 families were left homeless due to a fire that broke out on Sunday, Dec. 29 at 2nd Street, 4th Avenue Barangay 118, Caloocan City. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection(BFP), the fire was raised to first alarm at 2:56 a.m. and escalated to...
FOR A BRIGHT AND SAFE NEW YEAR. Meralco assured its customers of its readiness to respond to any possible electricity service concern throughout the holiday break. Seen in the photo is a Meralco linecrew conducting maintenance works. MANILA, PHILIPPINES, 27 December 2024—The Manila Electric...
Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr. (Facebook) The spread of fake and malicious news on social media have gone too far. Because of this, seven top leaders of the House of Representatives are seeking a congressional inquiry...
Three members of a family, including an eight-year-old girl from the Philippines living in Baldwin Park, California, were stabbed to death by a 23-year-old man, who was reportedly related to the victims, authorities said on Friday, Dec. 27. Authorities have arrested the suspect, whose identity and...
A few days before the New Year celebration, the Provincial Government of Bulacan, led by Governor Daniel R. Fernando, issued Executive Order No. 40, Series of 2024, to support the “Oplan Ingat Paputok” campaign, promoting public safety and regulating the pyrotechnic industry in the province....
Three firefighters and a dozen passengers were injured in Florida on Saturday when a fire truck with its lights flashing drove around rail crossing arms and into the path of a high-speed passenger train after waiting for another train to pass, according to video of the incident and a person briefed...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A passenger plane burst into flames Sunday after it skidded off a runway at a South Korean airport and slammed into a concrete fence when its front landing gear apparently failed to deploy. Most of the 181 people on board died in one of the country’s worst aviation...
DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel's army detained the director of one of northern Gaza 's last functioning hospitals as overnight strikes elsewhere in the territory killed nine people, including children, Palestinian medical officials said Saturday. Israel's military alleged that Hamas...
GOTHENBURG, Sweden (AP) — Burial associations in Sweden are looking to acquire enough land for something they hope they'll never have to do: bury thousands of people in the event of war. Jan-Olof Olsson, Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) expert at the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency...
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologized to his Azerbaijani counterpart for what he called a “tragic incident” following the crash of an Azerbaijani airliner in Kazakhstan that killed 38 people, but stopped short of acknowledging that Moscow was responsible....
As the New Year approaches, the local government of Pasig has released the list of prohibited firecrackers, based on the issuance of the Philippine National Police (PNP)-Civil Security Group, along with the designated pyrotechnic zones in the city’s barangays to ensure a safe and joyful...
NEW YORK (AP) – A former top New York City police official admitted through his lawyer Friday that he had a "consensual, adult relationship" with a subordinate, but denied her claims that he demanded sex in exchange for extra pay. PRESS CONFERENCE – Former NYPD Chief of Department...
