A study conducted by geologists from the University of the Philippines-Diliman (UPD) warned that land subsidence caused by factors such as climate change, excessive groundwater extraction, rapid urbanization, tectonic motion, and the natural compaction of sediments threatens to erase from the map...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The acting director of the Secret Service is promising accountability for what he called the agency’s “abject failure” to secure the rally where a gunman opened fire on Donald Trump last summer during his presidential campaign. FILE - Ronald Rowe, acting director of the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A pair of European satellites rocketed into orbit Thursday on the first mission to create artificial solar eclipses through fancy formation flying in space. This image taken from video provided by the European Space Agency shows the launching of a rocket from the...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department said Thursday that it could sue to require reforms at Memphis' police department if the city won't willingly agree to changes, after a federal investigation found that Memphis' officers routinely use unwarranted force and disproportionately target...
PALERMO, Calif. (AP) — Two children were in “extremely critical condition” Wednesday after being shot at a tiny religious K-8 school in Northern California and the gunman died at the scene, apparently from a self-inflicted gunshot, police said. Police officers stand near a body covered by a...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Known across the globe as the stuck astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams hit the six-month mark in space Thursday with two more to go. FILE - NASA astronauts Suni Williams, left, and Butch Wilmore stand together for a photo enroute to the launch pad at Space...
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian insurgents said they entered parts of the central city of Hama on Thursday after three days of intense clashes with government forces on its outskirts, part of an ongoing offensive in which they also seized Syria's largest city of Aleppo. Internally displaced people sit in a...
The continued increase in tobacco excise tax, beyond the maximizing rate, has led to lower government revenue collection in the Philippines, according to a noted American economist. "The phenomenon of declining tobacco tax collections in the Philippines can be explained using the Laffer Curve - the...
In celebration of “Bayanihan” this Christmas season, the Malabon City government held its Christmas tree lighting ceremony with this Filipino trait as its hallmark, on Wednesday, Dec. 4. The 40-feet giant Christmas tree in Malabon City (Mayor Jeannie Sandoval's Facebook page) Mayor Jeannie...
A 34-year-old motor taxi rider tagged as a high-value individual (HVI) involved in the illegal drugs trade was arrested during a buy-bust operation in San Mateo, Rizal. Authorities arrest a drug suspect (second from left) during a buy-bust operation in San Mateo, Rizal. (Photo courtesy of Rizal...
The confiscated 38. caliber revolver and hand grenade from the arrested siblings. (Photo from Parañaque City Police ) Members of the Parañaque City Police arrested two brothers and seized from them illegal firearms and explosives on Wednesday, Dec. 4. Southern Police District (SPD)...
The confiscated pieces of evidence from the arrested suspect (Photo from Las Piñas City Police) A drug suspect was arrested by members of the Las Piñas City Police Drug Enforcement Unit in a buy-bust operation in possession of P188,428 worth of shabu on Tuesday night, Dec. 3. Las Piñas...
