The rate Earth is warming hit an all-time high in 2023 with 92% of last year's surprising record-shattering heat caused by humans, top scientists calculated. A woman is silhouetted against the setting sun as triple-digit heat indexes continue in the Midwest, Aug. 20, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo. The...
Mayor Eric Olivarez and Cong. Edwin Olivarez with the walking cane recipient, Reynaldo Lesbo. (Photo from Parañaque) The Parañaque City government awarded the cash gifts to two centenarians on Monday, June 3 for reaching the age of 100 years. The awarding of P100,000 to the two...
Congressman Edwin Olivarez, CHO head, Dr. Olga Virtusion and Mayor Eric Olivarez (Photo from Parañaque PIO) The city government of Parañaque inaugurated the city’s clinical and drug testing laboratory at the Parañaque City Hall on Monday, June 3. Parañaque City Mayor Eric Olivarez wad...
Vice-Mayor April Aguilar and the graduates of Las Piñas City Manpower Training Center. (Photo from Las Piñas PIO) The Las Piñas City Manpower Training Center (LPCMTC) celebrated the achievements of its graduates by providing them with the essential tools and equipment. The turnover,...
The family of Aniceto Mateo, the 65-year-old family driver who was shot and killed by Gerrard Raymund Yu in a road rage incident in Makati City on May 28, vowed to pursue the murder case against him. Gerrard Raymund Yu "I will pursue (the murder case) so that he will rot in prison,” Mark Mateo,...
The Makati City local government announced that it will be holding a Mega Job Fair on Thursday, June 6, as part of the celebration of the city's 354th founding anniversary. The Mega Job Fair, spearheaded by the Makati Public Service Office, will be held at the Circuit Activity Mal,...
BERLIN (AP) — Brigitte Bierlein, the former head of Austria’s Constitutional Court who became the country’s first female chancellor in an interim government in 2019, has died. She was 74. Austria's Chancellor Brigitte Bierlein, center, arrives for an EU summit at the Europa building in...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Waverly Woodson Jr., a medic who was part of the only Black combat unit to take part in the D-Day invasion of France during World War II, is being posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in recognition of the heroism and determination he showed treating troops under...
JERUSALEM (AP) — At the start of its devastating offensive on the Gaza Strip, Israel set an ambitious goal: destroy Hamas. At the time, the Biden administration committed to the objective, giving Israel considerable stocks of weaponry and voicing its support. Black smoke rises from an Israeli...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is telling lawmakers that President Joe Biden is preparing to sign off on an executive order that would shut down asylum requests at the U.S.-Mexico border once the average number of daily encounters hits 2,500 at ports of entry, with the border reopening only...
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A person found guilty of a sex crime against a child in Louisiana could soon be ordered to undergo surgical castration, in addition to prison time. Vehicles enter at the main security gate at the Louisiana State Penitentiary — the Angola Prison, the largest high-security...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka closed schools on Monday as heavy rain triggered floods and mudslides in many parts of the island nation, leaving at least 10 people dead and six others missing, officials said. The education ministry announced that the reopening of schools would depend on...
