SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — U.N. development specialist Garry Conille was named Haiti’s new prime minister Tuesday evening, nearly a month after a coalition within a fractured transitional council sought to choose someone else for the position. Haiti's then Prime Minister Garry Conille speaks...
CURACA, Brazil (AP) — All Spix’s macaws are majestically blue in the blazing sun of Brazil's Northeast, but each bird is distinct to Candice and Cromwell Purchase. As the parrots soar squawking past their home, the couple can readily identify bird No. 17 by its smooth feathers and can tell No....
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis apologized Tuesday after he was quoted using a vulgar and derogatory term about gay men to reaffirm the Catholic Church’s ban on gay priests. Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 22, 2024....
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli shelling and airstrikes killed at least 37 people, most of them sheltering in tents, outside the southern Gaza city of Rafah overnight and on Tuesday — pummeling the same area where strikes triggered a deadly fire days earlier in a camp for displaced...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will be formally nominated as the Democratic presidential nominee through a virtual roll call ahead of the party’s official convention in Chicago in August — a maneuver that will allow Biden to appear on the November ballot in Ohio. President Joe Biden...
Bulacan Gov. Daniel R. Fernando Provincial History, Arts, Culture, and Tourism Officer Dr. Eliseo S. Dela Cruz, Provincial Administrator Antonette V. Constantino, and Board Members Allan P. Andan, Richard A. Roque, and Raul A. Mariano lead the flag-raising ceremony during the Pakikiisa sa...
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) participated in the simultaneous showdown inspection of Philippine National Police (PNP) disaster response equipment capabilities at Camp Karingal, Quezon City on Tuesday, May 28. (Quezon City Police District PIO) In preparation for the rainy...
The Imus City Government and the National Historical Commission of the Philippines inaugurated the Labanan sa Alapan Monument on May 28 (Photo from Mayor Alex Advincula's Facebook page) CAVITE – The local government unit (LGU) of Imus and the National Historical Commission of the...
Mayor Eric Olivarez with Cong. Edwin Olivarez chief of staff, Atty. Ding Soriano (Photo from Parañaque PIO) The city government of Parañaque and the Department of Health- Metro Manila Center for Health Development (DOH-MMCHD) launched the nationwide Cervical Cancer Screening campaign on...
A 47-year-old cyclist died after colliding with and being run over by an aluminum high-side truck in Ermita, Manila, on Tuesday, May 28. Photo from MPD-VTIS/MANILA BULLETIN The Manila Police District (MPD) Vehicular Traffic Investigation Section (VTIS) identified the victim as Dominico...
Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano with DOH representatives (Photo from Pasay PIO) The Department of Health (DOH) Metro Manila Center for Health Development (MMCHD) and the Pasay City government inked on Tuesday, May 27, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to make the city a Universal Health Care...
Malabon City Mayor Jeannie Sandoval on Tuesday, May 28, reminded the Malabueños to take precautionary measures against leptospirosis and dengue. Sandoval made the advice after typhoon “Aghon” hit the country the past weekend, which brought rains and floods in different cities. ...
