BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — Israel launched airstrikes on several locations in Lebanon on Saturday in retaliation for a rocket attack, killing six people in the heaviest exchange of fire since its ceasefire with the militant group Hezbollah began nearly four months ago. Smoke rises from a building...
ISTANBUL (AP) — Prosecutors early Sunday requested that detained Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu , the top challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, be formally arrested over allegations of corruption and terror links. Protesters shout slogans as they protest against the arrest of Istanbul's...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — At least two firefighters died and hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes in South Korea on Saturday as emergency workers struggled to contain more than 30 wildfires fueled by dry winds. Firefighters extinguish a fire at a factory building that has been...
Pope Francis waves as he arrives for his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File) ROME (AP) — Pope Francis will be released from the hospital on Sunday, after 38 days battling a life-threatening case of pneumonia...
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) bared that it has created a task force to audit social media personalities' tax compliance even as a House probe discovered that some of them supposedly rake in millions worth of earnings a day. Lawyer Ron Mikhail Uy, who represented the BIR during third...
Makati City Mayor and senatorial candidate Abby Binay called on the education sector to focus more on developing students’ basic literacy and numeracy skills in the early years to improve the quality of education in the country. In recent media interviews, Binay said that improving early...
Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano (Photo from Pasay PIO) Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano was recognized as “Local Chief Executive of the Year” during the 2025 Nation Builders and MOSLIV Gala Awards held at the Grand Ballroom in Okada Manila on Friday, March 21. Rubiano was cited for her...
(Photo courtesy of Las Piñas PIO) Water concessionaire Maynilad announced that water service interruption will be implemented in nine barangays in Las Piñas City from March 25, 2:00 p.m., until 6:00 a.m. of March 26. The Las Piñas City government said Maynilad will conduct...
TOKYO (AP) – Foreign ministers from Japan, China, and South Korea reaffirmed the importance of denuclearization on the Korean peninsula and sought common ground in areas like aging, low birth rates, natural disasters, and cultural exchange at a meeting that took place at a time of growing...
Marikina LGU officials rebundle dangling utility posts along Barangay Kalumpang. The Marikina City government on Friday, March 21, continues to ramp up its efforts against dangling and tangled telecommunications (telco) wires and electric posts to ensure the safety of its residents. Officials of...
VATICAN CITY (AP) – During his first foreign trip in 2013, Pope Francis made headlines when he carried his own black leather briefcase as he boarded the Alitalia charter bound for Brazil, since popes never carry bags and until the 1970s were themselves carried on thrones. Asked what was in...
ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (Facebook) If you know that a certain social media post is fake news, then don't share it anymore. This was senatorial candidate ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo's simple yet powerful tip against the...
