Confiscated firearm from the arrested suspect (Photo from Pasay City police) Motorcycle used by the suspect (Photo from Pasay police) A member of the notorious "Sputnik Gang" was arrested by personnel of the Pasay City Police Substation 2 during an anti-crime operation on March 7. Col. Mario...
A coconut oil tanker crashed at South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) – Magallanes on Saturday, March 9, spilling oil in the area that caused some motorcycles to slide, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said. (Photos by Mark Averil Luzon) According to the authorities, the road...
Police are hunting down a pedicab driver who killed a 21-year-old man in Tondo, Manila on Thursday, March 7. The Manila Police District (MPD) identified the suspect as “Julius”. Prior to the incident, police said the suspect, who was already drunk, had an argument with another pedicab driver,...
United Nations, United States - Up to 3,000 pregnant women in Haiti risk losing access to crucial health care, the UN warned Friday, as humanitarian conditions in capital Port-au-Prince continued to deteriorate. Haitians cross the border between Quanamienthe in Haiti and Dajabon in the...
Washington, United States - US President Joe Biden said Friday that Benjamin Netanyahu must allow more aid into Gaza, after he was caught on a hot mic saying he would confront the Israeli premier over the conflict. US President Joe Biden speaks to the press before boarding Air Force One at...
Washington, United States - US senators were scrambling to vote by the end of Friday on a government funding package that would keep open several key departments threatened with closure this weekend after months of bitter wrangling failed to produce a 2024 budget. The US Capitol in Washington,...
Los Angeles, United States - The US Coast Guard is investigating a two-mile-long oil spill just off the California coast near Los Angeles, officials said Friday. This handout photo released on March 8, 2024 by the United States Coast Guard (USCG) shows an aerial view of a Unified Command with...
Geneva, Switzerland - Expanding Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories constitutes "a war crime" and risks eliminating any likelihood of a viable Palestinian state, the UN rights chief warned on Friday. Yemenis brandish weapons and chant slogans as they march in the...
Istanbul, Turkey - Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said that the country's March local elections would be his last, suggesting an end to his more than two decades in power. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends a joint press conference with Ukrainian President at the...
Moscow, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday hailed women soldiers fighting in Ukraine and those supporting his country's armed forces, in a video message celebrating International Women's Day. TOPSHOT - Ukrainian servicemen from a guard of honour hold a Ukrainian flag over the...
Beijing, China - Relatives of passengers lost on Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 gathered in Beijing Friday, still seeking answers and holding out hope a decade after the plane mysteriously vanished. Relatives of passengers on board the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, speak with police...
Tokyo, Japan - Japan moved closer Friday to allowing joint custody after divorce, with the cabinet approving changes to laws that critics say cut children off from one parent. For decades, one parent -- almost always the mother -- has been granted legal custody when a marriage ends, a rule...
