BRUSSELS, Belgium - Belgian politician Charles Michel has announced he will step down as European Council president after running in the European Parliament elections set for June. (FILES) Belgium's Prime Minister Charles Michel looks on as he addresses the media after the EU leaders struck a deal...
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's powerful sister on Sunday denied Seoul's claims that Pyongyang had fired dozens of artillery rounds near their border a day earlier. People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of North Korea's artillery firing,...
KYIV, Ukraine - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa said on a surprise visit to Kyiv on Sunday that Tokyo was "determined" to support Ukraine, as the second anniversary of Moscow's invasion nears. Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba (R) poses with Japan's Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa (L)...
The local government of Manila and the Quiapo Church highly reminded devotees of do's and don'ts, days before Traslacion on Tuesday, Jan. 9. Photo from Manila PIO/MANILA BULLETIN One of the important reminders that Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan and the Quiapo Church said is that devotees who...
The Navotas City government said on Saturday, Jan. 6, that it prepared a series of activities for its 118th founding anniversary celebration on Jan. 16. The city government said that the festivities for the Navotas Day, themed “Kapag Tulong-Tulong, Angat ALL, Saya ALL," will start with "Misa ng...
SUZU, Japan - A woman in her 90s trapped for five days under the rubble by a huge earthquake in central Japan was rescued against the odds, but snow and storms were expected to complicate relief efforts on Sunday. This picture shows a collapsed home in Suzu city, Ishikawa prefecture on January 7,...
TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa visited Ukraine on Sunday to meet with her counterpart Dmytro Kuleba to show Tokyo's continued support, a ministry official said. Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa (Photo by Ahn Young-joon / POOL / AFP) The unannounced visit was a change...
Around 50,000 Black Nazarene devotees gathered at Quirino Grandstand in Manila for the traditional “pahalik” or “pagpupugay”, police said on Monday morning, Jan. 8. Catholic devotees continue to queue at Quirino Grandstand in Manila for the 'Papugay' of the Black Nazarene on Sunday,...
A total of 15,276 personnel from different agencies in Manila were officially deployed on Saturday, January 6, as activities for the feast of Black Nazarene began. In a send-off ceremony at the Quirino Grandstand on Saturday, Jan. 6, Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan, National Capital Region Police...
Black Nazarene devotees flocked early at Quirino Grandstand in Manila for the first day of the traditional “Pahalik" or kissing of the image on Saturday, Jan. 6. Photo from Noel B. Pabalate/MANILA BULLETIN Officials of Quiapo Church said the pahalik will run until the eve of the feast on...
WASHINGTON, United States - US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Saturday accepted responsibility for failing to disclose a recent hospitalization, following reports that even top White House officials and President Joe Biden were in the dark that he was ill and unable to carry out his duties. The...
DHAKA, Bangladesh - Bangladesh votes Sunday in an election guaranteed to give Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina her fifth term in office, after a boycott by opposition parties whose ranks have been decimated by mass arrests. Dhaka University students hold a rally along a roadside in the capital on...
