Photo from Parañaque City police Three Chinese nationals engaged in a fist fight and causing trouble were arrested on Wednesday, Nov. 22. The suspects were identified as alias Lin, 22; Mi, 30; and Li, 37. The police said the suspects were arrested at around 3:17 a.m. in front...
After 30 hours, members of the Bureau of Fire Protection Marikina (BFP Marikina) rescued the still unidentified man who climbed an electric post and sat on its cable in Barangay Kalumpang, Marikina City on Wednesday, Nov. 22. (Photos by Delms Cabulay) According to the rescuers, the man started to...
TENT CITY - Evacuees are temporarily sheltered in a Tent City in Northern Samar. TACLOBAN CITY - A woman died after being struck by a tree during a landslide in Pambujan, Northern Samar, on Tuesday, Nov. 21. The victim was identified as Lara Cabides, a resident of Brgy. Ynaguingayan,...
Two men were arrested in separate operations against wanted persons for drug possession and frustrated murder in Las Piñas and Pasay City, respectively. The Southern Police District (SPD) identified the arrested suspects as alias Zaldy, 39, ranked as the top six wanted person in Las...
OATH-TAKING -- Mayor Benjamin Magalong administered the oath of office to 1,024 barangay officials in Baguio City at the City Hall grounds on Nov. 20. (Photo by Zaldy Comanda) BAGUIO CITY – "You have nothing to thank the politicians for your victory, but you were elected by your...
CITY OF ILAGAN, Isabela – The Department of Public Works and Highways in Region 2 has completed a farm-to-market road (FMR) project along barangays Sta. Isabel to Carikkikan in this city. A farm-to-market road (FMR) project along barangays Sta. Isabel to Carikkikan in the City of...
MARIJUANA BRICKS -- Police make an inventory of the 49 bricks of dried marijuana leaves, weighing around 49,000 grams, with an estimated value of P5,880,000, which were recovered at the vicinity of Sitio Jangayoy, Barangay Dangoy, Lubuagan, Kalinga on Nov. 20. (Photo from PNP...
PARIS, France -- Fifty-three journalists and media workers have been killed in the latest war between Israel and Hamas, according to a tally by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) published Tuesday. The toll includes 46 Palestinians, four Israelis and three Lebanese killed since the...
STRASBOURG, France -- Reaching a compromise final accord at the COP28 climate conference which starts in Dubai next week will be "an uphill climb," the EU's climate commissioner said Tuesday. Wopke Hoekstra, in an interview with the European Newsroom which AFP is part of, said recent trips to...
KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday he hoped European Union leaders would agree to open membership talks with Kyiv when they next meet at a summit in December. The European Commission recommended opening formal membership negotiations with Ukraine earlier this...
GENEVA, Switzerland -- Covid-19 remains a threat as a virus variant has been spreading steadily around the globe, the World Health Organisation said Tuesday. "This virus, SARS-CoV-2, is circulating in every country right now and it still poses a threat," WHO expert Maria Van Kerkhove said. "We have...
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea said Wednesday it had succeeded in putting a military spy satellite in orbit after two previous failures, as the US led its allies in condemning the launch as a "brazen violation" of UN sanctions. TOPSHOT - Customers sit near a television showing a news broadcast...
