PARIS, France -- Israel is organising showings for media around the world of a film depicting Hamas' October 7 massacre of hundreds of Israeli citizens, assembling raw footage sourced from victims and perpetrators alike. The harrowing 44-minute montage has already been shown at the UN in New York...
KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed on Tuesday that his country would "be in the European Union", on the eve of the publication of a report on Kyiv's progress as a candidate country. "Tomorrow is an important day", he said in his daily address to the nation, describing the...
TACLOBAN, Philippines -- Survivors of Super Typhoon Haiyan will hold prayers and light candles in the Philippines on Wednesday to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the storm that left more than 7,000 people dead or missing. Motorists speed past Yolanda (Haiyan) memorial monument showing...
LONDON, United Kingdom -- Possessing laughing gas to get a psychoactive high became illegal in Britain on Wednesday, with serial offenders facing up to two years in prison and dealers up to 14 years. The sale of small canisters of nitrous oxide has proliferated in recent decades, as young people in...
ARBIL, Iraq -- A drone attack on Tuesday targeted a military base at Arbil airport in Iraqi Kurdistan that hosts troops from the US-led anti-jihadist coalition, officials said. "At two different points, three drones attacked the international coalition" on Tuesday morning, the autonomous Kurdish...
SYDNEY, Australia -- Nationwide outages hit a major Australian communications company Wednesday, disrupting phone lines, crashing payment systems and impacting millions of customers. Optus said it was scrambling to restore its mobile and internet services to more than 10 million customers across...
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Seven people died and 20 others were injured in a bus explosion in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, police said. Relatives of blast victims gather outside the Italian aid organisation 'Emergency' hospital in Kabul on November 7, 2023, following an explosion on a bus. Seven...
A jeepney driver was arrested after his vehicle hit and killed an 11-year-old boy in Sta. Cruz, Manila last Saturday, Nov. 4, the Manila Police District (MPD) reported Tuesday, Nov. 7. The MPD-Manila District Traffic Enforcement Unit (MDTEU) identified the suspect as Cajes Domi de Vera. He...
Police confiscated over P500,000 worth of suspected shabu in three separate buy-bust operations in the cities of Quezon, Navotas, and Valenzuela on Monday, Nov. 5, and Wednesday, Nov. 7. The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) announced on Tuesday, Nov. 6, that around 55 grams of alleged shabu worth...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte and Navotas City Rep. Toby Tiangco were recognized by the RP-Mission and Development Foundation Inc. (RPMD) as the top performing National Capital Region (NCR) mayor and representative in its independent and non-commissioned "Boses ng Bayan" poll for the third...
The local government of Manila released on Monday, Nov. 6, the new fare matrix that should be followed by all tri-wheels in the city. It said that Ordinance No. 8979, Series of 2022, was approved and signed on Sept. 18 by Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan and is already in effect, on the new fare...
Photo from Las Piñas PIO Las Piñas City Mayor Imelda Aguilar said the City Health Office (CHO) conducted a successful vaccination drive on a total of 1,310 senior citizens in the city to protect them from the flu or influenza. Aguilar said the CHO, under the supervision of Dr. Juliana...
