Photo from Parañaque PIO Parañaque City Mayor Eric Olivarez led the mass oathtaking of 256 newly elected village and Sangguniang Kabataan officials on Monday, Nov. 6. The mass oathtaking of newly elected village and Sangguniang Kabataan officials from 16 barangays in Districts 1 and...
Metro Manila Council (MMC) President and San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said on Monday, Nov. 6, that the proposed removal of window hours in the metro's Unified Vehicle Volume Reduction Program (UVVRP) or the number coding scheme to mitigate traffic congestion is still being assessed by the...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and the Metro Manila Council (MMC) announced on Monday, Nov. 6, that private motorists who still continue to use the EDSA Bus Carousel lanes will face stiffer penalties starting Nov. 13. The MMC, headed by San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora, had...
The Parañaque City government distributed cash and rice assistance to 10,000 beneficiaries of the Cash and Rice Distribution (CARD) program on Sunday, Nov. 5. Photo courtesy of Parañaque PIO Mayor Eric Olivarez said the distribution of assistance to the CARD program...
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Four relatives of a journalist were killed on Sunday in an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon, the official Lebanese news agency said, adding that the journalist was also wounded. The border area between the two countries has seen regular exchanges of fire, in particular...
AMMAN, Jordan - Jordan's air force air-dropped vital medical supplies to a field hospital in the besieged Gaza Strip, King Abdullah II said early Monday. "Our fearless air force personnel air-dropped at midnight urgent medical aid to the Jordanian field hospital in Gaza," he said on X,...
Four young men died after their car crashed into a wingvan truck along Marcos Highway in Barangay Mayamot, Antipolo, Rizal early Monday morning, Nov. 6. (Photo from Antipolo LGU) According to the police, the four victims, identified as Juanito Magsino, 22; Kidrock John Magsino, 21; Lawrence Ivan...
BAGHDAD, Iraq - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made a surprise visit to Baghdad on Sunday following a trip to the occupied West Bank earlier in the day. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani met Blinken, the premier's office said, with the two expected to discuss the risks of...
RAFAH, Palestinian Territories - Gaza's Hamas government suspended the evacuation of foreign passport holders to Egypt for a second day in a row Sunday after Israel refused to allow some injured Palestinians to be evacuated, Egyptian and Palestinian officials said. "The terminal is closed...
HAMBURG, Germany - An armed father who took his four-year-old daughter hostage, forcing the suspension of flights at Hamburg airport, gave himself up "without resistance" on Sunday after hours of negotiations, German police said. The 35-year-old Turkish man had barricaded himself and the child...
NICOSIA, Cyprus - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides on Sunday to discuss a maritime aid corridor from the island to the heavily bombarded and besieged Gaza Strip. The talks came as the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said relentless Israeli...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday said he was "not ready" for talks with Russia unless its invading troops withdraw, as Kyiv investigated a deadly strike on its soldiers. The sprawling frontline between the warring sides has remained mostly static for almost a...
