Around 500 cyclist in Quezon City pedaled along different historical sites in the city in a bike ride conducted by the local government on Sunday, Oct. 22. The “Katipunan Freedom Trail (KFT): Padyak Pabalik sa Kasaysayan” bike ride event was organized by the Quezon City Tourism Department...
The Rizal Police Provincial Office (Rizal PPO) announced the confiscation of P680,000 worth of shabu from two high value individuals (HVIs) following an anti-illegal drugs buy-bust operation in Barangay San Rafael, Rodriguez, Rizal. The police identified the suspects as "Ron-ron" and "Sophia." The...
The Philippine National Police Anti-Cybercrime Group (PNP ACG) will probe controversial vlogger Rendon Labador for possible privacy violations after the latter live-streamed its operation against a company allegedly involved in online lending applications in Makati City. Rendon Labador According to...
TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's judiciary on Sunday announced lengthy jail sentences for two female journalists who were arrested after reporting on the death last year of Mahsa Amini, which sparked nationwide protests. Elaheh Mohammadi, 36, and Niloufar Hamedi, 31, were both found guilty of collaboration...
RAFAH, Palestinian Territories -- A 17-truck aid convoy entered Gaza from Egypt on Sunday as Israel intensified strikes on the Palestinian enclave facing a "catastrophic" humanitarian situation in the war sparked by Hamas's bloody attack. As fears mount of a wider conflagration, Iran warned the...
GAZA, Palestinian Territories -- The death toll of Palestinians from Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip has risen to 4,651, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said on Sunday. Meanwhile, 14,245 Palestinians were wounded in the coastal enclave, the ministry said in a statement. Among the victims, 1,873...
JERUSALEM, Undefined -- The lives of at least 120 newborn babies on incubators in war-torn Gaza's hospitals are at risk as fuel runs out in the besieged enclave, the UN children's agency warned Sunday. More than 1,750 children have already been killed by Israeli strikes launched against the Gaza...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See -- Pope Francis pleaded Sunday for an end to the Hamas-Israeli conflict amid fears it could widen, and called for more humanitarian aid to be allowed into to the Gaza Strip. "War is always a defeat, it is a destruction of human fraternity. Brothers, stop! Stop!" Francis said...
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea, the United States and Japan carried out their first joint aerial drills on Sunday, Seoul's military said. The exercise, which involved a US nuclear-weapons-capable B-52 bomber, comes as Seoul, Washington and Tokyo beef up their defence cooperation against growing...
NEW DELHI, India -- India on Sunday flew 38.5 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Egypt's Sinai region for Palestinian civilians from the embattled Gaza Strip, the foreign ministry said. An Indian air force Boeing C-17 transport plane "carrying nearly 6.5 tonnes of medical aid and 32 tonnes of disaster...
Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan urged the public to visit cemeteries early for Undas. She said the public must take advantage of the long weekend on Oct. 28 to 30, to avoid the surge in Manila North and South Cemeteries on Nov. 1. “Bago pa mag-November 1 at November 2, dalawin nyo na ang inyong...
The Quezon City government and the Scholars of Sustenance (SOS) Philippines conducted the “Food Rescue Kitchen” activity on Saturday, Oct. 21, where meals were given to the youth staying at the Molave Youth Home in the city. The local government said that SOS prepared and served 1,200...
