The Las Piñas City Health Office (CHO) conducted a free mass progestin implants to promote safe motherhood and effective family planning on Tuesday, Oct. 3 at the CAA Narra covered court. Photo from Las Piñas PIO Mayor Imelda Aguilar said the CHO initiative is part of a broader...
Heads up jobseekers! The San Juan City local government announced on Thursday, Oct. 5, that it will hold a back-to-back mega job fair for San Juaneños who are qualified and who wish to be employed in the newest establishments and businesses that will open at Greenhills Mall in November. San Juan...
Parañaque City Mayor Eric Olivarez said the Rotary Club of Makati Southeast donated toys for the patients of the Parañaque City Center for Children with Special Needs. Photo from Parañaque PIO Olivarez said the Rotary Club of Makati Southeast, led by its...
The Grade 5 student who died 11 days after he was slapped by his teacher on his ear in Antipolo City succumbed to global brain edema, the death certificate from the hospital that treated him showed. Francis Jay Gumikib The victim, identified as Francis Jay Gumikib, a 14-year-old student of...
The Parañaque City government forged "sister city" ties with six municipal mayors of Guam on Tuesday, Oct. 3, at Solaire Resorts and Casino. Photo courtesy of Parañaque PIO Mayor Eric Olivarez signed the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with representatives of the six Guam...
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) has filed criminal charges against the police officer who shot and killed a man outside a bar in Barangay Nova Proper, Novaliches, Quezon City on Tuesday, Oct. 3. Police identified the suspect as Patrolman Edwin Rivera, 26, of Barangay Bagbag,...
The local government of Manila announced on Thursday, Oct. 5, that 70 jobseekers were hired on-the-spot during the overseas mega job fair held at SM City Manila in Ermita, Manila last Sept. 29. Photo from PESO-Manila/MANILA BULLETIN The Manila Public Information Office (PIO) said that 55 applicants...
The Caloocan City government announced on Thursday, Oct. 5, that it received a new and advanced mobile Material Recovery Facility (MRF) from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) that will help in its waste management programs in line with its goal to reduce pollution in the city. The UNDP...
BEIJING, China - Beijing lashed out Wednesday at Washington following US sanctions on a China-based drug network over the production of chemicals believed to fuel the fentanyl crisis, saying the opioid problem was "rooted in" the United States. The US administration of President Joe Biden...
GUWAHATI, India - The Indian army said Wednesday that 23 soldiers were missing after a flash flood caused by intense rainfall tore through a valley in the mountainous northeast Sikkim state. A video released by an Indian army spokesman showed a thick torrent of raging brown water sweeping down...
PARIS, France - France on Wednesday condemned the eight-year jail term handed down to exiled journalist Marina Ovsiannikova, who became famous for criticising Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. "Russian propaganda is a weapon in its own right in Russia's war of aggression in Ukraine," Foreign...
MOSCOW, Russia - An exiled Russian reporter who protested Moscow's offensive in Ukraine live on state TV was handed over eight years jail in absentia Wednesday for spreading disinformation about Moscow's army. Marina Ovsyannikova, 45, held up a protest placard during an evening news programme...
