A 65-year-old woman was killed after being hit by a vehicle being driven by a local official of the Binangonan, Rizal municipal government on Aug. 6. The victim was identified as Anastacia Yap while the driver of the vehicle that hit her was identified as Binangonan Councilor Jerome Antiporda....
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has presented the city government’s initiatives to promote healthy food in schools and communities during the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) China and the Chinese Government's Healthy Food City Forum held in Chengdu, China last Sept. 14. The city...
Two industrial areas in Malabon and Valenzuela Cities were gutted by fire on Monday evening, Sept. 18, and early Tuesday morning , Sept. 19. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said the fire on Gov. Pascual Street, Barangay Catmon, Malabon City was raised to the first alarm at around 10:06 p.m. It...
Photo from Police-Big Brother FB/MANILA BULLETIN A Grade 11 student and three other drug suspects were arrested and some P510,000 worth of suspected shabu were seized from them during a buy-bust operation in Tondo, Manila, police said on Tuesday, Sept. 19. The Manila Police...
NEW YORK, United States - The United States on Monday confirmed a prisoner swap with Iran and said that President Joe Biden had granted clemency to five Iranians jailed or awaiting trial for non-violent crimes. A US official said that seven US citizens were on a Qatari plane that departed Iran....
DOHA, Qatar -Five US detainees released by Iran took off for Doha in a prisoner swap Monday, an informed source told AFP, after $6 billion in frozen funds were transferred to Iranian accounts in Qatar. The five, who include a businessman and a conservationist, and who left Iran on a Qatari plane...
KYIV - Ukraine said on Monday its forces had recaptured small clutches of land from Russian forces along the southern front and near Bakhmut, regions where Kyiv's troops have focused their slow-moving counter-offensive. Kyiv launched its bid to wrest back territory controlled by Moscow in June,...
ATHENS, Greece - Five members of a Greek humanitarian aid team, sent to Libya after the devastating floods that hit Derna, have been killed in a road accident, Greek officials said on Monday, raising a previous toll. "Five bodies, including three officials of the Greek army and two translators from...
SYDNEY, Australia - Three people have been wounded after a stabbing at an Australian university campus on Monday afternoon, police said. Two 20-year-old women are in hospital -- one in critical condition and one stable -- after the attack, which happened around 2.45 pm (0445 GMT) at the...
DERNA, Libya - The UN on Monday warned that disease outbreaks could bring "a second devastating crisis" to Libya a week after a massive flash flood devastated the coastal city of Derna, sweeping thousands to their deaths. Local officials, aid agencies and the World Health Organization "are...
The Pasig Nutrition Committee (PNC) concluded the successful implementation of the “Karinderya para sa Healthy Pilipinas” program on Sept. 15. The ‘Karinderya’ program aimed to promote health and wellness among vulnerable sectors, and help reduce rates of malnutrition in the city by...
One of the suspects in the murder of a 36-year-old woman in Pasay City was arrested during a follow-up operation conducted by the Pasay Investigation Detection Management Section (IDMS) on Sunday, Sept. 17, in Las Piñas City. The Southern Police District (SPD) said the suspect, identified as...
