The Para ñaque city government announced that the Business Permit and Licensing Office (BPLO) will transfer the location of its occupational permit services starting Sept. 15. The BPLO, under the supervision of Atty. Melanie Soriano-Malaya, will transfer the processing and releasing of...
Cavite City kicked off the Holiday season early with a Christmas tree lighting event on Tuesday, Sept. 5. Photo from Mayor Denver Chua's Facebook page (MANILA BULLETIN) The local government unit (LGU) decked the city hall with colorful lights and a giant Christmas tree with an...
Southern Police District (SPD) Director Brig. Gen. Roderick Mariano has ordered the immediate filing of several charges against a policeman and his brother who kidnapped and illegally detained a female Chinese national. Mariano said the suspects, identified as SSgt. Lordgrin Figueroa, 39, who...
Indian artist Jagjot Singh Rubal gives final touches to an oil painting of US President Joe Biden, at his workshop in Amritsar on September 5, 2023, ahead of the two-day G20 summit in New Delhi. (Photo by Narinder NANU / AFP) NEW DELHI, India -- US President Joe Biden heads to India for the G20...
The Pasig City local government unveiled on Tuesday, Sept. 5, the newly renovated basketball court in Barangay Sta. Cruz, which is a joint project with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP). Photo from Mayor Vico Sotto FB / MANILA...
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (C) attends the celebration of Amazon Day at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia on September 5, 2023. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced the demarcation of two new indigenous reserves, considered major barriers to deforestation,...
This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on August 24, 2023, shows Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (C,R) and his wife Olena Zelenska attending a religious service at Saint Sophia cathedral during Ukraine's Independence Day celebrations in Kyiv....
This picture taken on July 27, 2022 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on July 28, 2022 shows weapons being paraded at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang to mark a key anniversary of the Korean War. (Photo by KCNA VIA KNS / AFP) WASHINGTON, United States -- The...
Women wear Abayas as they walk in an underpass in Nantes, western France on August 31, 2023. The French government's decision to ban schoolgirls wearing abayas -- long, flowing dresses of Middle Eastern origin -- has opened a fresh debate about the country's secular laws and the treatment of Muslim...
TOPSHOT - (L-R) Philippine’s President Ferdinand Marcos, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Thailand's Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sarun Charoensuwan, Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo, Laos’ Prime Minister Sonexay...
NEW YORK, United States -- Oil prices jumped Tuesday after Russia and Saudi Arabia extended cuts to supplies, while global equities mostly retreated and the dollar gained. The price of the main international oil contract, Brent crude, hit $90 per barrel for the first time this year, following...
US President Joe Biden presents US Army Captain Larry Taylor (L) with the Medal of Honor during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 5, 2023. Taylor, a former Army helicopter pilot, is being awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Vietnam War...
