KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysian air accident investigators were analyzing on Friday the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) of a light plane that crashed into a road near the capital, killing all eight people on board and two on the ground. The Beechcraft Model 390 aircraft exploded into a...
MOSCOW, Russia - Ukrainian forces crossed into the Russian-occupied east bank of Kherson region and took positions there, the region's Russian-installed governor said Friday. He said Ukrainian "sabotage groups" had managed to hide out on the outskirts of the Russian-controlled town of Kozachi...
BANGKOK, Thailand - A huge black statue of an emaciated, winged figure with golden fangs and scarlet talons glares down on a busy Bangkok street, its sudden appearance triggering alarm and calls for its removal. Bangkok authorities have ordered an investigation after the five-metre-tall Kru...
TOKYO, Japan - Japan scrambled fighter jets on Friday after Russian patrol aircraft were seen off the Sea of Japan and East China Sea, the country's Joint Staff said. Two planes flew along the coast between Japan's central and southern regions, passing through the Tsushima Strait and returning...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russian forces destroyed Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow and its Black Sea Fleet, officials said Friday, the latest in a surge of attacks on the capital and the flashpoint waterway. The drone assaults came as a Russian-proxy official confirmed speculation that Ukrainian...
Photo from Ali Vicoy/MANILA BULLETIN Close to 1,000 people attended the burial of former Manila Vice Mayor Danilo "Danny" Bautista Lacuna at the Manila South Cemetery on Friday afternoon, Aug. 18. A funeral ceremony was held in Manila City Hall at around 1 p.m., where local government...
The Mandaluyong City local government has passed of a resolution urging businesses in the city to hire senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) and to forge partnerships and agreements with other sectors of the community to open more jobs for them, it was announced Friday, August 18....
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has ordered the city government to conduct an extensive investigation into the wall collapse at a construction site in Quezon City Hall compound that left one person dead and three others injured on Thursday evening, Aug. 17. “Inatasan na natin si City Engineer...
The Pasig City Police Station (CPS) and AMA Computer College (AMACC) Pasig joined forces to deliver more livelihood opportunities and outreach programs for communities within the city. A memorandum of agreement (MOA) was signed on Friday morning, Aug. 18, in a ceremony in the conference room at the...
Police seized a total of P544,000 worth of illegal drugs from two women and a man tagged as high-value individuals (HVIs) in Marikina City on Thursday, Aug. 17. Eastern Police District (EPD) Director Wilson Asueta identified the suspects as Marcelo Grande Jr., 39; Fatima Pastores, 35; and Bainot...
Search and recovery team members, accompanied by cadaver dogs, check charred buildings and cars in the aftermath of the Maui Fires in Lahaina, West Maui, Hawaii, August 17, 2023. (Photo by Yuki IWAMURA / AFP) LOS ANGELES, United States -- The embattled head of Maui's emergency management agency,...
WASHINGTON, United States -- US President Joe Biden on Friday will announce new security cooperation at a first-of-a-kind three-way summit with the leaders of Japan and South Korea, hoping to send a message of strength to China which has already made clear its displeasure. The summit at the Camp...
