BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Rescuers are searching for seven people, including four Australian tourists, who went missing when their boat hit bad weather off Indonesia's Sumatra island, officials said Monday. Two boats carrying a total of 17 people left Nias island headed for the private island of...
KABUL, Afghanistan - Three people were killed and another seven were wounded in an explosion on Monday at a hotel in the eastern Afghan city of Khost, near the border with Pakistan, local police said. Security forces were investigating the cause of the blast at a hotel in central Khost that went...
LONDON, United Kingdom - UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak blames the "criminal gangs" facilitating small boat Channel crossings for the "horrific" weekend deaths of at least six migrants, his spokesman said Monday. Six Afghan men died and dozens more required rescuing after a small vessel bound for...
Residents of Talim Island in Binangonan, Rizal are asking for the opening of additional boat trips going to the island. In a Facebook post by Taga Isla Ako-Talim Island, the villagers are hoping that the boat operators would open a new schedule at night time to accommodate residents coming from...
Some 206 Navotas City residents have completed technical-vocational (tech-voc) courses offered by the Navotas Vocational Training and Assessment (NAVOTAAS) Institute while 28 students and teachers became city academic scholars, the local government announced on Monday, Aug. 14. Navotas City Mayor...
The BF Bayanihan officers in Parañaque City invited Pilita Corales, famously known as "Asia’s Queen of Songs," to perform at a benefit concert held to raise funds for various outreach and beautification projects in the community. Photo courtesy of BF Bayanihan According to Eduardo...
Parañaque City Mayor Eric Olivarez formally introduced on Monday, Aug. 14, 22 young individuals who were chosen to work as "little government officials" for a single week. Photo from Parañaque PIO He said the little government officials will work at the city government for one week in...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) awarded the Las Piñas city government with a certificate of appreciation for its invaluable implementation of projects for the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). Photo from Las Piñas PIO Vice Mayor April Aguilar received the...
A local athlete who competed and won four medals in the swimming competition during the recently held 63 rd Palarong Pambansa in Marikina City was recognized by Parañaque City Mayor Eric Olivarez on Monday, Aug. 14. Photo from Parañaque PIO Olivarez said the city government recognized Krystal...
Parañaque City Mayor Eric Olivarez said the Ospital ng Parañaque I (OsPar-1) will be utilizing new technologies for hospital medical records. Olivarez said officials from AMAGI, a global technology company, visited his office on Monday, Aug. 14, and donated a new electric medical record...
Navotas City Police Station (NCPS) Chief Col. Allan Umipig on Monday, Aug. 14, confirmed that 27 city police personnel were relieved from their post following the death of a 17-year old boy who was shot by six operatives after they mistook him for a suspect behind a shooting incident in Barangay...
Taiwan Vice President and Chairman of ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) William Lai gestures during his speech at the DPP headquarters in Taipei on April 12, 2023. Lai flies to the United States on August 12, 2023 in a sensitive trip that has angered Chinese officials. Lai, a candidate for...
