The Marikina City local government announced that classes in all levels in public and private schools within the city, as well as work in local government offices, are suspended on Monday, July 31, due to the opening parade and ceremonies that will be conducted for the 63rd "Palarong Pambansa" or...
KYIV, Ukraine - A Russian missile struck an apartment block in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Friday, Kyiv officials said, injuring at least nine people including two children. "Dnipro. Another terrorist attack," said Sergiy Kruk, head of the Ukrainian State Emergency Service, on...
BRISBANE, Australia - Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday said that the United States believes Russia's defence minister is in North Korea to secure supplies of weapons to aid the stalled invasion of Ukraine. Following Sergei Shoigu's arrival on a rare trip to Pyongyang, Blinken said...
ATHENS, Greece - Wildfires that have scorched Greece for more than two weeks were on Saturday mostly under control, but firefighters remained in key hotspots with strong winds still a threat, officials said. "Scattered fire pockets are being extinguished," the fire department said in an update to...
NEW DELHI, India - At least four people were electrocuted Saturday and seven others injured after a Muslim religious procession came into contact with a high-voltage wire in India, police told AFP. The Islamic calendar is currently in the month of Muharram, the holiest time for Shiites across the...
NEW DELHI, India - India's wild tiger population is estimated to now exceed 3,600, according to new government figures released Saturday, in a vindication of conservation efforts for the endangered species. Tigers once roamed throughout central, eastern and southern Asia, but have lost nearly 95...
KYIV, Ukraine - President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday he was visiting "advanced positions" of Ukraine's special forces near the hotspot of Bakhmut as Kyiv ramps up its counter-offensive. "The Bakhmut direction, advanced positions of the Special Operations Forces," Zelensky said on...
Parañaque City Mayor Eric Olivarez said the city government was awarded the “Green Banner Seal of Compliance” for effective programs on nutrition. Olivarez was very thankful to the National Nutrition Council (NNC) for giving the city again the highest award for a local government unit (LGU)...
Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan announced on Friday, July 28, that 14,393 jobless residents have been hired in the city's job fairs since January this year. In the city's social media address, Capital Report, Public Employment Service Office (PESO) Chief Fernan Bermejo said 3,455 were hired on...
The Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) acquitted Reina Mae Nasino and her fellow human rights activists Alma Moran and Ram Carlo Bautista of charges that were filed against them in 2019, the National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL) announced on Friday, July 28. Photo from NUPL Facebook page/MANILA...
The Parañaque city government  conducted a two-day formulation activity to prepare the Annual Investment Program (AIP) of the city for 2024. Mayor Eric Olivarez together with his brother, Rep. Edwin Olivarez participated in the activity held on July 26 and 27 at Mella Hotel in Las Piñas....
Taguig police arrested a man on July 28 after he was found in possession of a gun, ammunition, and hand grenade. The suspect, Datumama Kasim, 38, was nabbed by members of the Taguig Police Station Intelligence Section at about 6:15 p.m. on A. Reyes Street in Purok 3, Barangay New Lower...
