President Donald Trump’s administration announced on Tuesday that it’s freezing child care funds to Minnesota and demanding an audit of some day care centers after a series of fraud schemes involving government programs in recent years. Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services Jim...
To ensure a safe New Year celebration, Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso on Tuesday, Dec. 30, urged the public to avoid illegal firecrackers and warned that violators may be arrested. Domagoso stressed that the Manila Police District (MPD) will intensify patrols and confiscate...
BANGKOK (AP) – Thailand on Wednesday released 18 Cambodian prisoners of war held for five months, fulfilling the terms of a ceasefire agreement the two countries signed to end bitter fighting along their border. The release was stipulated in the ceasefire agreement signed Saturday by the defense...
The Pasay City Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), in partnership with the local government, has deployed fire trucks and emergency ambulances in the city ahead of the New Year to ensure a safe celebration. Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said the BFP positioned the vehicles in strategic areas...
Authorities are hunting a 39-year-old man who allegedly hacked and wounded his neighbor over an old grudge involving a cut water line in San Mateo, Rizal, on Tuesday, Dec. 30. The Rizal Police Provincial Office (Rizal PPO) said the incident occurred at Purok 2, Buntong Palay, Barangay Silangan, San...
The Parañaque city government will hold a training workshop on psychosocial interventions and aftercare services for parents of children with special needs, providing a safe space to share experiences, receive emotional support, and gain encouragement. Parañaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez said the...
MALOLOS CITY — The Bulacan Police Provincial Office, led by Col. Angel L. Garcillano, destroyed confiscated illegal firecrackers and pyrotechnic devices, including improvised cannons known as “boga,” inside Camp General Alejo Santos on Tuesday, Dec. 30. Garcillano was joined by 24 chiefs of...
The Southern Police District (SPD) confiscated a total of 17,290 prohibited firecrackers worth ₱325,589 during its “Iwas Paputok” campaign conducted from Dec. 16 to 30. Brig. Gen. Randy Arceo, SPD director, said the confiscations resulted from an intensified campaign against prohibited...
The local government of Pasig on Tuesday, Dec. 30, announced it will impose a P5,000 fine on anyone caught using firecrackers and pyrotechnics outside designated zones. Mayor Vico Sotto earlier said the city did not issue any special permits to sell firecrackers, leaving no one authorized to sell...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Tuesday said it had suspended more than two dozen humanitarian organizations, including Doctors Without Borders and CARE, from operating in the Gaza Strip for failing to comply with new registration rules. Israel says the rules are aimed at preventing Hamas and other...
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China 's People 's Liberation Army staged a second day of large-scale military drills around Taiwan on Tuesday, unleashing a live-fire show of force as part of what it called "Justice Mission 2025" to demonstrate its ability to deter any external support for the...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Leaders from Europe and Canada held talks Tuesday on U.S.-led peace efforts to end the nearly four-year war between Russia and Ukraine, as Moscow and Kyiv sparred over Russian claims, denied by Ukraine, of a mass drone attack on a lakeside residence used by President Vladimir...
