San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora presented on Friday, Dec. 19, seven brand-new rescue boats given by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) as incentive for the city 's recognition as a Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) Awardee for 2024. Zamora personally received the...
The San Juan City local government on Friday, Dec. 19, distributed various radio communication equipment to several of its departments and offices as part of its expanded efforts in ensuring the safety and welfare of its residents, especially in times of disasters and calamities. San Juan City...
The Muntinlupa City Council approved three ordinances giving employees financial incentives based on an order and two circulars issued by the national government. . Councilor Raul Corro, majority floor leader, announced that the approved measures were passed in a special session on Dec. 19,...
Another suspect linked to the viral TikTok video showing alleged pickpocketing incidents at the Light Rail Transit (LRT) station was arrested by the Pasay City Police after victimizing a woman passenger on Dec. 18. Pasay City Police Chief Col. Joselito De Sesto identified the suspect as alias...
The Quezon City Treasurer’s Office (CTO) has announced on Friday, Dec. 19, that it will remain open to accept payments for real property or real estate taxes from Dec. 26 to 30, to accommodate taxpayers ahead of the year-end holidays. It will be closed on Dec. 24, 25, and 31. In an advisory,...
The Muntinlupa police arrested four men and seized P136,000 worth of shabu and marijuana in a buy-bust operation on Dec. 18. Police operatives from the Station Drug Enforcement Unit conducted the operation in a house on Bautista Street in Barangay Bayanan. The principal suspect, identified as...
A total of 49 individuals, some of them on the wanted list, were arrested for possession of illegal drugs and other violations during a 24-hour intensified anti-criminality campaign conducted by the Southern Police District (SPD) from December 18 to 19. SPD Director Brig. Gen. Randy Arceo said...
A 21-year-old man was arrested by operatives of the Parañaque City Police Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) after yielding P134,000 worth of marijuana kush during a buy-bust operation on Dec. 18. The Southern Police District (SPD) identified the suspect as Given, who was apprehended along Sta....
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV on Thursday made his most important U.S. appointment to date, naming a fellow Chicagoan as the next archbishop of New York to lead one of the biggest U.S. archdioceses as it navigates relations with the Trump administration and its immigration crackdown. Bishop Ronald...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Thailand on Thursday carried out more airstrikes on Cambodia, claiming its jet fighters struck a warehouse where the Cambodian army had stored rockets that have been deployed to deadly effect in combat that began last week. The two nations have been fighting over patches...
VATICAN CITY— Pope Leo XIV insisted Thursday that peace was not only possible but necessary, as he blasted the “irrationality” of nuclear deterrence and the weaponization of faith in modern political discourse. Leo made the comments in his first peace message, an annual exhortation that the...
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Crews were mopping up Thursday but still bracing for more after hurricane-force wind downed power lines and fanned wildfires along the Colorado Front Range and onto the Great Plains. Wind that in places topped 100 mph (160 kph) late Wednesday arrived after Xcel Energy...
