BEIJING, China - More than 100 people were killed in an overnight earthquake in China's northwest Gansu province, state media reported Tuesday. (Photo from X) Scores more were injured in the province after the strong, shallow earthquake struck, state broadcaster CCTV said, citing the...
Mayor Eric Olivarez with Barangay San Dionisio chairwoman Eva Olivarez and the beneficiary of CSAP. (Photo courtesy of Parañaque PIO) The Parañaque City government distributed assistance to 627 beneficiaries of the City Social Amelioration Program (CSAP) who were fire victims. Mayor Eric...
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) on Monday, Dec. 18, said that it is currently investigating the cause of death of actor Ronaldo Valdez who reportedly died in his house in the city on Sunday, Dec. 17. "As of today, QCPD is currently conducting a thorough investigation to ascertain the cause...
Mayor Eric Olivarez (Photo from Parañaque PIO) The Parañaque City local government showed its love for the city's children at risk, abused, and indigent by giving them a Noche Buena package on Friday, Dec. 15. Parañaque Mayor Eric Olivarez led the distribution of the Noche Buena package...
CAVITE – Authorities collared three drug suspects in a buy-bust operation in Bacoor City on Saturday, Dec. 16. Photo from Cavite Police Provincial Office (MANILA BULLETIN) The Cavite Police Provincial Office identified the suspects as alias Balot, alias Ariel, and alias Denjie. The...
Two persons were arrested by the Bulacan police for illegally manufacturing firecrackers and pyrotechnic devices in a residential area in Barangay Batia, Bocaue, Bulacan on Saturday afternoon, Dec. 16. In reports submitted to Lt. Col. Jacquiline P. Puapo, Bulacan police officer-in-charge, the...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See - Pope Francis on Sunday deplored the death of two women in a Catholic parish in Gaza, where he said "defenceless civilians" were targeted by shootings and bombings. "I continue to receive very serious and painful news from Gaza," he said at the end of the Angelus prayer. "A...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned of "problems" with neighbouring Finland after it joined NATO earlier this year, saying Moscow will create a new military district in north-west Russia in response, in an interview published Sunday. Finland, which shares a 1,340 kilometre...
GENEVA, Switzerland - The emergency department at the Al-Shifa hospital in northern Gaza, devastated by Israeli bombardments, is "a blood bath" and is "in need of resuscitation", the WHO said Sunday. Palestinians transport bodies of victims following Israeli bombardment, on a donkey-drawn cart to...
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine said Sunday that it had repelled two Russian missile and 20 drone attacks overnight, as Moscow reported downing 33 drones fired from Ukraine. "The Russian occupying forces attacked with the Iskander-K cruise missile, the Kh-59 guided air missile..., as well as 20 Shahed-type...
LONGYEARBYEN, Norway - Glaciologist Andrew Hodson used to collaborate with his Russian colleagues in the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic, but snowmobile excursions to see them have come to a halt since the war in Ukraine. Scientist Andrew Hodson is captured during an interview with AFP in his...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - A powerful storm led to the deaths of at least 13 people Saturday in the Argentina port city of Bahia Blanca when the roof of a sports club collapsed, authorities said. The heavy rains and wind that pummelled Bahia Blanca caused the roof to give way at a facility where a...
