The Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) Board of Trustees has extended the term of University President Fr. Roberto “Bobby” C. Yap until May 31, 2027, to allow for an orderly leadership transition as it searches for the next university president. In a statement on Tuesday, Aug. 5, Board...
KUMAMOTO, Japan (AP) — Rural communities in southwestern Japan were struggling to get their lives back to normal Thursday, two days after a powerful earthquake set off an explosion at a mall, toppled a factory chimney and flattened homes, killing at least 23 people. Time was running out to find...
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A multinational search by Vietnamese, Philippine and Chinese rescuers was underway on Sunday for 17 crew members missing after a cargo ship sank in bad weather off a Chinese-occupied shoal in the disputed South China Sea, The Vietnamese cargo vessel Khoi Nguyen 18, carrying...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) mobilized a patrol vessel and an aircraft to search for 17 missing crew members of a Vietnamese cargo ship that sank near Kagitingan (Fiery Cross) Reef in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). PCG Commandant Admiral Ronnie Gil Gavan ordered the deployment of BRP Malapascua...
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) has placed all its units on full disaster readiness and activated intensified response measures as Super Typhoon Inday entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR). The district said it has heightened operational readiness to ensure immediate public...
DuckDuckGo 's no-AI search page tripled in traffic on May 28, 2026, and has stayed well above normal ever since. Visits are running about 84% higher than the previous average, U.S. iOS installs jumped nearly 70% week-over-week, and overall web visits are up around 30%. The trigger was Google...
Responders pulled two more bodies from the rubble of a collapsed building in Angeles City, Pampanga, bringing the death toll to six, as rescue teams continue to navigate heavily unstable concrete debris. Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) spokesperson Commodore Noemie Cayabyab said one of the fatalities...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jonvic Remulla on Wednesday, May 27, ordered rescuers to continue search and rescue (SAR) operations at the collapsed building site in Angeles City, Pampanga, reversing an earlier shift to retrieval operations announced by disaster...
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) announced Tuesday, May 26, that disaster responders have officially terminated the search and rescue phase at the site of the collapsed nine-story building in Angeles City, Pampanga. OCD deputy spokesperson Diego Mariano said operations have shifted to recovering...
The Angeles City government on Monday night stopped search and rescue operations after no more signs of life were detected in the collapsed nine-story building. Four people were killed, 26 were rescued alive, and 17 are still missing in the tragedy. Authorities will go on retrieval operations...
Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) K9 rescue teams joined the search for missing construction workers after a nine-story building that was under construction collapsed in Angeles City, Pampanga, an official said on Monday, May 25. PCG spokesperson Commodore Noemie Cayabyab said the Coast Guard K9 teams...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) wants to find answers on why that building in Angeles City collapsed “in the interest of truth and accountability” but for now, Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr. said the main focus is to save as many lives. Nartatez said they deployed a sufficient number...
