(Second update) A 12-year-old boy who allegedly got addicted to playing shooting game “Counter Strike” died after he accidentally shot himself in the head using his policeman father’s gun while inside a school in San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan on Thursday morning, Jan. 26. File photo Lt. Col....
PARIS, France -- More than a million people marched in France Thursday to protest pension reforms, with some demonstrators clashing with police in Paris, as strikes disrupted public transport, schools and much of the civil service. The interior ministry put the total number of protesters marching...
LONDON, United Kingdom -- UK nurses on Thursday staged an unprecedented one-day strike in a fight for better wages and working conditions, despite warnings patients could be put at risk. Up to 100,000 members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland stopped work...
NEW YORK, United States -- More than 1,000 New York Times employees went on strike Thursday in the first industrial action of its kind at the newspaper in more than 40 years. Journalists and other workers at the storied media outlet, often referred to as America's paper of record, walked out at...
LONDON, United Kingdom -- Nurses across most of Britain will next month hold the first strikes in their union's 106-year history, joining a host of other UK workers taking industrial action over pay. Staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland -- but not Scotland -- will walk out on December 15...
TRECE MARTIRES CITY, Cavite – Lightning struck at least three individuals at a tricycle terminal on Thursday, Aug. 18. Maverick Rodriguez of the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (CDRRMO) told the Manila Bulletin that they received a report about the incident past 4:00 p.m. Upon...
PANGASINAN – An official of the PAGASA (Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration) has advised the public to take precautions, especially monsoon season (July-Sept), because of lightning. Lightning strikes as seen in the municipality of Calasiao on June 10....
NATIVIDAD/BOLINAO, Pangasinan – Two separate lightning strikes killed a farmer and a fisherman in Natividad and Bolinao, this province, Saturday, July 30. The Pangasinan Police Provincial Office identified the victims as Dionisio Domondon, 41, farmer, of Barangay San Eugenio, Natividad, and...
CATANAUAN, Quezon -- A father and his daughter died after lightning struck their house while having dinner at Barangay Tagbacan Ilaya, this town, police reported on Friday. P/SSgt Michael Adao, Catanauan Philippine National Police investigator, identified the fatalities as Jomar Funtilar and his...
BACOOR CITY, Cavite – Sen. Ramon Bong Revilla Jr. administered the oaths of office to his wife, son, and siblings on Tuesday, June 28. Sen. Revilla's wife, incoming Cavite 2nd District Rep. Lani Mercado Revilla, and their eldest son, Agimat Party-list Rep. Bryan Revilla took their oaths of office...
MABINI, Pangasinan – A farmer was killed while six others were injured in a lightning strike in Sitio Sta. Rita, Barangay Nibaliw, here Sunday, June 12. Police identified the fatality as Marcelo Flores, 40, and the injured were Marvin Mendoza, 37; Richard Flores, 26; Eduardo Dizon Jr., 21;...
CAVITE – Four Revillas won public positions in the province in the recent elections and were proclaimed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Incumbent Bacoor City Lone District Rep. Strike Revilla and incumbent Bacoor City Mayor Lani Mercado-Revilla will be exchanging positions in their...
