RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- The death toll from heavy rains last week in the Brazilian city of Recife and its metropolitan area has risen to 126, with two people still missing, the government of the northeastern state of Pernambuco said Thursday. At least 9,302 people have been driven from their...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- The number of confirmed Covid-19 deaths has exceeded two million in Europe, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe said on Thursday. The cumulative number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the region has surpassed 218 million, and 2,003,081...
Motorists using the Manila-Cavite Toll Expressway (CAVITEX) and the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) have to pay increased toll rates, effective Thursday, May 12, 2022. Based on the new toll fee matrix (VAT-Inclusive) of CAVITEX, motorists shall now pay P33.00 for Class 1 vehicles from the current...
Cavitex Infrastructure Corporation (CIC), the concessionaire for the Manila-Cavite Toll Expressway (CAVITEX), along with joint venture partner Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA), will implement new increased toll rates in the CAVITEX Paranaque Toll Plaza effective Thursday, May 12, 2022....
WASHINGTON, United States – The bells at Washington National Cathedral rang out 1,000 times Monday, with each toll representing 1,000 deaths from Covid-19, as the United States closed in on the grim milestone of almost one million Covid dead. The National Cathedral The United States has...
View of the ruins of the Saratoga Hotel, following an explosion on the eve, in Havana, on May 7, 2022. Rescuers combed through what remained of a luxury Havana hotel Saturday, as the death toll after a powerful blast due to a suspected gas leak climbed to 26, authorities said. YAMIL LAGE / AFP...
BEIJING, China -- Fifty-three people died in a building collapse in central China, authorities said Friday, announcing the end of the rescue mission in a disaster which has been blamed on illegal construction. The commercial building in Changsha city caved in last Friday, prompting over six days of...
BEIJING, China -- Chinese authorities raised the number of people confirmed dead in a building collapse to 26 on Thursday, nearly a week after the block containing apartments, a hotel and a cinema caved in and emergency workers launched a massive rescue operation to pull out survivors. The...
KIEV, Ukraine -- The death toll from a road accident in Ukraine's western Rivne region has risen to 26, the interior ministry said Wednesday. In a Telegram post, the ministry said 12 other people were injured in the Tuesday collision on the Kiev-Chop highway near the village of Sytne, where a...
If you've seen social media posts accusing members of the Matugas family of Surigao del Norte of illegal toll collection from fuel transporters in Siargao Island, that's fake news. (Ali Vicoy/ MANILA BULLETIN) Thus, said reelectionist Surigao del Norte 1st district Rep. Francisco Jose "Bingo"...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- The death toll from South Africa's worst floods in living memory was Thursday officially revised down to 435 after autopsies showed the figures included some who had been murdered or died from natural causes. A total toll of 448 deaths had been announced, with dozens...
Unacceptable. That's how Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda described the growing number of casualties from typhoon "Agaton's" recent hammering of the country’s central islands. (Eutah Mizushima/ Unsplash) “That kind of casualty level is unacceptable. We knew this typhoon was coming. We knew...
