MANILA, Philippines — The low-pressure area (LPA) embedded in an intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) will bring rains over Metro Manila and other parts of the country on Saturday, Oct. 10. In its 4 a.m. weather advisory, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms may prevail
Read full articleCEBU CITY, Philippines — Renante Bonghanoy had planned to give toy trucks to his two young grandchildren. Instead, the 52-year-old grandfather returned home on Friday to the devastating news that his wife, Judith, 60, and their grandchildren, Xian Kyre Caballero, 5, and Kyden Andamon, 6, had been killed when a landslide buried their house in
TACLOBAN CITY, LEYTE, Philippines — Catbalogan City has been declared to have a “Stable Internal Peace and Security Condition,” joining other cities in Eastern Visayas that have achieved the government’s peace and security milestone as authorities work to prevent the resurgence of communist insurgency. The declaration was made on Wednesday during a ceremony at the
PAGADIAN CITY, ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR — A soldier wounded in Thursday night’s ambush in Lamitan City, Basilan, died early on Friday, a military official confirmed. Army Brig. Gen. Frederick Sales, commander of the Army’s 1101st Infantry Brigade, told the Inquirer that the victim succumbed to severe head injuries at dawn on Friday. The soldier was
BAGUIO CITY, Philippines — The World Bank Group (WBG) on Friday proposed a new jeepney modernization model that would let local governments contract transport groups for public service, shifting the financial risks of vehicle upgrades away from drivers and operators. Speaking at a public transport modernization convention, WBG senior transport specialist Bowen Wang said the
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Hanoi inaugurated projects, opened a road section to technical traffic and broke ground on major works on Oct. 9 to mark the 72nd anniversary of Capital Liberation Day (Oct. 10, 1954-2026).
MANILA, Philippines — Being able to spend over P300,000 in a day to buy shoes and having a dinner in Tokyo, Japan, worth P200,000, are not the hallmarks of living a simple life, members of the prosecution team told Vice President Sara Duterte on Friday. In a press briefing after Duterte’s impeachment trial, two prosecutors