DUMAGUETE CITY: About 45 street dancers and spectators in the Pakol Festival in Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental passed out at the height of the competition due to extreme heat, an official said Thursday.

Guian Jeif Anqui, a nurse and in charge of Oper…

PUTRAJAYA, The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) draft on the allocation for the opposition Members of Parliament (MPs) that is being prepared will focus on the efforts to develop and revive the country’s economy for the well-being of the people.

Dep…

ILOILO CITY: The intensified efforts of various police units under the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO6) have resulted in the apprehension of 1,501 wanted persons in the first quarter of this year.

The figure, however, was a bit lower compared to the s…

MANILA: The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) welcomed the Supreme Court’s (SC) decision junking various petitions filed by communist front groups against former and current officials of the Philippine government.

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MANILA: The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday directed the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to unravel the truth behind a social media content that has been manipulated using deepfake technology to make it appear as if President Ferdinand …

KUALA LUMPUR, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim prays for Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to be granted a swift recovery.

Abdullah, 85, who served as the fifth prime minister from 2003 until 2009, was admitted to the National Heart Institute (IJN) at…

SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA: The provincial government here commenced on Thursday the revalidation of families and barangays affected by El Niño as it gears to provide assistance to those hit by the weather phenomenon.

Michael Tolentino, officer-in-charge…

BALING, Twenty-one houses around Mukim Siong, Tawar, Pulai, Bakai and Mukim Teloi Kanan were damaged in a storm yesterday.

However, no casualties were reported, according to Baling district Civil Defence Force (APM) officer Lt (PA) Mohd Faizol Ab Azi…