Pelosi lands in Taiwan, defying China threats
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan on Tuesday evening, defying a string of increasingly stark warnings and threats from China that have sent tensions between the world’s two superpowers soaring.
P700T worth shark fins found in General Santos City trader’s house
Authorities seized some P700,000 worth of dried shark fins found in the house of a clandestine trader in General Santos City on Sunday, July 31.
NAPOLCOM exec wants more of `makakalikasan’ cops
Commissioner Edilberto Leonardo of the National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) wants more “environmentalists” in the Philippine National Police (PNP) to help push the government’s environment-protection program forward.
Brigada Eskwela’s chemical safety and zero waste tips: 15 ways
A waste and pollution watchdog group urged principals, teachers, parents, students, and the community to practice healthy, toxic-free Brigada Eskwela by releasing a timely set of tips espousing chemical safety and zero waste in schools.
Biden says US killed Al-Qaeda chief al-Zawahiri in Afghanistan
President Joe Biden announced Monday that the United States had killed Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, one of the world’s most wanted terrorists and suspected mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Philippines president says ‘no intention’ to rejoin ICC
The Philippines has no plan to rejoin the International Criminal Court, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said Monday, with the tribunal’s prosecutor seeking to resume a probe into ex-president Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly drug war.
Chinese booster rocket makes uncontrolled return to Earth
A Chinese booster rocket made an uncontrolled return to Earth on Saturday, leading US officials to chide Beijing for not sharing information about the potentially hazardous object’s descent.
Over P300T drugs, assault rifles seized from 3 slain drug suspects
Policemen seized more than P300,000 worth of crystal meths, popularly known as shabu, from three suspected dealers who were killed in a 20-minute gunfight in Tandubas island town in Tawi-Tawi on Sunday, July 31.
Ranking NPA official, 2 others killed in Sultan Kudarat clash
Military claimed a regional official of the New People’s Army (NPA) and two other comrades were killed in a brief clash in Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat on Saturday, July 30.
40 people downed by amoebic dysentery
Forty people were rushed to hospitals on Saturday, July 30, four days after feasting on food contaminated with Entamoeba histolytica during a traditional gathering in a farming village in Matalam, Cotabato.