The government’s official document storage system has been destroyed in last week’s fire at the state data management agency, wiping out work documents of the nation’s 750,000 civil servants, the interior ministry said Wednesday. The cloud-based repository, known as G Drive, was among the 96 systems that burned down in Friday’s fire at the National…
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the White House is weighing actions to crack down on drug cartels “coming by land” from Venezuela. “Now we’ll look at cartels,” he told reporters as he left the White House. “We’re going to look very seriously at cartels coming by land.” His remarks followed recent U.S. military…
Pakistan’s top diplomat Ishaq Dar on Tuesday said that US President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan to end the Israeli war on Gaza is “not our document.” “This is not our document, which we sent to them. There are some key areas that we want covered … If they are not covered, they will be covered,”…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned of a “critical” situation at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, which was disconnected from its sole remaining power line a week ago. In a video address late Tuesday, Zelenskyy said such an outage at the facility under Russian control has “never happened before.” “The situation is critical. Because of…
At least 91 students are believed to be trapped under the rubble of a boarding school building that collapsed in Indonesia’s East Java province, officials said on Wednesday. The National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB) revised its earlier estimate of 38 missing people, saying student attendance records showed 91 people are still buried beneath debris…
The wheels of government ground to a halt early Wednesday as negotiations between US President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats to fund the government failed to reach an agreement. Negotiators had until midnight Tuesday to reach an understanding, but the deadline came and went with major differences persisting..Democrats have sought to include health care reforms…
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has seized 13 high-end vehicles tied to the controversial Discaya family after confirming violations of customs laws, tightening the government’s crackdown on smuggling and corruption. The seizure, backed by a Warrant of Seizure and Detention (WSD), is part of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s directive to pursue accountability in smuggling…
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will extend burial assistance and cash aid to families who lost loved ones in the magnitude 6.9 earthquake that struck Cebu Tuesday night. Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao of the DSWD Disaster Response Management Group said Field Office 7–Central Visayas will provide ₱10,000 cash assistance to each bereaved…
Leaders and advocates of disaster resilience gather at the Cebuana Lhuillier Foundation’s Disaster Resilience Forum 2025 to push for the “Big Wave” framework. In photo are (L–R): Rene ‘Butch’ S. Meily, President of the Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation; Ludwig O. Federigan, Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Expert, DENR; Rhea B. Peñaflor, Programs and Development Division…
The Archdiocese of Cebu has ordered priests in quake-hit areas to refrain from using churches following the magnitude 6.9 earthquake that struck Cebu Tuesday night. “To the parishes in the North that have been gravely affected, you are asked to refrain from using your churches for the celebration of the Holy Mass,” the advisory stated….