Philippine Coast Guard personnel continue search-and-rescue operations for passengers of the fire-stricken MV June Aster as authorities expand the search to coastal areas of Mindoro, with 13 people still unaccounted for. Photo courtesy: PCG. Thirteen people remained missing after the deadly MV June Aster fire as authorities expanded efforts to find them beyond Palawan and…
Vice Pres. Sara Duterte held a press conference at OVP Central Office, Mandaluyong City on Feb. 18, 2026. In the same briefing, she announced her presidential bid for 2028. Screen grabbed from Inday Sara Duterte livestream. A House prosecutor in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial has questioned how confidential funds could have been documented…
Photo courtesy of Anadolu Russian President Vladimir Putin called for deeper economic integration among BRICS members Sunday, arguing that differences among their economies could become an advantage in building new supply chains and markets. Putin told a BRICS Outreach session in New Delhi that cooperation among members had considerable room to expand, particularly in manufacturing,…
Executive Secretary Ralph Recto oversees the distribution of financial assistance to Cavite barangays on Sept. 11 under the Bawat Barangay Makikinabang program, which allocated Php 154 million for college students and community development and public safety projects. Photo courtesy of the Office of Executive Secretary/Facebook Executive Secretary Ralph Recto oversaw the distribution of Php 154…
Photo courtesy of Philippine News Agency (PNA). Taal Volcano remained under close monitoring Sunday after instruments detected seven volcanic earthquakes and a tremor that continued for hours, although its alert status stayed at Level 1. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the tremor began at 7:10 p.m. Saturday and persisted through the latest…
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. Photo courtesy of Anadolu. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa used the BRICS summit Saturday to challenge what he described as unequal enforcement of international law, linking conflicts in Gaza, Sudan and Iran to a broader weakening of the global rules-based system. Ramaphosa argued that governments should face the same standards…
Photo courtesy of Anadolu The British government said the legal threshold for a vote on Northern Ireland’s future had not been reached, distancing itself from US President Donald Trump’s public support for Irish reunification. Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s government maintained that there was insufficient indication that most voters in Northern Ireland currently favored leaving the…
Photo courtesy of Anadolu Türkiye reinforced its growing maritime role off East Africa as two of its naval vessels conducted exercises in the Indian Ocean while traveling to Somalia. The TCG Kemalreis and TCG Yzb. Güngör Durmuş carried out the training during their voyage as part of the Somalia Naval Task Group, according to Türkiye’s…
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has ordered Viofel Transport Inc. to explain why its franchise should not be suspended or revoked after one of its buses figured in a multiple-vehicle crash along España Boulevard that left a senior citizen dead and nine others injured. The Sept. 11 crash happened in front of…
Photo courtesy of Anadolu Indonesian rescuers launched a search Sunday for the Virgo Transport 8, a passenger vessel carrying 243 people that went missing while crossing the Java Sea. Authorities said the ship was believed to have encountered bad weather roughly 80 nautical miles from the Basirih Search and Rescue Dock in Banjarmasin. The vessel…