MANILA, Philippines — Based on Pagasa’s latest computed heat index forecast, Dagupan City in Pangasinan is expected to once again record the highest heat index for the day at 47ºC. READ: Red Cross reminds public to stay hydrated amid high heat index Me...

Mumbai, India — Twelve people were killed and at least 60 injured after a billboard collapsed during a fierce storm in India’s financial capital Mumbai, officials said Monday. An excavator was digging through the wreckage as rescuers raced to fin...

ANKARA — Turkey announced Monday a three-year austerity plan aimed at reducing public spending to calm inflation that reached heights of nearly 70 percent year-on-year in April. The government said it will limit recruitment and transport spending for p...

MANILA, Philippines — Overcast skies and rain should be expected over parts of extreme northern Luzon on Tuesday, while generally fair weather and isolated thunderstorms are forecast in the rest of the country, the state weather bureau said. “Isang fro...

New York, United States — Donald Trump’s one-time fixer and the star prosecution witness at the former president’s criminal trial testified Monday how the then-Republican candidate directed him to pay a porn actress to bury revelations of a...

NEW YORK — A fraud trail began Monday for the founder of a hedge fund that cost leading global investment banks and brokerages billions of dollars when it collapsed. A prosecutor portrayed Bill Hwang, the founder of Archegos Capital Management, as a gr...

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Waking up in the morning and you feel something cold on your lap or hear panting on your ears. You look to your side and there you see your little or big ray of sunshine waiting for you wake up. May 14 is dubbed as the Bond With...

NEW YORK — U.S. stock indexes drifted to a mixed finish Monday, hanging near their record heights. The S&P 500 edged down by 1.26, or less than 0.1 percent, to 5,221.42 after flipping between small gains and losses throughout the day. It remains wi...

The man at the center of the pandemic meme stock craze appeared online for the first time in three years, sending the prices of the quirky and volatile shares sharply higher Monday. Keith Gill, better known as “Roaring Kitty,” posted an image Sunday on...

Los Angeles, United States — Philanthropist Melinda French Gates announced Monday she was leaving the nonprofit foundation she established with her ex-husband Bill Gates — an organization that has become one of the most influential in the world. ...

Kanhi beauty queen nga si Ana Monica Tan nicall out sa mga organizer sa Miss Philippines Earth 2024 tungod sa ilang “unprofessional treatment” kuno ngadto niya sa dihang gikuha siya isip usa sa mga judge sa coronation night niadtong Mayo 11. Tan, nga u...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine government on Monday cautioned China against blocking a civilian mission at Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal intended to uphold the country’s sovereignty over the West Philippine Sea (WPS). The “Atin Ito” (This Is Ours) ...

This is the Daily Gospel for today, May 14, 2024, which is the feast of Saint Matthias, apostle. READ MORE: Daily Gospel, May 13 Daily Gospel, May 10 Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 15, 9-17. Jesus said to his disciples: “As t...

MANILA, Philippines — The National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS) is stepping up its watch of marine features in the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) following traces of ongoing reclamation activities in one of the shoals, its ...

MANILA, Philippines — While it has already distanced itself from the issue, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said embattled Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo may be charged with perjury if she is proven to have misrepresented herself as a Filipino ci...

MANILA, Philippines — The return to the old school calendar that begins in June may come sooner after the Department of Education (DepEd) bared plans to open school year 2024-2025 on July 29 and end it on March 31 next year. This will pave the way for ...

MANILA, Philippines — Matters regarding maritime security and law enforcement, including the inspection of foreign private yachts, fall under the jurisdiction of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), the Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Monday. Sen. Fra...

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Monday said it had “no conflict” with the Special Human Rights Committee that President Marcos established last week under Administrative Order (AO) No. 22. “There is no conflict because we ...

TRUCKEE, California — A weekend spring storm that drenched the San Francisco Bay area and closed Northern California mountain highways also set a single-day snowfall record for the season on Sunday in the Sierra Nevada. The wet weather system had mostl...

LONG BEACH, California — Police on Sunday were searching for suspects in a late-night shooting that wounded seven people, four critically, in Long Beach, California. At least two gunmen were suspected of opening fire on a group of people around 11:15 p...

JAKARTA — Indonesia’s economic growth accelerated in the first quarter of 2024 on the back of election and religious holiday spending, official data showed Monday. Southeast Asia’s largest economy expanded 5.11 percent, Statistics Indonesia...

MANILA, Philippines — The UST Tigresses found themselves surrounded by doubts and uncertainties after losing their key cogs led by star spiker Eya Laure. The challenges, however, didn’t stop the young Tigresses from pulling off the biggest surpri...

Are you excited about the upcoming ‘Deadpool & Wolverine‘ movie? I am. It is an upcoming movie that has given moviegoers excitement, anticipation, and hope, all because of the official teaser and trailer, which have perfectly captured t...

MANILA, Philippines — Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said his team was not consulted when Administrative Order (AO) No. 20 — which removed non-tariff barriers on the importation of farm products — was crafted. During the hearing of the ...

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr.’s move to certify as urgent the amendments to Republic Act No. 11203 or the Rice Tariffication Law will be critical to improving lives, Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez sa...

MANILA, Philippines — A male passenger at the Davao International Airport is facing charges after making a bomb joke at the airport’s check-in counter, said the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) on Monday. According to CAAP in a statem...

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Kartzone Cebu Racing Team will get better and better.  Kartzone’s team manager Juan Antonio Carcel and coach William John Riley Go strongly believed so after they swept the recently concluded 2024 Petron Blaze 100 Rok...

FRANKFURT, Germany  — In the latest round of their decades-long battle for dominance in commercial aircraft, Europe’s Airbus established a clear sales lead over Boeing even before the American company encountered more fallout from manufacturing problem...

Yen Santos and Paolo Contis have yet to clarify the status of their relationship, but netizens were intrigued after the actress removed her birthday post for the latter on her Instagram account. Santos caught the attention of netizens after taking down...

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Gisorpresa sa groom ang iyang bride sa usa ka bongga nga regalo sa adlaw mismo sa ilang kasal, diin gisud niya ang sorpresa sa iyang gida nga maleta. Niviral karon sa social media ang giandam nga regalo sa lalaki nga nagpakasal di pa lang dugay sa Buki...

MANILA, Philippines – Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Monday questioned the administration’s actions in dealing with China’s aggression in the West Philippine Sea after President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. rejected the...

MANILA, Philippines — Can government workers expect a wage hike next year? According to Senator Jinggoy Estrada, the country’s economic managers “have already anticipated the need to allocate funds for salary restructuring in the 2025 national budget d...

OMAHA, Neb. — Warren Buffett cautioned the tens of thousands of shareholders who packed an arena for his annual meeting that artificial intelligence scams could become “the growth industry of all time.” Doubling down on his cautionary words...

Asian shares were mostly higher on Monday after Wall Street ended last week with the stock market’s best day in over two months in a rally backed by the cooler-than-expected U.S. employment data. U.S. futures edged higher and oil prices rose. The...

NEW YORK — Back when the New York Knicks would annually march on in the NBA playoffs, they’d almost always run into the Indiana Pacers. With the teams set to renew their playoff rivalry Monday in the NBA Eastern Conference semifinals, it’s ...

MANILA, Philippines — A Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) official on Monday accused the Embassy of China in the Philippines of being “constant liars,” after its recent claim that a “new model” in the Ayungin Shoal was approved by Philippine officials. Acco...

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday said he is confident that the government will be able to surpass the P100 billion Government-Owned and Controlled Corporation (GOCC) dividends. During the GOCC Day ceremony in the Philippin...