MANILA, Philippines --- A technical problem temporarily disrupted Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) operations on Tuesday morning, according to the Department of Transportation (DOTr).

The DOTr said the service disruption was due to smoke observ...

 

ACAPULCO, Mexico --- Candido Trinidad de la Cruz had been planning a family Christmas celebration until Hurricane Otis hit two months ago and flooded the Mexican beach resort Acapulco, sweeping away his wife and two children, and all thei...

 



 

MANILA, Philippines --- Vice President Sara Duterte on Tuesday warned the public against scammers using her name to solicit money for her campaign funds.

According to Duterte, some scammers even introduce themselves as employ...

Rob Gomez shared photos of his daughter Amelia's baptismal ceremony together with his partner Shaila Rebortera amidallegations of cheating against him following the leak of his text conversationswith his "Magandang Dilag" co-stars.

Gomez is at t...

MANILA, Philippines --- President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has approved the extension of reduced tariffs on rice, corn, and meat products until the end of December 2024 to keep prices stable amid threats of El Nio in the coming months.

In Executive ...

LIMAY, Bataan --- Local port officials of the Bureau of Customs seized on Monday (Dec. 25) 2,025 metric tons of smuggled Vietnamese rice worth P100 million.

In a statement, the BOC said the smuggled white rice was detected at the Port of Orion, ...

DAGUPAN CITY --- Four residents in this city were injured when a pile of firecrackers exploded around 11:30 p.m. on Monday, Christmas Day, in Barangay Malued.

Police said one of the victims lit a cigarette during a drinking spree near the room o...

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MANILA, Philippines --- The northeast monsoon continues to prevail in Luzon, while the easterlies still affect Visayas and Mindanao, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagas...

Bokkos, Nigeria --- Armed groups have killed at least 160 people in central Nigeria in a series of attacks on villages, local government officials said Monday.

The toll marked a sharp rise from the initial figure reported by the army Sunday even...

KRYVORIVNIA, Ukraine --- Christmas carried more than spiritual weight for many Ukrainians this year as the country newly observed it as a public holiday on December 25 rather than the later date followed in Russia.

The change, enacted in legisla...

Jamal Murray scored 28 points, Nikola Jokic overcame an off day from the field by going 18 of 18 from the free throw line and the Denver Nuggets extended their winning streak to five games by holding off the Golden State Warriors 120-114 on Monday....

NEW YORK --- The Bucks hadn't just been beating them, they were beating them easily.

So in front of a sold-out home crowd and a national TV audience, the New York Knicks used the Christmas stage to make their stand against Milwaukee.

Jalen Br...

LONDON --- King Charles III reflected his coronation theme of public service Monday in a Christmas message that he connected to the health of the planet and wars that are raging.

In a prerecorded video shot with him standing beside a Christmas t...

MOSCOW --- Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has been tracked down to a penal colony north of the Arctic Circle, his spokeswoman said Monday, after supporters lost touch with him for more than two weeks.

Navalny, 47, was tracke...

CAIRO/GAZA/JERUSALEM --- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to keep up the fight against Hamas militants on Monday while Palestinians mourned more than 100 people who Gaza health officials said were killed overnight in Israeli airstrik...

CAIRO/GAZA/JERUSALEM --- Christian clergy canceled celebrations in Bethlehem, the Israeli-occupied Palestinian West Bank city where Christian tradition says Jesus was born in a stable 2,000 years ago.

Palestinian Christians held a candle-lit Chr...

BETHLEHEM, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES --- Pope Francis on Sunday kicked off global Christmas celebrations with a call for peace, as Israel's war on Hamas and Russia's invasion of Ukraine cast a shadow over one of the world's favorite holidays.

Reve...