MARCOS JR CANCELS TRIP TO COP28, FOCUSES ON HOSTAGED PINOYS IN RED SEA MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. canceled his attendance to the United Nations’ climate change summit on Thursday, a few hours before his flight to Dubai, to focus on 17 Filipino seafarers held ho
TELANGANA POLLS TODAY: CONG COULD GIVE INCUMBENT BRS A TOUGH FIGHT Welfare schemes, a stable nine-year govt, and maintaining law and order in Telangana are giving the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) confidence against a resurgent Congress, and the BJP in today’s Assembly polls. F
MORE HOSTAGES AND PRISONERS SWAPPED ON FIFTH DAY OF TRUCE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES — Twelve more hostages were freed Tuesday from Gaza captivity in exchange for Palestinian prisoners under an extended truce, as mediators worked for a lasting halt to the seven-week Israel-Hama
SECOND FILIPINO FREED FROM HAMAS CAPTIVITY A Filipino dual citizen, Noralin "Nataly" Babadilla, who was captured by Hamas after an attack on a kibbutz in Israel on October 7, has been released. She is currently in Tel HaShomer Hospital in Tel Aviv for medical evaluation. According to Foreig
TUNNEL NIGHTMARE OVER, ALL 41 TRAPPED WORKERS RESCUED Rescue workers on Tuesday night pulled out all 41 workers trapped in Uttarakhand's Silkyara tunnel in a multi-agency rescue operation that hovered between hope and despair for 16 days. Instead of being brought out on wheeled stretchers
11 MORE GAZA HOSTAGES RELEASED AS ISRAEL-HAMAS TRUCE EXTENDED The truce between Israel and Hamas in Gaza has been extended by two days, with Qatar announcing a deal to continue the pause in the seven-week conflict. Mediating through Qatar and Egypt, both sides agreed to the extension, altho
DOH ON ALERT FOR NEW PATHOGENS AS FLU-LIKE CASES SPIKE MANILA — The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday said it was on alert for new pathogens following an increase in influenza-like illnesses in the country. Patients with flu-like symptoms, such as high-grade fever, coug
INDIA COOPERATING WITH US PROBE IN PANNUN CASE: ENVOY Washington has shared “legally presentable” inputs with Delhi on “Indian connections” in the alleged assassination plot of Khalistan separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, but Ottawa has shared only “allegation
ISRAEL WARNS GAZANS AGAINST RETURN AMID TRUCE, WHILE HAMAS RELEASES THIRD GROUP OF HOSTAGES Amid a temporary four-day ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the IDF's Arabic spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel Avichay Adraee, reiterated warnings for Palestinians to stay south of Wadi Gaza and avoid
CHINESE JETS SHADOW PHILIPPINE AIRCRAFT IN WEST PHILIPPINE SEA MANILA — Aircraft from China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) shadowed Philippine aircraft that participated in the joint Philippine-Australia drills in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) over the weekend, acco
