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INQToday: PNP revokes Quiboloy’s firearm licenses

Here’s a quick roundup of today’s top stories: PNP revokes Quiboloy’s firearm licenses Philippine National Police chief General Rommel Marbil has approved the recommendation of the PNP’s Firearms and Explosives Office (FEO) to revoke the license to own and possess firearms (LTOPF) of fugitive televangelist Apollo Quiboloy. PNP Spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo confirmed via Viber Marbil’s approval of the FEO’s recommendation. No Chinese presence...

Changes at prison after deaths, department says

Changes are made to the Isle of Man Prison's self-harm policy and prisoners' access to healthcare.

Two expatriate workers killed by drone attack on Iraq's Khor Mor - report

At least two expatriate workers were killed and two other people wounded after a drone attack targeted the Khor Mor gas field in Iraq's Kurdistan region on Friday, an advisor to the Iraqi Kurdish Prime Minister and a senior Kurdish political source told Reuters. Production has also been suspended, both sources added. The drone attack on the Khor Mo...

43% of Pinoys want PH to align with US in SCS dispute —survey

At least 43% of Filipinos are in favor of the Philippines aligning with the US in the ongoing dispute in the South China Sea (SCS), results from a survey of the Oculum Research and Analytics showed. Around 3,000 Filipino adults participated in the survey conducted from Feb. 21 to Feb. 29, 2024, through face-to-face interviews. It has a sampling error margin of ± 2 and a high confidence level of 97%. According to the poll, only 3% of the...

Girl 'first child to be hit with stalking order'

The teenager subjected a family to a "prolonged period of harassment and threats".

US teacher accused of racist deepfake of principal

The Baltimore-area principal was placed on leave and received death threats over the hoax clip.

Detectives return to house where baby's remains found

GMP said it wanted to "dispel rumours" remains belonging to anyone else were inside the property.

No Chinese presence during West PH Sea trilateral drills – AFP

MANILA, Philippines—No Chinese vessel was monitored during the joint exercise of the Philippines, France, and the United States in the West Philippine Sea as part of the Balikatan war games, Balikatan information bureau chief Lt. Col. John Paul Salgado said on Friday. “So far, we have not monitored any presence; they are sailing smoothly,” Lt. Col. John Paul Salgado, Balikatan’s information bureau chief, said in a public briefing when asked...

Lewis Skelton's family wins police watchdog battle

The 31-year-old was shot by police in November 2016 and later died in hospital.

Reading terror attack: Deaths of three men 'probably avoidable' after failings

The Reading terror attacks in which three men were murdered in a park were "probably avoidable" and contributed to by the failings of multiple agencies, a coroner has said at the conclusion of inquest proceedings. Libyan refugee Khairi Saadallah shouted "Allahu akhbar" as he fatally stabbed friends James Furlong, 36, Dr David Wails, 49, and Joseph Ritchie-Bennett, 39, on June 20 2020 in the town's Forbury Gardens. The "failings of the state exposed by this inquest sicken and disgust me", Said Dr David Wails's brother Andrew Wails following the ruling.

Man arrested for alleged rape of 4 minors

The Manila Police District (MPD) implemented a warrant of arrest against a man who allegedly raped four minors. According to a "24 Oras" report by Marison Abdurahman on Friday, the suspect allegedly raped his niece in Calamba, Laguna when she was just 10 years old without her mother’s knowledge. “Hanggang mag-seventeen yung bata, hanggang magpunta na siya sa DSWD at doon nakapagsumbong. Tinatakot daw siya lagi nitong ating suspect na papatayin...

China to host Hamas, Fatah for Palestinian unity talks

By Laurie Chen and Nidal al-Mughrabi BEIJING/CAIRO (Reuters) - China will host Palestinian unity talks between Islamist militant group Hamas and its rivals Fatah, the two groups and a Beijing-based diplomat said on Friday, a notable Chinese foray into Palestinian diplomacy amid the war in the Gaza Strip. Hamas, which controls Gaza, is the group whose fighters stormed into Israeli towns on Oct. 7

Xi tells Blinken US, China should be ‘partners, not rivals’

BEIJING, China – Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday told top US diplomat Antony Blinken that the world’s biggest economies should be “partners, not rivals” as the two sides pressed for headway on a range of concerns. Blinken, in China for the second time in less than a year, pointed to improvements in the relationship but urged greater action from Beijing on areas including curbing support for Russia. Meeting Blinken in Beijing’s Great Hall...

Car driver dies in crash with lorry

The 57-year-old driver of a mini died at the scene near Bingfield in Northumberland.

Cacdac takes oath as new DMW secretary

MANILA, Philippines— Newly appointed Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac has taken his oath for his new position, said the Palace on Friday. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. appointed Cacdac on Thursday. Before his appointment, Cacdac was the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) officer-in-charge following the death of Secretary Susan Ople in August 2023. READ: Marcos appoints Cacdac Secretary of Department of Migrant Workers “Pinangunahan ni...

Town meeting in chaos after Satanic temple leader gives speech

Chaos erupted at the Ottawa County board meeting in Michigan when a member of the Satanic Church delivered an invocation to start the gathering.

Mandaue City cops to undergo refresher training on checkpoints

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The Mandaue City Police Office (MCPO) will conduct a refresher training for station personnel regarding the conduct of checkpoints. MCPO Spokesperson, Police Lieutenant Colonel Mercy Villaro, said that they will conduct refresher training just to remind them of the guidelines and procedures in implementing police operations, especially checkpoints. Villaro said that they would also be updated if there are new policies...

Arrogant. Inadequate. Incapable. He is not fit to be First Minister

For Humza Yousaf's premiership, it is five minutes to midnight. He has lost his governing majority. His Green allies have turned on him as he turned on them.

PH to import 25000 MT fish —DA

To ensure a stable supply of fish before the closed fishing season, the Department of Agriculture (DA) has authorized the importation of 25,000 metric tons of frozen fish for wet markets. Under Memorandum Order No. 17, the DA issued the Certificate of Necessity to Import (CNI) 25, 000 MT of frozen small pelagic fish for wet markets from October 1 to December 31, 2024. According to a "24 Oras" report by Bernadette Reyes, the department released...

Iran urged to spare rapper Toomaj Salehi sentenced to death

PARIS — Iranian authorities on Thursday, April 25, faced pressure to release and clear a prominent rapper sentenced to death in a verdict supporters say is merely revenge for his music backing anti-government protests. Toomaj Salehi, 33, one of the best-known figures arrested in a crackdown on protests that began in 2022, risks being hanged after the conviction on the sharia charge of “corruption on Earth” by a Revolutionary Court. The verdict,...

West Philippine Sea: An unfolding ecological catastrophe

"I SHALL never tire of repeating the declaration that I made from the first day that I took office: I will not allow any attempt by any foreign power to take even one square inch of our sovereign territory," President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said in his speech delivered before the Parliament of Australia in February 2024. On July 12, 2016, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, the Netherlands ruled in favor of the Philippines, finding...

Reading terror attack: Families feel Counter-Terrorism police failed

Family statements regarding the Reading terror attack highlight clear warnings about Khairi Saadallah's extremist risk, blaming Counter-Terrorism police for failure.

Lawyers for Russia's deputy defence minister appeal his pre-trial detention, TASS reports

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Lawyers for Russian Deputy Defence Minister Timur Ivanov have filed an appeal against a court decision to remand him in pre-trial detention, Russian state-owned news agency TASS reported on Friday. A Russian court on Wednesday remanded Ivanov in custody for two months on suspicion of taking bribes. RIA news agency, quoting court documents, later reported that Sergei Borodin,

British man injured after Tobago shark attack

The 64-year-old was 10 metres off the shore when he was attacked and is receiving critical care in hospital.

Major incident declared over 'bad batch' of heroin

Police say the incident in north Devon is leaving people "very ill".

Mayor Binay worried over Taguig’s ‘lukewarm support’ to robotics team

MANILA, Philippines — Makati Mayor Abby Binay gave financial assistance to an elementary school once within Makati’s jurisdiction but is now under Taguig, and expressed worry of the latter local government’s “seeming lukewarm support.” The team, composed of two Grade 5 and two Grade 6 students, is set to compete at the 2024 VEX Robotics World Championship in Dallas, Texas in April from April 25 to May 3, 2024. According to Mayor Abby Binay,...

Canada's British Columbia scraps program to allow drug use in public spaces

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian province of British Columbia on Friday scrapped a much-criticized pilot program that allowed the open use of some illegal drugs, citing the need to maintain public safety. In January 2023, the province said it would stop prosecuting people for carrying small amounts of heroin, meth, ecstasy, or crack cocaine, as part of an effort to fight an overdose crisis. The

Baby orca free after month trapped in Canadian lagoon

Orphaned calf swims from British Columbia after several rescue attempts by First Nations community.

DOLE to build workers rehabilitation center complex

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said on Friday that it will build a rehabilitation center complex for workers who have experienced occupational hazards. This is part of its Labor Day celebrations, the DOLE said. READ: Free MRT-3, LRT-2 ride for workers on May 1, Labor Day “Magkakaroon po tayo ng signing of memorandum of understanding […] ng anim na partido, na limang national government agency at isang local...

DOJ recommends filing of cyber libel case vs Manibela head Valbuena

MANILA CITY, Philippines — The Department of Justice (DOJ) has recommended the filing of two counts of cyber libel case against a transport group leader for accusing Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista of involvement in the alleged corruption in the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB). In a 17-page resolution, Assistant Prosecutor Maria Kristhina Paat-Salumbides said found probable cause has been established to...

Beijing and many of China’s major cities are slowly sinking

British Army says horses that bolted and ran loose in central London continue 'to be cared for'

LONDON (AP) — The military horses that bolted and ran loose when spooked by construction noise in central London earlier this week “continue to be cared for and closely observed," the British Army said Friday. In an update on X, formerly Twitter, the Army gave no fresh information on the condition of the two horses — Vida and Quaker — that were operated on. Trojan and Tennyson were the other two who broke loose. Vida, a white horse seen drenched...

First Briton is charged with working for Russia's Wagner Group

Dylan Earl is the first person to be charged under the new National Security Act brought in last year to target those working secretly for hostile states within the UK.

What do student protesters at US universities want?

More than 20 campuses have been rocked by protests against the war in Gaza that share the same aim.

Burkina Faso suspends BBC, VOA radio broadcasts over killings coverage

(Reuters) -Burkina Faso has suspended the radio broadcasts of BBC Africa and the U.S-funded Voice of America (VOA) for two weeks over their coverage of a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report accusing the army of extrajudicial killings, authorities said late on Thursday. In the report based on its own investigation, the rights watchdog said the West African country's military summarily executed about

Barmm political parties forge alliance for peaceful parliamentary polls

MANILA, Philippines — An alliance of political parties in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Barmm) was formed to promote an orderly and peaceful parliamentary elections in the region next year. The alliance of the Bangsamoro People’s Party (BPP), the Al Ittihad-UKB Party and the Serbisyong Inklusibo Alyansang Progresibo (SIAP) Party, was formed during a meeting in Makati City on Wednesday. “As representatives of diverse...

Hundreds of UK's brightest students denied chance to train as doctors

More than 1,550 Britons with at least three A*s have been refused a spot at medical school over the past five years, officials have revealed.

Secret leaked document confirms Russia’s hybrid war against the West

Ukraine's Zelenskiy calls for air defense systems as allies meet

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday called for additional air defense systems to be sent to Kyiv to help protect against Russian strikes, adding that a pause in U.S. funding had helped Moscow seize the initiative. Zelenskiy's comments come just days after Congress emerged from a half-year of deadlock to approve a $61 billion aid

Will winning a confidence vote be enough to save Yousaf?

The future of Scotland's first minister is far from secure after a week of turmoil.

Colorado paramedic sentenced to 14 months of work release in Elijah McClain's death

By Brad Brooks LONGMONT, Colorado (Reuters) -A Colorado judge on Friday sentenced a paramedic convicted in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain to 14 months in a work-release program and four years of probation. McClain, 23, died after police slammed him to the ground soon after stopping him and put him in a chokehold at least twice. Paramedics injected him with an excessive dose of ketamine, an

Baby survives first operation following airlift to Italy for treatment

The seriously ill baby was taken from a hospital in Bristol after the Italian Prime Minister, intervened to make sure the sick child could travel to Rome to receive treatment for a congenital heart condition.

Dela Rosa airs view on ICC’s reported talks with cops on drug war

MANILA, Philippines — Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa on Friday said he feels sorry for government officials being forced to allegedly “cooperate” with the International Criminal Court (ICC) probe into the war on drugs of the Duterte administration. Dela Rosa, who served as the first Philippine National Police chief of the Duterte administration, made the remark after former senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s recently claimed that ICC investigators...

Man jailed for fatal hit and run on day of driving test

Sharon Abraham fled the scene and bought a cover to hide the damage to his car following the crash.

Hamas fires MORTARS at US pier being built by the army off Gaza coast

Militants fired mortars at Israeli forces in Gaza as they prepared for the arrival of a floating U.S. Army pier, American officials said Thursday, an episode that highlights the risks.

Gaza baby rescued from dead mother's womb dies

By Mohammad Salem and Nidal al-Mughrabi RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - A baby girl who was delivered from her dying mother's womb in a Gaza hospital following an Israeli airstrike has herself died after just a few days of life, the doctor who was caring for her said on Friday. The baby had been named Sabreen al-Rouh. The second name means "soul" in Arabic. Her mother, Sabreen al-Sakani (

Victim was beaten and shot in 'cowardly' attack

Two men were sentenced to lengthy jail terms for their actions in the incident.

Man who threatened to slit ex's throat jailed

Patrick Connor Doherty, 29, has been given a 29-month jail sentence after assaulting his ex-partner.

Sitoy-Cho’s lawyer says judge handling her case ‘biased’

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — The legal counsel of former Cordova Mayor Therese Sitoy-Cho described Mandaue City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 55 Judge Ferdinand Tapado Rafanan as biased in handling the case of his client. Lawyer Edgar Gica also denied the allegation that his client ignored the invitation to attend an arraignment on April 23. “We can never disobey the law,” Gica said. Gica clarified that the case at hand is a criminal one filed by...

Sara Duterte leads potential presidential bets in survey

Vice President Sara Duterte emerged as the top choice for potential presidential candidates in an opinion survey conducted by Oculum Research and Analytics in the first quarter of 2024. According to a report on "24 Oras," Duterte garnered the support of 42% of the survey respondents ahead Senator Raffy Tulfo and former vice president Leni Robredo. The potential bets are the following: Sara Duterte - 42% Raffy Tulfo - 17% Leni Robredo - 10% Isko...