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Indian students have died in the US – the community wants answers

A spate of unconnected deaths of Indian students in the US has set off safety concerns within the community.

Man, 4-year-old daughter shot dead in Abra

BAGUIO CITY , Philippines — A 44-year-old man and his four-year-old daughter were gunned down in Sitio Quemmel, Barangay Lubluba in Dolores, Abra on Wednesday night. Arnel Zapata and his daughter Ailish Precious were on a folding bed in front of their house when an unidentified man on a motorcycle arrived and opened fire. Cordillera police director Brig. Gen. David Peredo said the gunman was armed with an M16 rifle. Zapata and Ailish were...

Mega Millions winning numbers for April 26 drawing: Did anyone win $228 million jackpot?

Mega Millions players, are you feeling lucky? The winning numbers are in for the April 26 drawing. Here are the results for the $228 million jackpot.

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,...

80 fall ill due to 'food poisoning' after wedding in Maguindanao del Sur

About 80 people fell ill due to suspected food poisoning after attending a tribal wedding in South Upi, Maguindanao del Sur, according to a report on "State of the Nation." According to the Integrated Health Office, the victims complained of stomach ache and vomiting and many were brought to the hospital for treatment. It is possible that the food served was spoiled due to the hot weather. One of the dishes served was beniton, which is prepared...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversees test-firing of multiple rocket launchers

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversees test-firing of multiple rocket launchers

Car stopped on M1 with infants sitting on laps

Police say two children, aged one and two, were found "unrestrained" in a back of a moving vehicle.

Michigan man caught after attempting to flee US to Hong Kong after fatal building explosion, fire: police

Noor Noel Kestou, 31, attempted to flee the U.S. after the fatal explosion at his vape and smoke business, Goo Smoke Shop/Select Distributors, on March 4.

Fish catch down since Balikatan – group

MANILA, Philippines — Fish catch around Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal has decreased since the start of the Balikatan exercises, which may have prompted the Chinese to send more vessels to the area and continue harassing Filipino fishermen, a local fishers’ group said yesterday. “The bullying of the Chinese coast guard continues and their number increased right after the Balikatan,” New Masinloc Fishermen’s Association president Leonardo Cuaresma...

Romualdez calls on broadcasters to continue fight vs misinformation

MANILA, Philippines — Speaker Martin Romualdez called on broadcasters to continue their fight against misinformation and disinformation. Romualdez made the pronouncement after a video, dismissed by the Presidential Communications Office as a “deepfake” video, of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. supposedly ordering an attack on China surfaced online. “We recognize its indispensable role in our democracy – as a reliable source of truth and a...

Former sheriff's deputy convicted of misdemeanor in shooting death of Christian Glass

DENVER (AP) — A former Colorado sheriff’s deputy was convicted of a misdemeanor on Friday in the shooting death of a 22-year-old man in distress who had called 911 for help after his car got stuck in a small mountain community. Andrew Buen was also charged with second-degree murder and official misconduct in the 2022 death of Christian Glass, which drew national attention and prompted calls for police reform focused on crisis intervention. But...

Loved ones await recovery of 2 bodies from Baltimore bridge wreckage a month after the collapse

BALTIMORE (AP) — A wooden cross is laden with Miguel Luna’s personal belongings — his construction uniform and work boots, a family photo, the flag of his native El Salvador — but his body remains missing after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. More than a month has passed since six members of a roadwork crew plunged to their deaths when a container ship lost power and crashed into one of the bridge’s supporting columns. Four bodies...

Victim was beaten and shot in 'cowardly' attack

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

Hamas says it received Israel's response to its ceasefire proposal

By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) - Hamas said it had received on Saturday Israel's official response to its latest ceasefire proposal and will study it before submitting its reply, the group's deputy Gaza chief said in a statement. "Hamas has received today the official response of the Zionist occupation to the proposal presented to the Egyptian and the Qatari mediators on April 13," Khalil

1,500 students in Panay provinces receive P2,500 cash aid

MANILA, Philippines — A total of 1,500 students from provinces in Panay received P2,000 cash aid from a government scholarship program, said Speaker Martin Romualdez on Friday. READ: Romualdez vows aid for kin of seafarers killed in Houthi attack The students, all from Iloilo, Aklan, Antique, Capiz, and Guimaras, were granted financial aid under Integrated Scholarships and Incentives Program (ISIP) for the Youth, which was held at the West...

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...

Canada province seeks to ban public hard drug use

British Columbia wants to "urgently" restrict where drugs can be used under its decriminalisation project.

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...

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.

No winners of major lotto draws on Friday, April 26, 2024

There were no winners in the major lotto draws drawn by the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) on Friday, April 26, 2024. No bettor managed to correctly guess the winning combinations of 36, 25, 40, 11, 10, 42 for the Mega Lotto 6/45. The prize was P8,910,000.00. Meanwhile, under Ultra Lotto 6/58, no bettor also correctly guessed the winning combinations 2, 24, 22, 47, 49, and 21. the prize was P93,131,368.00. — BAP, GMA Integrated...

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...

Oil tanker damaged in Houthi missile strike

The Yemeni rebel group says its latest attack targeted the Andromeda Star.

DOJ eyes cyber libel raps vs Manibela chief

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Justice (DOJ) has recommended the filing of cyber libel charges against transport group Manibela chairman Mar Valbuena. This stemmed from complaints filed by Transport Secretary Jaime Bautista after Valbuena linked him to alleged corruption in the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB). In a 17-page resolution dated Feb. 22 and released on Thursday, Assistant Prosecutor Maria...

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

'Return of the King' and 'teacher shortage crisis'

News that the King is to resume public duties and a lack of teachers in schools lead the papers.

Australian police charge five teenagers in Sydney cleric's stabbing

(This April 25 story has been refiled to fix the name of Sydney suburb to Wakeley, from Wakefield, in paragraph 4) SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian police said on Thursday they charged five teenagers with terrorism-related offences in investigations following the stabbing of an Assyrian Christian bishop while he was giving a livestreamed sermon earlier this month. The five boys, who were due in

Baby orca free after month trapped in Canadian lagoon

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

Burkina Faso suspends BBC over HRW report coverage

BBC Africa is suspended for two weeks for covering a Human Rights Watch report on alleged mass killings.

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.

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...

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.

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.

Protest leader sorry for 'kill Zionists' comments

The Columbia student had said "Zionists don't deserve to live" in recently resurfaced video.

6,680 pass April 2024 Civil Engineering board exam

MANILA, Philippines — A total of 6,680 out of 17,010 passed the April 2024 Civil Engineering Licensure Exam (CELE), the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced on Friday. The PRC said the results were released four days after the exams were conducted at testing centers in Metro Manila, Baguio, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Calapan, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Koronadal, Legazpi, Lucena, Pagadian, Palawan, Pampanga, Rosales, Tacloban, Tuguegarao...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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. The Black 23-year-old 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

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.

UN warns Sudan paramilitary forces are encircling a capital in western Darfur, urges against attack

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Sudanese paramilitary forces are encircling the only capital they haven’t captured in the western Darfur region, the United Nations said Friday, warning that an attack would have “devastating consequences” for the city's 800,000 inhabitants. At the same time, the U.N. said, the rival Sudanese Armed Forces “appear to be positioning themselves.” U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres again called on the paramilitary Rapid...

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.

Major incident declared over 'bad batch' of heroin

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

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.

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.

Painting by Gustav Klimt sold for $32 million after being lost for about 100 years

The "Portrait of Fräulein Lieser" by prestigious Austrian painter Gustav Klimt was estimated to sell between €30 million-€50 million.

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

BSP ready to defend weakening peso

MANILA, Philippines — The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is ready to defend the peso as the local currency sinks to 17-month lows amid a rallying US dollar, its governor said. In a statement on Thursday, BSP Governor Eli Remolona Jr. explained that the recent depreciation of the local unit was more of a case of strengthening dollar than peso weakness, as geopolitical risks, and shifting outlook on rate cuts in the United States trigger a...

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...