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PH to get $10-M ‘green climate’ grant

MANILA — The Philippines is set to bag a $10-million grant from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to support the government’s capacity to address climate hazards, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. The GCF is an international fund under the global climate treaty, the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The fund was created to support low-emission development and climate resilience projects in developing...


Ex-Aurora officials cite SC ruling vs Ombudsman

Former Aurora province officials Gerardo Noveras and and his son Christian Noveras continued to assail the Ombudsman’s recent ruling against them despite a Supreme Court ruling on the need for “substantial evidence.” The father and son cited the 2018 Supreme Court decision on the case of Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group vs Police Supt. Ermilando Villafuerte. The ruling stated that “conspiracy as a means of...


Mega Millions winning numbers for May 17 drawing: Jackpot rises to $393 million

Mega Millions players, are you feeling lucky? The winning numbers are in for the May 17 drawing.


Sri Lanka Tamils mark 15 years since end of civil war

Sri Lanka's minority Tamil community marked 15 years since the end of the island nation's civil war on Saturday in an emotional ceremony that proceeded despite fears authorities would attempt to prevent its staging. Saturday marked 15 years since the killing of the Tamil Tigers' charismatic but reclusive leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, who had led the separatist group in open rebellion against Sri Lankan forces since 1972.


Has India’s Muslim population really exploded?

A new government report claims that India’s Muslim population share has grown 43 percent since 1950. What’s the truth?


Bronze tags stolen from mining disaster memorial

Sixty tags are missing from the Derbyshire memorial, dedicated to miners killed in three accidents.


David Miliband 'wants to be British ambassador to the United States'

Many in Westminster think David Miliband could do a David Cameron and become Sir Keir's foreign secretary in the Lords. But his ambitions are said to lie stateside.


PISTON insists unconsolidated jeepneys not 'colorum'

Transportation group PISTON (Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide) on Saturday maintained that those who failed to consolidate their public utility vehicles (PUV) into cooperatives should not be considered "colorum" and should not be flagged down. "Ang ating mga jeepney ay hindi po colorum sapagkat eto ay may lehitimong mga prangkisa. Ang ano lang dito, expired ang kanilang prangkisa sa kadahilanan na ayaw i-renew ng...


Fifty dead in heavy rain, floods in central Afghanistan, official says

KABUL (Reuters) - At least 50 people are dead following a fresh bout of heavy rain and flooding in central Afghanistan, an official said on Saturday. Mawlawi Abdul Hai Zaem, the head of the information department for the central Ghor province, told Reuters that there was no information about how many people were injured in the rain spell that began on Friday, which had also cut off many key roads


Man 'overwhelmed' by support for his fight to be British

Nelson Shardey says people's generosity in supporting his legal fight has left him "speechless".


Marcos, Sotto parties to forge alliance for 'genuine unity'

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) will forge an alliance with the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC), led by former Senate president and party chairman Vicente Sotto III today, Saturday. Sotto said the NPC would ally with PFP in the run-up to the 2025 midterm elections. Sotto said the partnership was grounded on the two parties' desire for genuine unity, strength, and continued positive...


Australians stranded in New Caledonia 'running out of food' amid civil unrest

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australians stranded in New Caledonia are rationing food as they wait for a way out of the troubled Pacific island territory, after riots that killed four people, a traveller from Sydney said on Saturday. "The kids are definitely hungry because we don't really have much option of what we can feed them," Joanne Elias said from a resort in the capital Noumea, where her family has


Zubiri hits China bid to detain ‘trespassers’ in disputed waters

MANILA, Philippines — China’s new rule that would supposedly grant its coast guard the power to detain foreigners deemed “illegally crossing” its borders without trial is a violation of international laws, Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri said on Friday. In a radio interview, Zubiri said the South China Sea, including the West Philippine Sea “are freedom of navigation lanes.” “Clear violation of United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea...


DND chief, 3 senators visit remote village in West PH Sea

PAG-ASA ISLAND—Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. accompanied three senators to this small island outpost to take stock of the situation in and around the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Teodoro, Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri, Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva, Sen. JV Ejercito were onboard a private plane that flew them here on Thursday when they received radio challenges from Chinese naval forces. “It’s so sad that while we are...


Ang See: Tougher visa rules for Chinese not right solution

Tightening visa rules for Chinese tourists will not stop the influx of undesirable visitors if immigration officers can be bribed anyway, civic leader Teresita Ang See said on Thursday. “We already have a proper visa application process in place in our consular and embassy office abroad. That system ain’t broke,” said Ang See, a longtime anticrime crusader from the Filipino-Chinese community. “Instead, the problem lies with our bureaucrats here...


Anger, anxiety, acrimony: Slovaks weigh what led to Fico shooting

By Boldizsar Gyori, Kuba Stezycki and Jan Lopatka HANDLOVA, Slovakia/BRATISLAVA (Reuters) -Slovak opposition party leader Michal Simecka, who described an assassination attempt on Prime Minister Robert Fico this week as an attack on democracy, said on Friday that he, his wife and child had received death threats. His experience is not uncommon, a measure of the extreme political and personal


Philippines to vigorously defend territory, president says

MANILA (Reuters) -Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Saturday the country will "vigorously defend what is ours", in a thinly veiled reference to mounting tensions with China over maritime disputes. The conduct against intruders disrespecting Philippine territorial integrity will be guided by law and the responsibility as a rules-abiding member of the international community, Marcos


Comelec urges 'delisted voters' to register for reactivation

Commission on Elections (Comelec) chair George Garcia urged those who were delisted from the poll body's list of voters to take advantage of the ongoing registration so they could participate in the next elections. "Meron po tayong ongoing registration, meron tayong tinatawag na "reactivation"... Ang ibig sabihin ng reactivation kahit sila ay natanggal, hindi ibig sabihin hindi na sila botante. Botante pa din sila, andiyan ang record pero ang...


MMDA advisory: Some Metro Manila roads to undergo reblocking, repairs

MANILA, Philippines — Some roads in Metro Manila will be closed from Friday evening until next week due to reblocking and repair works, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said. The works will be carried out by the Department of Public Works and Highways in the following areas starting at 11 p.m. on May 17 to 5 a.m. on May 20: Caloocan City Regalado Avenue (northbound), going to North Caloocan Regalado Avenue (northbound), Outer...


North Korea confirms missile launch, vows bolstered nuclear force – KCNA

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Saturday confirmed that it had test-fired a tactical ballistic missile, the government news agency KCNA reported, with leader Kim Jong Un vowing to boost the country’s nuclear force. Kim oversaw the Friday test launch into the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan, on a mission to evaluate the “accuracy and reliability” of a new autonomous navigation system, the KCNA report said. Kim expressed “great...


Increase in rabies deaths moves E. Samar to declare state of calamity

TACLOBAN CITY—The provincial government of Eastern Samar has placed the province under a state of calamity in a bid to contain the number of deaths caused by rabies, a viral disease transmitted to humans by infected animals, usually dogs and mainly through bites. Gov. Ben Evardone said the declaration approved by the provincial board was prompted by the recommendation of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office on May 6. From...


Visayas Grid under yellow alert on Saturday evening — NGCP

The Visayas Grid will be placed under yellow alert status for the sixth straight day on Saturday, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) said. In an advisory issued at 8 a.m. Saturday, the NGCP said that the yellow alert would be implemented between 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., indicating that the operating margin is not enough to meet the transmission grid's contingency requirement. The grid's available capacity is at 2,681 megawatts, but...


Gwen: No ‘ayuda’ despite state of calamity in entire province

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu Governor Gwen Garcia does not intend to give ‘ayuda’ or dole outs despite declaring a state of calamity in the entire province on Friday, May 17. The governor placed the entire province under a state of calamity after receiving reports of huge damages to agriculture amounting to over P176 million in partial total losses due to the prolonged El Niño. “If we declare a state of calamity, it really is a recognition of...


Taiwan and China: different views across the strait

Standing on the shore of Taiwan's Kinmen island, Taiwanese tourists snap photos of the skyline of China's Xiamen city that is clearly visible across the sliver of water separating them. As Taiwan's president-elect Lai Ching-te, a staunch defender of Taiwan's sovereignty, prepares to take office on Monday, Taiwanese visitors to Kinmen hope he can avoid a conflict.


The Slovak assassination attempt photo that nearly got away

(Reuters) - It's every amateur photographer's nightmare: you spy a once-in-a-lifetime picture, and you forget to change your camera settings. But it can happen to a seasoned professional, too. Reuters stringer Radovan Stoklasa was one of the few people left in a makeshift press centre in the Slovakian town of Handlova about 40 minutes after Prime Minister Robert Fico had briefed reporters on a


Singapore to resume flying F-16 jets after crash this month

By Xinghui Kok SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore will resume flying its F-16 fleet after suspending training when one of the jets crashed earlier this month, the defence ministry on Saturday. The defence ministry said the May 8 crash was due to the plane's pitch rate gyroscopes giving erroneous inputs to the flight control computer. "This led to the pilot being unable to control the plane at


How this man's killer got 79 blades delivered to his door

Omar Khan's murderer was able to buy dozens of blades from an online store. What went wrong?


Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 814

As the war enters its 814th day, these are the main developments.


What Happens When You Take Street Art Out of the Street?

The Banksy Universe exhibit is now open in BGC.


Zelensky expects Russian offensive in northeast Ukraine to intensify

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an exclusive interview with AFP on Friday he expects Russia to step up its offensive in the northeast and warned Kyiv only has a quarter of the air defences it needs to hold the front line. "I won't say it's a great success (for Russia) but we have to be sober and understand that they are going deeper into our territory," he said, speaking from Kyiv in his first interview with foreign media since...


LOOK: Brawl breaks out in Taiwan parliament over dispute in chamber reforms

Chaos took place among members of Taiwan's parliament after a brawl broke out due to disagreements about reforms to the chamber. According to reports from Reuters and Fox News, several lawmakers were seen exchanging punches and shoving each other on the floor of the parliament. It reached a point where members leapt over tables and pulled colleague...


Roughly 1400 buildings, structures destroyed in Rafah since beginning of May

Some 1400 buildings have been destroyed in Rafah since May 4, ABC Go reported on Saturday morning. The figure of 1400 damaged buildings was based on an analysis of data by the radar-enabled Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite operated by the European Space Agency. From May 4 to May 8, the researchers estimated that 895 buildings were likely damaged or ...


Robber jailed for attack on woman walking home

Police used mobile phone tracking data to locate Petrica Mustafa after the brutal attack.


Woman mourns 'bubbly' sister who died after fire

Krystyna Chalastra says she is struggling to find closure following the death of her sister Izabela.


College Tensions Reignite With Arrests at Penn, Chicago Campuses

Police removed protesters who were attempting to occupy buildings at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Chicago Friday night, as tensions over the Israel-Hamas War once again flared up across college campuses.


Sinister declassified CIA operations

The Central Intelligence Agency, better known simply as the CIA, has inspired fear, suspicion, and curiosity ever since its official formation in 1947. Before it was called the CIA, it was known as the Office of Strategic Services, and was responsible for some of the most covert operations during and after World War II. As the CIA, the organization has become notorious for an apparent disregard of federal and international law, and is suspected to handle some projects that even the president of the United States is unaware of. From toppling governments and staging false flag operations, to introducing one of the world's most addictive drugs to the US, the covert operations of the CIA that have come to light are, if nothing else, fascinating to read about. Intrigued? Read on to learn more about some of the CIA's declassified deeds.


Gunmen kill three Spanish tourists in Afghanistan's central Bamyan province

By Mohammad Yunus Yawar, Charlotte Greenfield and Ana Cantero KABUL/MADRID/DELHI (Reuters) -Three Spanish tourists were killed and at least one Spaniard was injured in an attack by gunmen in Afghanistan's central Bamyan province, Spain's foreign ministry said on Friday. Earlier on Friday, Taliban interior ministry spokesman Abdul Mateen Qaniee had said that three foreign tourists and one Afghan


'Educate children about tombstoning' - coastguard

There has been an increase in people jumping into the water from structures in Southend-on-Sea.


DA regains control of crop insurance agency

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) has regained control of state-run Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. (PCIC), boosting its capacity to assist farmers and fisherfolk in case of natural calamities and diseases. President Marcos signed Executive Order No. 60, which transferred the supervision and control of PCIC back to the DA nearly three years after becoming an attached agency of the Department of Finance (DOF). “The PCIC is...


Ukraine's young soldiers voice support for mobilisation law

For "Mammoth", a military drone pilot on the Ukrainian front, a new mobilisation law aiming to increase troop numbers that comes into force on Saturday cannot come soon enough. The new law coming into force on Saturday lowers the minimum age of mobilisation from 27 to 25 in an effort to boost recruit numbers.


DOH: 12,000 killed on roads each year

An average of 12,000 Filipinos are killed every year in mishaps on the road, like car crashes and pedestrians getting hit by speeding vehicles. In an interview on Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon, Albert Domingo, assistant secretary and spokesperson for the Department of Health (DOH), lamented that fatalities in road accidents went up by 39 percent in 10 years from 2011 to 2021. “Road traffic deaths in 2011 were 7,938. This went up to 11,096 in 2021. Of...


Lotto Draw Results, May 17, 2024 | Ultra Lotto 6/58, Mega Lotto 6/45, 4D, 3D, 2D

Here are the winning lotto combinations of the lotto draw results for the 9 p.m. draw on Friday, May 17.


Fierce fighting in northern Gaza as aid starts to roll off US-built pier

By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli forces battled Hamas fighters in the narrow alleyways of Jabalia in northern Gaza on Friday in some of the fiercest engagements since they returned to the area a week ago, while in the south militants attacked tanks massing around Rafah. Residents said Israeli armour had thrust as far as the market at the heart of Jabalia, the largest of Gaza's eight


‘End of an era’: Ayala exits Manila Water

MANILA, Philippines — After a 27-year investment in a highly regulated utility, the Ayala conglomerate is unloading its remaining economic interest in Manila Water Co. (MWC) to tycoon Enrique Razon Jr.-led Trident Water Company Holdings Inc. for P14.5 billion. Building up group-wide cash reserves, Ayala Corp. and subsidiary Michigan Holdings Inc. are collectively selling their nearly 578 million common shares for P22.36 each. The price shows a...


PH buying 5 patrol boats from Japan for Coast Guard

The government has agreed to buy five coast guard patrol ships from Japan, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Friday, as the country faces increasing Chinese aggression in the West Philippine Sea. Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo and Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Endo Kazuya on Friday signed a P23.85-billion ($413.3 million) loan package under Japan’s Official Development Assistance (ODA), for the purchase of the boats as...


NYPD arrest suspect in assault on Steve Buscemi

Buscemi was punched in an apparent random attack last week in Manhattan's Lower East Side.


British Army sinks the Americans in bridge-building war game triumph

Faced with the daunting task of crossing an 156-metre stretch across the Drawa River in the west of Poland, the British troops created a makeshift ferry crossing in just 18 minutes.


Israeli airstrike eliminates Palestinian Islamic Jihad officer in Rafah

An Israeli airstrike killed the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist organization’s Rafah Brigade head of logistics, the IDF announced on Saturday morning. The PIJ operative was reportedly responsible for preparing terrorists for attacks on Israeli personnel in the area. The airstrike eliminating the PIJ operative was one of a broader array of...


Zubiri to ask telcos: Boost signal in Pag-asa

PAG-ASA ISLAND, Philippines — Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri is planning to talk to telecommunications companies to help boost their networks’ signal here. Zubiri was here on Thursday to lead a simple groundbreaking ceremony for the planned construction of a Philippine Navy barracks and a super rural health unit. As their group’s plane was approaching Pag-asa Island, some of them received a notification message on their mobile phone,...


It’s official: Carlos out as chief of Wescom

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY—Vice Adm. Alberto Carlos, who supposedly confirmed that a “new model” arrangement to ease tension between the Philippines and China during the resupply of the troops at Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal, has been removed as chief of the military’s Western Command (Wescom). Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on Thursday disclosed in a speech to Philippine Navy personnel stationed on Pag-asa Island that Carlos was officially...