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Houthis say they targeted US, Israeli cargo ships, US naval vessel

The Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen claimed that they targeted a US cargo ship called the MAERSK Yorktown in the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday, as well as an American naval destroyer and a cargo ship they say was linked to Israel called the MSC Veracruz. The MSC Veracruz was registered under the flag of Portugal, while the MAERSK Yorktown was registered u...

First COVID, now heat: Online schooling returns to PH

QUEZON CITY, Philippines — Record heat in the Philippines this month has forced schools to send children home for online classes, reviving memories of COVID lockdowns and raising fears that more extreme weather in the years to come could deepen educational inequalities. Pupils at 7,000 public schools in the Southeast Asian country were sent home last week because of unusually hot weather in many areas that forecasters have linked to the effects...

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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 791

As the war enters its 791st day, these are the main developments.

More suspended classes on Thursday, April 25

MANILA, Philippines — Several local governments suspended in-person classes on Thursday, April 25, amid “dangerous” peak heat indexes. According to the state weather bureau, high heat indexes exceeding 42 degrees Celsius may cause heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and even heat stroke during continued exposure. READ: Heat index in 30 areas, including Naia, to reach ‘danger’ level Below is a list of suspended face-to-face classes on Thursday: Metro...

Myanmar junta minister heads to Beijing for security talks

YANGON: The Myanmar junta's home minister has left for China for security talks with Beijing's minister for public security, state media said on Thursday. Lieutenant-General Yar Pyae left for China on Wednesday for a "working visit to discuss law enforcement and security cooperation from 24 to 29 April" at the invitation of Wang Xiaohong, according to the Global New Light of Myanmar. It did not give further details but ties between the junta and...

PUP picks PDI for anniversary tie-up, student-faculty dev’t

MANILA, Philippines — The Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) has chosen the Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI) as its partner for a range of student and faculty development initiatives, as well as for activities in line with PUP’s 120th founding anniversary this October. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed on April 22 between PUP and PDI outlines several areas of collaboration, starting with the paper serving as the university’s...

Home Secretary speaks from Italy reacting to Welsh school stabbing

Home Secretary James Cleverly speaks from Italy reacting to Welsh school stabbing as a schoolgirl is arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, following the stabbing of two teachers and a pupil, in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire.

Regional pacts to boost PH bid to slap VAT on digital services

MANILA — The Philippines should continue to explore multilateral options to secure the cooperation of foreign online platforms in its bid to tax digital transactions, state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) said. In a research paper, PIDS said options include signing regional tax treaties with blocs like the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and European Union that would help smaller economies like the...

Top grads urged: Join gov’t; no entry exams for you

MANILA, Philippines — The Civil Service Commission (CSC) is looking for new talents to augment the government workforce: college graduates who obtained Latin honors from local or foreign schools. The agency issued the call on Wednesday as it noted that these honor graduates may skip the career service exam that applicants must pass before they become eligible to work in the public sector. A career service exam, either taken through a “pen and...

El Niño crop damage now at P3.9B

MANILA, Philippines — The damage to crops due to the prolonged drought caused by the El Niño phenomenon has already reached P3.9 billion, covering about 66,000 hectares nationwide, the spokesperson of Task Force El Niño said on Wednesday. In a television interview, Asst. Sec. Joey Villarama said a total of 103 cities and towns, including five provinces, had already declared a state of calamity due to El Niño damage, mainly shortage of water for...

Luzon, Visayas grids on yellow alert on Thursday —NGCP

The Luzon and Visayas grids will be placed on yellow alert on Thursday, according to the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP). In an advisory, the NGCP said Luzon grid will be on yellow alert from 1 to 5 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. The available capacity in Luzon is 14,568 megawatts (MW) while the expected peak demand is 13,941 MW. According to the NGCP, four plants have been on forced outage since 2023, three between January...

Exclusive-China harbors ship tied to North Korea-Russia arms transfers, satellite images show

By Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China is providing moorage for a U.S.-sanctioned Russian cargo ship implicated in North Korean arms transfers to Russia, according to satellite images obtained by Reuters, as U.S. concerns grow over Beijing's support for Moscow's war in Ukraine. Britain's Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) think tank said the Russian vessel

Taiwan president-elect names cabinet ahead of inauguration

Taiwanese president-elect Lai Ching-te named his cabinet and security team appointees on Thursday as he prepares to take office next month. Lai named security council head Wellington Koo as his new defence minister, replacing Chiu Kuo-cheng.

Marcos orders agencies to intensify efforts vs. sexual abuse of children

President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has directed law enforcement agencies to intensify measures in combatting incidents of online sexual abuse and exploitation of children. According to Department of Justice (DOJ) Assistant Secretary Jose Dominic Clavano on Thursday, Marcos was "visibly distressed" during their meeting on Wednesday over such incidents of abuse against minors. ''These things are very alarming. Yesterday, at the meeting, the...

Trillanes: ICC has put over 50 PH cops on notice

MANILA, Philippines — More than 50 active and former police officers who served under the previous administration are on the list of people being investigated by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for their role in the bloody war on drugs waged by former President Rodrigo Duterte. This was according to an update given by former Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV on the ICC probe that centers on Duterte, who is being accused of crimes against humanity...

Pilot reported fire on fuel-laden plane and tried to return to airport before deadly Alaska crash

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — One of the two pilots of a vintage military plane that was delivering heating oil to a remote Alaska Native village reported a fire on board shortly before the aircraft crashed and burned outside Fairbanks, killing both of them and leaving debris over a wide area, a federal transportation official said Wednesday. The pilot made radio contact about the in-flight emergency shortly after taking off Tuesday, said Clint...

No official request yet for Quiboloy's extradition to US —Amb. Romualdez

WASHINGTON, DC — The Philippine Embassy in the United States has yet to receive an official request for the extradition of controversial religious leader Apollo Quiboloy, who is declared wanted by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for sex trafficking charges. “We were informed that there was potentially a request for his extradition but so far there has been none coming our way,” Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel Romualdez...

Australian police charge five teenagers in Sydney cleric's stabbing

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 children's court on Thursday, were arrested on Wednesday in the Sydney region. Police said they were associates of a 16

Greens councillor under fire for wearing pro-Palestine headdress

Rafaela Pandolfini lay a bouquet of flowers at a moving service in Coogee in Sydney's eastern suburbs on Thursday morning while wearing a keffiyeh.

Man, 65, critical after attack by two teenagers

Detectives believe potential witnesses were in the area.

'Audacious' drivers move police road closure cones

Officers who manage closures at scenes of crashes have had to confront motorists over their actions.

US secretly sent long-range ATACMS weapons to Ukraine

The weapons, which can hit targets as far as 300km (186 miles) away, have been used twice already.

PH developing tools to combat AI-generated child abuse materials

Philippine law enforcement agencies are developing tools that would combat artificial intelligence-generated child exploitation materials, according to the Philippine National Police (PNP) on Thursday. At a Palace press briefing, PNP-Women and Children Protection Center chief Police Brigadier General Portia Manalad said that other countries are also developing tools that will identify AI-generated child sexual abuse or exploitation materials...

PH seafarers barred from vessels passing through Red Sea, Gulf of Aden

MANILA, Philippines — Licensed manning agencies have been required to submit a written guarantee that passenger or cruise vessels with Filipino crew members will not traverse the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, which have been designated as “war-like zones.” Aside from the “affirmation letter,” the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) on Wednesday also required manning agencies to submit their vessels’ detailed itinerary during the processing of crew...

Marcos extends employment of contractual gov't workers

President Ferdinand ''Bongbong'' Marcos Jr. has extended the employment of contract of service (COS) and job order (JO) workers in the government whose contracts will expire in December of this year. The Presidential Communications Office on Thursday said that Marcos made the decision during a sectoral meeting with the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Civil Service Commission and...

Mamba to appeal disqualification

MANILA, Philippines: Cagayan Gov. Manuel Mamba said he would appeal his disqualification from office by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) first division according to the province's Public Information Office (PIO). It said Mamba and his legal team have five days to file their motion for reconsideration. It said that Mamba will "continue to carry his duties as the province's governor, as long as there is no final decision." Mamba was...

Improved digital highway soon to link Cordillera areas

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines — The long-awaited “Baguio Broadband Network” that was promised by former Information and Communication Technology Secretary Gregorio Honasan in 2020, may start serving the local government’s smart city program in May, the Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT) said on Tuesday. Towers put up on Mt. Pulag and mountains in the towns of Kibungan, Kapangan and Bokod in Benguet province are also ready...

Gov't officials working with ICC on drug war probe may be breaking the law—DOJ official

Department of Justice (DOJ) Assistant Secretary Mico Clavano said that government officials and employees cooperating with the International Criminal Court's (ICC's) probe into the previous administration's drug war may be held accountable for possibly violating Republic Act (RA) No. 6713 or the code of conduct of for public officials and employees. READ MORE: https://mb.com.ph/2024/4/24/gov-t-officials-working-with-icc-on-drug-war-probe-may-be-breaking-the-law-doj-official Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin Visit our website at http://mb.com.phFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manila_bulletinInstagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletinTiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin #ManilaBulletinOnline#ManilaBulletin#LatestNews

Public spending ‘trade-offs’ needed to meet defence pledge, Cameron accepts

Public spending ‘trade-offs’ needed to meet defence pledge, Cameron accepts - During a visit to Central Asia, Lord Cameron said the commitment was ‘necessary’ to protect national security as ‘the first priority of government’.

Son 'shocked' after step-dad's arrest over murder

Son speaks of his shock after his step-father was arrested in relation to his mother's murder.

Mayoral candidates clash at BBC debate

The mayoral hopefuls are asked questions about violent crime and road use from Londoners.

Spain's Sanchez suspends public duties to 'reflect' on future

By Belén Carreño and Emma Pinedo MADRID (Reuters) -Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday he would step back from public duties "for a few days" to decide whether he wants to continue leading the government after a court launched a business corruption probe into his wife's private dealings. Sanchez, who last year secured another term for his Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE

Cagayan gov ordered disqualified in latest Comelec ruling

TUGUEGARAO CITY — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) — First Division has ordered Cagayan Governor Manuel Mamba disqualified in the May 9, 2022 elections. In its 23-page ruling on Wednesday, April 24, in a separate complaint-petition filed by lawyer Victorio Casauay, Comelec First Division Presiding Commissioner Socorro Inting and Commissioners Aimee Ferolino and Ernesto Ferdinand Maceda Jr. declared the gubernatorial post in Cagayan vacant....

Rights defender, former senator, writer Rene Saguisag; 84

MANILA, Philippines — Rene Saguisag, the human rights lawyer who defended martial law victims and other enemies of the state before rising as a senator after the 1986 Edsa People Power Revolution, and one of the “Magnificent 12” who voted to remove American military bases from Philippine soil in 1991, has died. He was 84. The death of Saguisag was announced by his son Rebo on his Facebook account on Wednesday. READ: Rene Saguisag championed...

Fil-Am mayor leads push for $1 billion funding for homeless programs

SAN DIEGO – A coalition of mayors from the state’s largest cities, led by San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria, this week visited Sacramento to urge Gov. Gavin Newsom and the legislature to make funding homelessness services across California permanent. The Big City Mayors coalition, chaired by Gloria, requested Newsom and legislators to avoid making cuts to the Homelessness Housing, Assistance and Prevention program and commit to funding it at $1...

Gaza hostage urged to 'stay strong' after new video

Hamas issues a proof-of-life video of US-Israeli Hersh Goldberg-Polin, abducted on 7 October.

Duterte attacks vs Marcos: Fearless or reckless?

A foreigner who reads our country’s raging political news for the first time would think that Rodrigo Duterte remains the reigning ruler of the Republic of the Philippines, and not Ferdinand Marcos Jr. This impression would stem from how audacious Duterte criticizes President Marcos, and how brazenly scathing the language of criticism he dishes out against the latter. As early as November 2021, as incumbent president, Duterte unmistakably...

Bristol Bus Boycott legacy celebrated by mayor

Sixty years after the Bristol Bus Boycott, city mayor Marvin Rees will pay tribute to the pioneers.

BARMM contains measles outbreak

COTABATO CITY, BARMM, Philippines — Local health officials announced on Tuesday that they were nearing their 1.3 million target in the massive vaccination drive that the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) started this month to address the measles outbreak in the region. Zyrus Dabuco, immunization program coordinator of the region’s Ministry of Health (MOH), credited the high vaccination turnout in six provinces of the BARMM...

Rehabilitasyon ng Kamuning Flyover, gagawin mula May 1 hanggang October 25 | UB

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China should have confidence to talk to us, Taiwan's president-elect says

By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) -China should have the confidence to talk to Taiwan's legally elected government, President-elect Lai Ching-te said on Thursday as he appointed his new national security and diplomacy team amid what he called unprecedented challenges. China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, over the island's strong objections, has

Whole PH on power alert as supply dips

MANILA, Philippines — The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) on Wednesday placed the country’s main power grids in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao under red or yellow alert because of the continuing shortage in power supply. The announcement prompted lawmakers from both houses of Congress to urge the Department of Energy (DOE) to explain the situation and remedial measures it was pursuing. In its latest advisory, the NGCP issued a red...

‘Deepfake’: PCO disowns clip of Marcos ‘attack order’ vs China

MANILA, Philippines — Amid simmering tensions in the West Philippine Sea, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) called for heightened vigilance against online content designed to sow confusion or mislead the public about the issue. On Wednesday, the PCO dismissed as a “deepfake” a video recording of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. supposedly ordering an attack on China, whose aggressive actions against Filipino vessels in the West...

Students here to boost English proficiency, says Chinese-Filipino trade group

MANILA, Philippines — The largest Filipino-Chinese business group on Wednesday decried government officials who questioned the growing numbers of Chinese nationals in Cagayan province and the possible risks they posed to national security, saying these statements were “inflammatory” and detrimental to attracting investments from China. The Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. (FFCCCII) expressed its “profound...

Balikatan a ‘perfect training ground’ for PH’s new defense concept

MANILA, Philippines — The ongoing Balikatan war games is a “perfect training ground” for the government’s new archipelagic defense paradigm made in view of mounting tensions in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), a United States marine general said on Wednesday. Lt. Gen. Michael Cederholm, commanding general of the 1 Marine Expeditionary Force, said the war games between Manila and Washington will contribute with the Department of National Defense’s...

Lucky Irish lotto shop celebrating second big win

A Limerick shop lays claim to being Ireland's luckiest after selling its second life-changing ticket.

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Folajimi Day established to honour Thames hero

Folajimi Olubumni-Adewole jumped into the river in April 2021 after a woman fell from London Bridge.

North Koreans in China vanish as border reopens

After fleeing famine in North Korea, Kim Cheol Ok laid low in China for decades -- until a doomed run for freedom got her sent back to her repressive homeland, her family says. She told her family she was being sent back to North Korea two hours later and was never heard from again.