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NSC on Balikatan drills: 'PH not preparing to go to war'

The Philippines is not preparing to go to war just because it is conducting the upcoming Balikatan joint military exercises with the United States, the National Security Council (NSC) said Saturday. Speaking at a news forum, NSC Assistant Director General Jonathan Malaya sought to allay concerns that the country was bracing itself to engage in an imminent war amid rising territorial tensions in the West Philippine Sea and the Asia-Pacific...

2024-04-20T08:00:12Z

G7 concerned over Chinese actions in the South China Sea

Foreign Ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) said in a communiqué that they were concerned over China's "dangerous" actions against the Philippines in the South China Sea. According to a 24 Oras Weekend report on Saturday, the foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and America expressed concern about China’s military movements against Filipino vessels. “We continue to oppose China’s dangerous use of coast...

2024-04-20T15:06:24Z

Explosion hits Iraq base housing pro-Iranian militia

The militia blamed an attack, while Iraq's military said it did not detect drones or jets in the area.

2024-04-20T10:52:38Z

A cop ran a light going 88 mph and killed a young father of twins. He still has his badge

In much of the United States, police officers can break traffic rules, even when their poor driving decisions claim the lives of innocent people.

2024-04-20T10:05:24Z

The US military will begin plans to withdraw troops from Niger

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The United States will begin plans to withdraw troops from Niger, U.S. officials said Saturday, in what experts say is a blow to Washington and its allies in the region in terms of staging security operations in the Sahel. The planned departure comes as U.S. officials said they were trying to find a new military agreement. The prime minister of Niger, appointed by the ruling military junta, Ali Lamine Zeine, and U.S. deputy...

2024-04-20T14:23:17Z

Muggers target school children impacted by London LTN

Bernadette Boyle, head teacher at Bishop Thomas Grant school in Streatham, south London, has complained about the Low Traffic Neighbourhood impacted punctuality among pupils.

2024-04-20T11:22:26Z

AFP, sinusuri na ang legalidad ng mga dayuhang mag-aaral na pumasok sa bansa

AFP, sinusuri na ang legalidad ng mga dayuhang mag-aaral na pumasok sa bansa

2024-04-20T12:06:38Z

Condition improving for girl who was wounded in Iran attack

There has been a slight improvement in the condition of the 7-year-old girl who was seriously wounded in the Iranian missile attack last Saturday, Israeli media stated Saturday, citing Soroka Medical Center reports. According to the medical center, she is now breathing on her own. Her condition, however, reportedly continues to be challenging as a ...

2024-04-20T15:18:25Z

Man dies after setting himself on fire outside Donald Trump hush money trial in New York

Man dies after setting himself on fire outside Donald Trump hush money trial in New York - People rushed to douse the person with a fire extinguisher and try to bat the flames away, according to reports

2024-04-19T18:15:04Z

UK returns looted Ghana artefacts on loan after 150 years

The objects were stolen from the court of the Asante king during the 19th century Anglo-Asante wars.

2024-04-20T12:37:01Z

From PDP-Laban to ‘PDP’; 3 senators eye reelection in 2025 polls

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan or PDP-Laban, announced several changes during their national council meeting and 42nd-anniversary celebration in Cebu City on Friday evening, April 19. One significant change was the approval of an amendment to remove the word “Laban” from their political party name which is now referred to as PDP or Partido Demokratiko Pilipino only. READ: No ‘fight’ anymore? Duterte-led...

2024-04-19T23:48:48Z

Two arrests after altercation with weapons

Members of the group involved in the altercation are alleged to have been carrying weapons, police say.

2024-04-20T14:53:48Z

No let-up for Gazans while world focused on Iran attacks

Fighting continues in Gaza, where a humanitarian crisis is overshadowed by the wider regional conflict.

2024-04-20T14:38:06Z

Rama orders probe of Baclayon days after defending CAD chief

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama has shifted gears and now wants to investigate the allegations against CAD chief Joelito Baclayon. The Mayor has ordered the city’s fact-finding team to probe the accusations made by City Councilor Jun Alcover, the chairman of the committee on agriculture, regarding Baclayon’s alleged negligence. The surprise turnaround came just days after the mayor threw his full support behind his...

2024-04-19T22:48:45Z

Smoke billows from Gaza as fighting continues for 196 days

Israel's military offensive in the Gaza Strip has killed at least 34,049 Palestinians and wounded 76,901 since October 7th. But, in the past 24 hours thirty-seven Palestinians have been killed and 68 injured the ministry added in a statement.

2024-04-20T13:21:18Z

Man charged over cashpoint robberies

West Midlands Police said the elderly victims were robbed between September last year and April.

2024-04-20T13:38:33Z

Drought causing smaller chickens, eggs in Negros Occidental

BACOLOD CITY — The drought in Negros Occidental has affected chickens, causing them to lay smaller eggs. Provincial veterinarian Placeda Lemana said egg production in the locality had not dropped but their sizes had become much smaller. “You will not see any jumbo eggs in the market now,” she said in an interview on April 17. “The reason behind it is that chickens are opting to drink more water than eat feeds because of the heat. That means...

2024-04-20T03:31:55Z

G7 Foreign Ministers, pinuna ang anila'y mga delikadong hakbang ng China sa West Philippine Sea | 24 Oras Weekend

Pinuna ng G7 Foreign Ministers ang anila'y mga delikadong hakbang ng China sa West Philippine Sea. 24 Oras Weekend is GMA Network’s flagship newscast, anchored by Ivan Mayrina and Pia Arcangel. It airs on GMA-7, Saturdays and Sundays at 5:30 PM (PHL Time). For more videos from 24 Oras Weekend, visit http://www.gmanews.tv/24orasweekend. #GMAIntegratedNews #KapusoStream Breaking news and stories from the Philippines and abroad: GMA Integrated News Portal: http://www.gmanews.tv Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/gmanews TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gmanews Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/gmanews Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/gmanews GMA Network Kapuso programs on GMA Pinoy TV: https://gmapinoytv.com/subscribe

2024-04-20T12:56:30Z

Man arrested after armed robbery in Carrickfergus

Two masked men, one armed with a suspected firearm and one with a knife, threatened staff and patrons.

2024-04-20T12:38:30Z

Russia's Kurgan orders evacuation in some districts as floodwaters rise

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Authorities in the region of Kurgan in Russia's Urals mountains ordered an evacuation from several districts on Saturday due to rising river levels, after large snowfalls melted and heavy rain fell on ground already waterlogged before winter. Russia's Urals region and northern Kazakhstan often suffer flooding at this time of year but are seeing the worst in memory this year and

2024-04-20T10:09:58Z

Marcos urged to deny Church veto bid on Negros Island Region

BACOLOD CITY — A business group in Negros Oriental has asked President Marcos to deny the request of the Diocese of Dumaguete to veto the Negros Island Region (NIR) bill. The Negros Oriental Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. (NOCCII), in a letter to President Marcos on Thursday, April 18, expressed its full support for the NIR, saying the business community of the province was very happy and grateful for the president’s statement that he...

2024-04-20T04:31:55Z

Mayor slams 'racial undertones' of Chinese influx issue in Cagayan

The mayor of Tuguegarao City on Saturday expressed disappointment over what she called a "racist and politicized" issue about the supposed growing number of Chinese students in the province. "Ano po ba ang mali sa'min? Ano po ang mali sa Tuguegarao? Hindi ba puwede mag stay dito ang mga Chinese? Hindi ba puwede mag stay ang mga tao na gusto lang magkaron ng maayos na pagaaral?" asked Mayor Maila Rosario Ting-Que at the Pandesal Forum. (What's...

2024-04-20T07:13:56Z

Police appeal after video of assault shared online

Three teenage girls have been arrested on suspicion of assault and released on bail, police say.

2024-04-20T12:53:26Z

Taiwan’s defense ministry detects 21 Chinese military aircraft

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taipei’s defense ministry said it had detected 21 Chinese military aircraft around the self-ruled island since early morning on Saturday, a month before Taiwan’s May 20 inauguration of incoming president Lai Ching-te. “Seventeen aircraft (of the 21) crossed the median line and its extension, entered our northern, central, and southwestern (air defense identification zone), and joined PLA vessels for joint combat patrol,” it said...

2024-04-20T05:20:45Z

Senator Cynthia Villar, naging taga pag salita kaugnay sa kagandahan ng agrikultura

Senator Cynthia Villar, naging taga pag salita kaugnay sa kagandahan ng agrikultura

2024-04-20T12:06:39Z

South Korean doctors reject govt proposal to end strike

South Korea's leading doctors' body on Saturday rejected a revised medical reform plan from the government, the initial version of which sparked a strike two months ago. The main opposition Democratic Party has also criticised Yoon and urged him to revise the reform plan.

2024-04-20T12:28:44Z

Nine out of 10 are offered first-choice primary

Families in Peterborough need to confirm their choice by 2 May and they may appeal, council says.

2024-04-20T13:53:38Z

NGCP raises yellow alert over Luzon

MANILA, Philippines — The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) raised a yellow alert over Luzon for Saturday. The alert will be effective from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., the NGCP said in an advisory. According to NGCP, the available capacity in Luzon is 12,048 megawatts (MW) but demand is seen to peak at 11,426 MW. READ: Red, yellow alerts raised again in Luzon, Visayas “Twenty-two power plants are on forced outage, while 1 other is running on...

2024-04-20T03:40:41Z

Iloilo execs slam DPWH6’s ‘unresponsiveness’ over flyover

ILOILO CITY — Iloilo City and provincial officials expressed disgust over the failure of the Department of Public Works and Highways in Western Visayas (DPWH-6) to provide them with updates about two controversial flyovers. Councilor Jose Ma. Trimañez, chairperson of Pavia’s town transportation committee, said the DPWH-6 had not given them updates on the P680-million Ungka flyover in Iloilo City and the P802-million Aganan flyover in Pavia town....

2024-04-20T04:01:55Z

Ukraine and Russia trade strikes as US gears up for key vote

Ukraine and Russia both accused each other of deadly strikes on civilians Saturday, as US lawmakers prepared to vote on a $61 billion aid package Kyiv hopes will boost its flagging war effort. Ukraine has in recent months pleaded for more air defences from its Western allies as it struggles to fend off a surge in deadly attacks on civilian infrastructure.

2024-04-20T11:25:21Z

Delivery ng Brahmos Missiles sa Pilipinas, inanunsiyo sa India pero 'di pa kinukumpirma ng gobyerno | 24 Oras Weekend

Hindi pa man inaanunsiyo ng ating mga awtoridad, ibinalita na sa India na nai-deliver na raw ang mga Brahmos supersonic cruise missile na in-order ng Pilipinas. 24 Oras Weekend is GMA Network’s flagship newscast, anchored by Ivan Mayrina and Pia Arcangel. It airs on GMA-7, Saturdays and Sundays at 5:30 PM (PHL Time). For more videos from 24 Oras Weekend, visit http://www.gmanews.tv/24orasweekend. #GMAIntegratedNews #KapusoStream Breaking news and stories from the Philippines and abroad: GMA Integrated News Portal: http://www.gmanews.tv Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/gmanews TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gmanews Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/gmanews Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/gmanews GMA Network Kapuso programs on GMA Pinoy TV: https://gmapinoytv.com/subscribe

2024-04-20T12:56:28Z

Mega Millions winning numbers for April 19 drawing: Jackpot climbs to $178 million

The Mega Millions jackpot climbed to $178 million after the April 19 drawing. Did anyone win Friday's prize?

2024-04-20T01:07:40Z

Solon to VP Duterte: Show some decency by resigning from DepEd

MANILA, Philippines — A lawmaker has urged Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte to resign from her post as the chief of the Department of Education (DepEd). In a statement on Friday evening, Manila 3rd District Representative Joel Chua asserted that “it is time for accountability for VP Sara Duterte and the Duterte family.” READ: Marcos urged: Rethink keeping VP as education chief “The Vice President should show some decency by...

2024-04-20T07:32:00Z

Hate preacher Abu Hamza 'is as dangerous as ever' US prison bosses say

Prison heads in the US have given several hundred pages of evidence against the hookhanded cleric of hate.

2024-04-20T11:07:38Z

Man struck and killed on motorway

The 48-year-old was struck by a lorry between junctions 2 and 3 on the northbound M57 in Knowsley.

2024-04-20T09:08:10Z

BOC stops smuggling of over 80 live spiders in Pasay

Customs operatives have thwarted the attempted smuggling of over 80 live young spiders or spiderlings at the Central Mail Exchange Center (CMEC) in Pasay City. The Bureau of Customs (BOC) unit at the Port of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) intercepted the spiderlings, which arrived via parcel mail with contents declared as "origami" products. "Eighty-four (84) live spiderlings were found during the physical examination of the customs...

2024-04-20T13:10:57Z

Tuguegarao mayor says foreign students have nothing to do with Edca

MANILA, Philippines — Tuguegarao Mayor Maila Ting-Que defended the presence of foreign students in Cagayan province, saying they have nothing to do with the country’s military pact with the US. Ting-Que said in a forum on Saturday that foreign students were already present in Cagayan even before the announcement that a site under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Arrangement (Edca) will be built in the province. She said schools in Cagayan have...

2024-04-20T07:01:58Z

NSC probes reported influx of Chinese students in Tuguegarao City

MANILA, Philippines — The National Security Council (NSC) is currently investigating the reported influx of Chinese students in Tuguegarao City, according to NSC Assistant Director General Jonathan Malaya on Saturday. Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva had earlier urged the NSC to look into the alleged sudden increase in the number of Chinese students in schools and universities in the city, raising concerns about national security. READ:...

2024-04-20T07:05:46Z

Ukraine's 1-ton payload drones can help retake Crimea as Kyiv seeks to destroy bridge: report

Ukraine has used drones, a relatively cheap weapon compared to the larger war machines Russia deploys. The latest in its drone arsenal are two sea drones that can carry up to one-ton of explosives.

2024-04-20T12:14:01Z

Iraq's PMF force says base was attacked, army investigates

By Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) -A huge blast at a military base in Iraq early on Saturday killed a member of an Iraqi security force that includes Iran-backed groups. The force commander said it was an attack while the army said it was investigating and there were no warplanes in the sky at the time. Two security sources had said earlier that an airstrike caused the blast, which killed a

2024-04-20T12:20:22Z

Two die in ongoing Israeli raid in West Bank, Palestinian Health Ministry says

By Ali Sawafta NUR SHAMS, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli forces exchanged fire with Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank on Saturday in the second day of a raid that has so far left at least two people dead, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. Israeli forces launched the raid on the Nur Shams area, near the Palestinian city of Tulkarm, on Friday. A number of militants were

2024-04-20T10:55:15Z

Fighting flares at Myanmar-Thai border as rebels target stranded junta troops

(Reuters) -Fighting raged at Myanmar's eastern frontier with Thailand on Saturday, witnesses and Thailand's government said, forcing nearly 1,700 civilians to flee as rebels pressed to flush out junta troops holed up for days at a bridge border crossing. Resistance fighters and ethnic minority rebels seized the key trading town of Myawaddy on the Myanmar side of the frontier on April 11, a big

2024-04-20T14:50:43Z

China says AUKUS risks nuclear proliferation in Pacific

China's foreign minister on Saturday accused Western powers in the AUKUS security pact of provoking division and risking nuclear proliferation in the South Pacific. AUKUS also "raises serious nuclear proliferation risks", the Chinese foreign minister told reporters after meeting with his Papua New Guinea counterpart Justin Tkatchenko.

2024-04-20T11:33:40Z

UK minister writes to London police over 'openly Jewish' comment

LONDON (Reuters) - British interior minister James Cleverly has written to London's Metropolitan Police after an officer stopped a man who was wearing a traditional kippah cap from crossing a road during a pro-Palestinian march on the grounds he was "openly Jewish". The charity Campaign Against ­Antisemitism released a video late on Thursday which showed a police officer preventing Gideon Falter,

2024-04-20T10:03:28Z

Iran's foreign minister downplays drone attack, says Tehran investigating

By Jasper Ward and Nidal al-Mughrabi WASHINGTON/CAIRO (Reuters) - Iran's foreign minister on Friday said Tehran was investigating an overnight attack on Iran, adding that so far a link to Israel had not been proven as he downplayed the strike. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian told NBC News the drones took off from inside Iran and flew for a few hundred meters before being downed.

2024-04-20T11:40:24Z

Togo constitutional changes spark calls for popular protests

By Alice Lawson LOME (Reuters) -Some of Togo's opposition parties and civil society groups on Saturday renewed their calls for widespread popular protests a day after lawmakers approved constitutional changes likely to extend the 19-year rule of President Faure Gnassingbe. In a statement, the Dynamique Pour la Majorité du Peuple (DMP) opposition coalition and other signatories said the changes,

2024-04-20T14:36:16Z

Explosive device found at flat after police raid

An explosive device was found at a flat after a police raid, officers have said. The improvised item was found in Ellis Place, Liverpool by a bomb disposal team on Friday afternoon, Merseyside Police said. It was removed to New Brighton where a controlled explosion took place. Flats and businesses around Ellis Place were evacuated but residents wer...

2024-04-20T09:53:13Z

PH eyeing to sign RAA with Japan before 2024 ends —NSC

The National Security Council said Saturday that it is targeting to sign a Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) with Japan before the end of the year. “The arrangement with Japan, the RAA, ang target po ng ating bansa is before the end of the year mapirmahan na iyan," said NSC Assistant Director General Jonathan Malaya at the Saturday News Forum. (Our country’s target is it will be signed before the end of the year.) Malaya also added that "more...

2024-04-20T12:00:46Z

Landlord speaks out after pub sign goes viral

The Lower Red Lion's chalkboard sign was viewed by about 75 million people online.

2024-04-20T05:53:29Z

Marcos urged: Rethink keeping VP as education chief

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. should rethink whether he should continue having an alter ego who “constantly undermines him,” a lawmaker said on Friday after first lady Liza Araneta-Marcos admitted she was displeased and hurt by Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte’s response to a personal attack against her husband. The President’s wife referred to how Duterte reacted with laughter when the Vice President’s father, former...

2024-04-19T21:46:46Z