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Another first: PCG to deploy six ships for US, PH war games

MANILA, Philippines — For the first time, the Philippines Coast Guard (PCG) will deploy six vessels for the expanding Balikatan war games in view of the mounting tensions in the West Philippine Sea. PCG spokesperson Rear Admiral Armand Balilo on Wednesday said four 44-meter multi-role response vessels (MRRVs) and two larger patrol vessels will be deployed in the exercise which will commence next week. In another first, there will be trilateral...

2024-04-18T07:04:51Z

Paniniket sa light vehicles na dumaraan sa nat'l roads, pansamantalang ipinatigil ni PBBM | UB

Unang Balita is the news segment of GMA Network's daily morning program, Unang Hirit. It's anchored by Arnold Clavio, Susan Enriquez, Ivan Mayrina, and Mariz Umali, and airs on GMA-7 Mondays to Fridays at 5:30 AM (PHL Time). For more videos from Unang Balita, visit http://www.gmanetwork.com/unangbalita. #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

2024-04-18T23:10:16Z

Find out how all 39 late presidents passed away

Since the death of George Washington on December 14, 1799, the United States has lost 39 of its presidents. Although the exact causes of death are not clear for all of them, it is certain that some of them met unnatural, painful ends. The oldest president to pass away was George H. W. Bush at the ripe old age of 94, while the life of the youngest, John F. Kennedy, ended tragically at the age of 46. This gallery gives an insight into the different circumstances surrounding the death of each American president, from assassinations to heart attacks and more. Click through to find out how each US president died.

2024-01-17T16:04:58Z

Former students help transform old school bus into e-learning hub

Former students of a school in Laoag, Ilocos Norte got together to transform an old bus into a hub for learning, according to the report of GMA Regional TV North Central Luzon on "Saksi." The school bus has been transformed into a high-tech e-learning center that is fully airconditioned, equipped with computers and laptops, and with internet connection. The idea was put forward by the Class of 1996 to fix up the bus that was no longer used to...

2024-04-18T21:07:34Z

Prisoner not checked on overnight, inquest hears

Craig Anderson was not subject to checks because he was not listed as vulnerable, an inquest hears.

2024-04-18T18:37:17Z

China is using civilian space exploration to mask its military efforts

NASA warned China is using its civilian exploration program as a cover for its military programs claiming territory on the moon. The US now is in a race to put Americans on the moon.

2024-04-18T19:17:03Z

Kenya’s military chief among 10 people killed in helicopter crash

Air force sends an investigative team to establish cause of crash that killed General Francis Ogolla.

2024-04-18T18:58:07Z

At UN, Iran warns Israel against further military action

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran told the United Nations Security Council on Thursday that Israel "must be compelled to stop any further military adventurism against our interests" as the U.N. secretary-general warned that the Middle East was in a "moment of maximum peril." Israel has said it will retaliate against Iran's April 13 missile and drone attack, which Tehran says

2024-04-18T18:57:28Z

Papua New Guinea leader says China, Australia visits show 'robust' ties with major powers

By Kirsty Needham (Reuters) - Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape said on Friday he looked forward to visits by China's foreign minister and Australia's prime minister in the coming days that demonstrated strong ties with countries accounting for more than 70% of its trade. The high-level visits showed Papua New Guinea's "strategic role and its robust diplomatic relations with major

2024-04-18T22:47:38Z

Illuminating facts about the Age of Enlightenment

The Enlightenment, also known as the Age of Reason, was an intellectual and philosophical movement that occurred in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries. Enlightenment thinkers in Britain, France, and throughout Europe questioned traditional authority and embraced the notion that humanity could be improved through rational change. Challenging political and religious conventions, the Enlightenment produced numerous books, essays, inventions, scientific discoveries, laws, wars, and revolutions. Intrigued? Click through the following gallery for the movement's core beliefs, and even some of its common misconceptions.

2023-12-15T08:13:56Z

Eurovision will have heightened security as police fear terror attacks

Pro-Palestinian activists are planning two large demonstrations to protest at Israel's participation in Eurovision, as the conflict in the Middle East threatens to overshadow the pop music festival.

2024-04-18T18:06:35Z

Dozens arrested as US college Gaza protest cleared

Democrat politician Ilhan Omar's daughter has also been suspended from college for participating.

2024-04-18T19:21:33Z

Dating Rep. Egay Erice kaugnay sa P18B election contract ng Miru Systems - This is a robbery in progress | UB

Unang Balita is the news segment of GMA Network's daily morning program, Unang Hirit. It's anchored by Arnold Clavio, Susan Enriquez, Ivan Mayrina, and Mariz Umali, and airs on GMA-7 Mondays to Fridays at 5:30 AM (PHL Time). For more videos from Unang Balita, visit http://www.gmanetwork.com/unangbalita. #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

2024-04-18T22:25:15Z

Arrest over alleged Russia plot to kill Zelensky

Prosecutors say the man was tasked with getting information on an airport used by Ukraine's leader.

2024-04-18T20:36:35Z

Iginiit ng ilang unibersidad at kolehiyo sa Tuguegarao City na walang basehan ang ulat na dumarami ang Chinese students sa Cagayan Province | UB

Unang Balita is the news segment of GMA Network's daily morning program, Unang Hirit. It's anchored by Arnold Clavio, Susan Enriquez, Ivan Mayrina, and Mariz Umali, and airs on GMA-7 Mondays to Fridays at 5:30 AM (PHL Time). For more videos from Unang Balita, visit http://www.gmanetwork.com/unangbalita. #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

2024-04-18T22:25:15Z

Opposition calls for boycott of Moldova EU referendum

By Alexander Tanas CHISINAU (Reuters) - The leader of Moldova's leftist opposition urged voters on Thursday to boycott a referendum on backing the country's drive to join the European Union, saying pro-European President Maia Sandu was using the plebiscite to help her win re-election. Sandu has denounced Russia's war in Ukraine and identified Moscow and endemic corruption as the biggest threats

2024-04-18T22:17:29Z

China: US missile system in PH worsens tensions in Asia Pacific

China has expressed "grave concern" over the US' deployment of a medium-range missile system in the Asia Pacific, saying it worsens tensions in the region and increases the risk of misjudgment and miscalculation. Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Lin Jian made the remark when asked for China's comment on the mid-range capability missile system known as Typhon being placed in the Philippines amid joint military exercises in the...

2024-04-18T18:07:41Z

Chinese cities sinking under their own weight

Extracting ground water for growing urban populations causes half of China's big cities to sink.

2024-04-18T18:06:32Z

Candidates challenged on controversial busway plan

Villagers challenge parliamentary candidates about plans to build a new busway in Cambridgeshire.

2024-04-18T17:37:40Z

Pinsala sa agrikultura dahil sa epekto ng El Niño, umabot na sa P104.5M | UB

Unang Balita is the news segment of GMA Network's daily morning program, Unang Hirit. It's anchored by Arnold Clavio, Susan Enriquez, Ivan Mayrina, and Mariz Umali, and airs on GMA-7 Mondays to Fridays at 5:30 AM (PHL Time). For more videos from Unang Balita, visit http://www.gmanetwork.com/unangbalita. #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

2024-04-18T22:25:15Z

Woman rescued 10 years after Chibok kidnapping

The Islamist group Boko Haram seized 276 girls from a school in Chibok in 2014

2024-04-18T22:36:28Z

US stops UN from recognizing a Palestinian state through membership

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United States on Thursday effectively stopped the United Nations from recognizing a Palestinian state by casting a veto in the Security Council to deny Palestinians full membership of the world body. It vetoed a draft resolution that recommended to the 193-member U.N. General Assembly that "the State of Palestine be admitted to membership" of the

2024-04-18T22:17:31Z

Rights violations victims react to Marcos on apology, ill-gotten wealth

One of the victims of human rights violations said those who suffered under Martial Law preferred justice over an apology. Former Social Welfare and Development Secretary Judy Taguiwalo, who was detained in 1973, made the statement after President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said an apology to victims of rights violations was "personal to the Marcos family." "We are not asking for an apology, we are demanding justice and an end to impunity,"...

2024-04-18T13:02:19Z

China told: ‘Peace-loving’ nations won’t take US-PH-Japan meet as threat

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said the recent trilateral summit of the Philippines, Japan, and the United States should not be deemed as a threat “by any peace-loving country.” It explained anew that the goal of the historic three-way talks was to promote peace as it responds to the Philippines’ development needs. “It is the sovereign choice and decision of the Philippines to strengthen our alliance with the...

2024-04-18T04:19:49Z

Columbia students arrested for days-long 'solidarity with Gaza'

NYPD arrests students at Columbia University for days-long 'solidarity with Gaza.'

2024-04-18T20:04:54Z

Ukraine seeks G7, NATO help for battered air defences

By Crispian Balmer and Angelo Amante CAPRI, Italy (Reuters) -Ukraine warned foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) major powers on Thursday they had to change strategy if they wanted Kyiv to withstand increasingly destructive Russian air assaults. G7 ministers meeting on the island of Capri acknowledged the need to get more air defence systems to Ukraine and applauded Ukrainian Foreign

2024-04-18T17:57:26Z

Hindi sikreto ang sinasabing 'gentleman's agreement' nina FPRRD at Chinese Pres. Xi Jinping | UB

Unang Balita is the news segment of GMA Network's daily morning program, Unang Hirit. It's anchored by Arnold Clavio, Susan Enriquez, Ivan Mayrina, and Mariz Umali, and airs on GMA-7 Mondays to Fridays at 5:30 AM (PHL Time). For more videos from Unang Balita, visit http://www.gmanetwork.com/unangbalita. #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

2024-04-18T22:10:13Z

Solomon Islands election count underway, China critic Suidani regains seat

By Kirsty Needham (Reuters) - A prominent Solomon Islands critic of China, the ousted former governor of Malaita province Daniel Suidani, has been reelected, local media reported on Friday, as counting continues in an election being closely watched by China, the U.S. and Australia. The first results in national and provincial elections held in the Solomon Islands are expected to be announced on

2024-04-18T21:52:42Z

BNP Paribas must face lawsuit over Sudanese genocide, US judge rules

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - BNP Paribas was ordered by a U.S. judge on Thursday to face a lawsuit accusing the French bank of helping Sudan's government commit genocide between 1997 and 2011 by providing banking services that violated American sanctions. U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein in Manhattan found "too many facts" showing a relationship between BNP Paribas' financing

2024-04-18T22:13:02Z

Man, 64, jailed for hoax terror threats

Gary Preston sent white powder and threatening letters to schools, a hotel and a shopping centre.

2024-04-18T19:07:20Z

Columbine school shooters glorified by young followers: Inside the scary online obsession

Twenty-five years after the Columbine shooting, young people who weren't born when it happened are glorifying the killers on social media platforms.

2024-04-18T09:32:20Z

In Serbian village, women fight to escape encroaching mine

By Ivana Sekularac and Marko Djurica KRIVELJ, Serbia (Reuters) - Before dawn, 78-year-old Vukosava Radivojevic prepared breakfast for her husband then walked into her village in eastern Serbia to guard a barricade stopping trucks entering an open-pit copper mine that residents say is contaminating local land and water. Radivojevic is one of two dozen women who since January took shifts day and

2024-04-18T19:32:22Z

Penny Mordaunt may use sword to open new Aldi

The MP referenced the 17th century ceremonial blade she carried at King Charles' Coronation.

2024-04-18T20:37:23Z

Hindu nationalist Modi the favourite as India votes

India begins voting Friday in a six-week election with an all but assured victory for Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as a weakened opposition is pushed to the sidelines. - 'Pattern of repression' - Analysts have long expected Modi to triumph against a fractious alliance of more than two dozen parties, who have yet to name a candidate for prime minister.

2024-04-18T21:14:50Z

GPs will no longer be in charge of issuing sick notes, under Rishi Sunak plan

In a major speech, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will claim Britain has a 'sick note culture' and will announce plans to look at GPs no longer being the first port of call

2024-04-18T23:02:40Z

USC tense after valedictorian speech cancelled

The university said it cut the Muslim student's speech over security concerns tied to Middle East.

2024-04-18T19:07:21Z

UN chief: limited, 'sometimes nil' improvement from Israel action on Gaza aid

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Israel's commitments to improve aid access in the Gaza Strip have had "limited and sometimes nil" impact, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday as he pushed for urgent, meaningful and measurable progress to avert famine. The United Nations has long complained of obstacles to getting aid in and distributing it throughout

2024-04-18T19:27:16Z

Poland arrests man over suspected plan to kill Ukraine’s Zelenskyy

Prosecutors say Polish national suspected of supplying information to Russian military intelligence.

2024-04-18T19:33:19Z

Bosnian Serb MPs adopt a report denying the Srebrenica genocide

SARAJEVO (Reuters) -Bosnian Serb lawmakers on Thursday adopted a report denying that the killing of 8,000 Muslims in Srebrenica during the Bosnian war constituted genocide, and thousands of Serbs later protested against a United Nation's resolution to commemorate the atrocity. The massacre in 1995, which happened in the week after the U.N. safe zone of Srebrenica was attacked by Bosnian Serb

2024-04-18T19:27:16Z

Preparations made for Government takeover of Thames Water, reports say

Preparations made for Government takeover of Thames Water, reports say - Thames Water could be effectively nationalised if it goes bust, according to reports in the Guardian newspaper.

2024-04-18T19:50:18Z

Protester committed contempt of court using a sign

Trudi Warner was arrested on March 27 last year for holding up a sign outside an entrance used by jurors at Inner London Crown Court.

2024-04-18T19:21:15Z

Tory activist 'appalled' by party's actions over MP

Fylde MP Mark Menzies strongly disputes claims he asked a party volunteer for £5,000 to pay "bad people".

2024-04-18T22:37:26Z

‘Unconscionable’: US sends dozens to Haiti on deportation flight

Deportations ‘could be a death sentence’, advocates say, as gang violence and instability grip the Caribbean country.

2024-04-18T19:20:53Z

Civilian interrogator defends work at Abu Ghraib, tells jury he was promoted

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A civilian interrogator who worked 20 years ago at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq denied abusing detainees Thursday, and told jurors he was actually promoted for doing a good job. Steven Stefanowicz, who worked for military contractor CACI when he was assigned to Abu Ghraib in 2003 and 2004, has long been a key figure in the abuse scandal that emerged when photos became public showing U.S. soldiers smiling as...

2024-04-18T20:31:17Z

Man in Davao Oriental arrested for beating up his own mother

A 33-year-old man was arrested in Davao Oriental for beating up his own mother, according to GMA Regional TV One Mindanao's report on "State of the Nation." A video footage shows the suspect repeatedly hitting a woman. The children can be seen crying as they tried, in vain, to stop him. According to the police, the mother and her son had a feud for a while that stemmed from an issue relative to the latter's live-in partner. The suspect was...

2024-04-18T21:13:07Z

Middle East crisis: Mirror on the ground in Israel - as fears mount over fresh Iran attack

As concerns grow over another attack from Iran, Israelis in Tel Aviv's Hakarmel Market tell The Mirror's defence correspondent Chris Hughes their thoughts on the conflict

2024-04-18T19:44:49Z

Teacher jailed for 1970s sexual abuse of pupil

Carol Greer carried out the offences on a pupil at Newtownbreda Secondary School between 1971 and 1978.

2024-04-18T18:22:11Z

Scottish government confirms it will abandon 2030 climate target

Net Zero Secretary Mairi McAllen has confirmed the Scottish government is abandoning it's climate change target which claimed to reduce emissions by 75% by 2030.

2024-04-18T18:34:53Z

IAEA notes reported attack on Zaporizhzhia plant, Russia accuses Ukraine

(Reuters) - The U.N.'s nuclear watchdog said on Thursday that officials at Ukraine's Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant had reported a new attempted drone attack on the facility's training centre -- less than two weeks after other similar incidents. Russia-installed officials at the plant, the largest nuclear facility in Europe, said Ukraine was behind the latest incident. Russian

2024-04-18T21:22:24Z

At the world's end, Humza will pipe up: 'It's worse in Wales'

If you're wondering what went wrong with the Hate Crime Act, just know that everyone except Humza Yousaf is to blame.

2024-04-18T23:06:12Z