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Man jailed after postman killed by dangerous driving

Barrie Barker was found guilty for causing the death of Leeds father Alex Firth in April 2022.

State of calamity set in Cebu due to heat

MANILA, Philippines — Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia is placing the province under a state of calamity because of the intense heat and the lingering impact of the El Niño phenomenon. Garcia is set to issue an executive order for the declaration, which will be followed by a resolution set to be passed by the provincial board next week. “This prompts us to think about ways and means of addressing this huge challenge, not necessarily giving ayuda. But...

"Putin is preparing a long war against the West"

The German newspaper Die Welt has just revealed the existence of a 17-page peace agreement that could have ended the war in Ukraine just weeks after Russia invaded. Negotiators from both sides had worked hard on it between February and April 2022, and the original version of this special document has now fallen into the hands of German media. "In March 2022, only a few conditions were still missing from the resolution of the conflict, which was...

Putin and Xi no longer have a partnership of equals

Vladimir Putin’s visit to China was a show of strength, but in reality he needs Beijing's support for his war in Ukraine.

Army told of ‘changing’ battlefield: Up skills vs ‘new forms of warfare’

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Army (PA) was encouraged to upgrade their skills as the country is facing a shifting battleground that “will go beyond traditional war-fighting.” President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. went to Camp Edilberto Evangelista in Cagayan de Oro City on Thursday and urged soldiers from the PA’s 4th Infantry Division (4ID): “Times are changing and we are facing new threats now to our nation’s security. The battlefield is...

Conviction of accused must rest, not on weakness of defense, but on strength of prosecution

Dear PAO, My cousin filed a criminal case, which was heard in court but was eventually dismissed. My cousin said that the assailant only presented one witness, while he had several witnesses who testified for him, and he submitted a good number of evidence. So, we really could not understand why or how the case was dismissed. According to a paralegal officer my cousin spoke with, the evidence that my cousin submitted was not enough to prove the...

5 students from Iloilo, Davao, Leyte, Zamboanga get US scholarships

Five students from the provinces will soon set foot in Ivy League schools after securing scholarships under the United States Embassy's EducationUSA. Kyle Abello, Keene Dampal and Matt Sareno received full ride scholarships to the elite schools, while Bea Sanagustin and Ellen Yabut secured financial grants to their respective colleges after undergoing the College Prep Program (CPP) of the Embassy. Batch valedictorian Abello from Tacloban City,...

Russia’s Putin eyes greater support from China for Ukraine war effort

In a visit also focused on trade, the Russian leader hails the partnership with China that guarantees energy security.

'Glue Lady' nabbed for scamming seniors at ATMs

A woman dubbed the “Glue Lady” was arrested for allegedly stealing money from senior citizens withdrawing from ATM Machines. According to a 24 Oras report by John Consulta on Friday, the woman was arrested in an operation in Lipa, Batangas. “Ang modus niya ay kunwari aalalayan niya ang mga matatanda para makapagwithdraw. Yun pala, gagamit siya ng glue at pag umalis na yung biktima, siya na ang magwiwithdraw ng pera,” said PNP PRO4A Regional...

Ukrainian strike on Crimea airbase destroys three Russian warplanes, satellite firm says

KYIV (Reuters) - A long-range Ukrainian strike on the Moscow-controlled Belbek airbase in occupied Crimea destroyed three Russian warplanes and a fuel facility near its main runway this week, U.S. commercial satellite company Maxar said. The company cited satellite imagery taken on Thursday as showing that two MiG-31 fighter jets and an Su-27 fighter jet had been destroyed. It said one MiG-29

7 Chinese sailors found in anchored ship in San Felipe, Zambales

At least seven Chinese crew members were found in a foreign-owned vessel anchored in the vicinity waters off San Felipe, Zambales on Thursday. According to a report by Ian Cruz in “24 Oras”, MT Hyperline 988 is registered under Sierra Leone, but a Philippine flag can be seen waving on top of it. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) was not able to immediately detect the vessel because its automatic identification system was turned off. The PCG...

How could the rest of the war in Ukraine unfold in 2024?

Heathrow Airport Border Force workers to strike during half term

Heathrow Airport Border Force workers to strike during half term - More than 500 union members will walk off the job on May 31 and June 1 and 2

Man arrested over reports of sexual assaults

All the reports were made on Friday morning in three areas of Stoke-on-Trent, say police.

Senegal PM questions French military presence

Senegal's Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has questioned the military presence of former colonial ruler France, which has several bases in the West African nation, saying it impinged on Dakar's sovereignty. Sonko, who said he was addressing the students as the head of his party and not as prime minister, stressed he sought cooperation with other countries "based on mutual respect and the legitimate aspirations of every nation for sovereignty".

Philippines to buy 5 coast guard ships from Japan

(UPDATE) THE Philippines has agreed to buy five coast guard patrol ships from Japan in a deal worth more than $400 million, Manila said Friday, as the Southeast Asian country faces growing Chinese pressure in the South China Sea. Japan will loan the Philippines 64.38 billion yen ($413 million) to buy the five 97-meter Multi-Role Response Vessels and pay for the "development of the required support facilities," the Department of Foreign Affairs...

PC guilty of assaulting woman over bus fare arrest

PC Perry Lathwood is guilty of assaulting Jocelyn Agyemang during an arrest in Croydon.

China’s new trespassing rule is illegal, illegitimate — experts

SUBIC, Zambales — China’s new policy allowing its coast guard to detain foreigners deemed “illegally crossing” its borders – including those in the Philippine exclusive economic zone (EEZ) – is illegitimate and illegal under international law, experts said on Friday. A South China Morning Post report said this new rule, which was announced on Thursday, “coincides with the arrival at Scarborough (Panatag) Shoal of a group of civilians and...

Ex-PC who headbutted prisoner guilty of misconduct

Scott Walton assaulted the handcuffed suspect after being attacked, a misconduct hearing is told.

Israeli military says forces seized bodies of hostages from Gaza

Israeli military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari says forces seized bodies of hostages Shani Louk, Amit Buskila and Yitzhak Gelernter from Gaza.

PC sacked after having sex with vulnerable woman

Avon and Somerset Police officer Ross Knox "abused his position of trust", a hearing is told.

Two men found guilty of murdering boy at flat

Mr Marshall-Williams was with a friend when the two men stabbed him in a ferocious attack.

Hammer accused said he had sleepwalked before

The boy said he was sleepwalking when he attacked two students and a housemaster with a claw hammer.

Vhong Navarro case: Last convict now in Bilibid

MANILA, Philippines — Businessman Ferdinand Guerrero, the last of four people convicted of the serious illegal detention for ransom of actor-host Vhong Navarro, was transferred to the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa yesterday. The transfer came after Guerrero surrendered to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Thursday night. In a statement, Bureau of Corrections chief Gregorio Catapang Jr. said NBI operatives turned Guerrero...

Ukraine restores consular services for military-age men abroad

(Reuters) - Ukraine will lift a temporary ban it imposed on consular services for military-age men living abroad starting on Saturday, the foreign ministry said. Hundreds of thousands of military-age Ukrainian men are living abroad, while the country faces an acute shortage of troops to help it defend itself against Russia's full-scale invasion. Kyiv introduced the ban in April citing a need for

Canadian in P9.68 billion shabu haul nabbed

MANILA, Philippines — A Canadian tagged as the prime suspect in smuggling 1.4 tons of shabu worth P9.68 billion seized in Alitagtag, Batangas last month was arrested in Tagaytay on Thursday night. Thomas Gordon O’Quinn was apprehended by intelligence operatives of the National Capital Region Police Office, Calabarzon police and Bureau of Immigration at a spa in Barangay Maitim II. O’Quinn, also known as James Toby Martin, was arrested based on a...

NBP strip search: BuCor denies whitewash of probe

MANILA, Philippines — Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) chief Gregorio Catapang Jr. yesterday denounced allegations of a possible whitewash in the investigation of strip searches on female visitors of inmates at the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City. This pronouncement came after rights group Karapatan expressed its concern about the possibility of a cover-up after the bureau relieved low-ranking corrections officers instead of their...

Israel tells World Court South Africa case makes a mockery of genocide

THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Israel defended the military necessity of its Gaza offensive on Friday at the International Court of Justice and asked judges to throw out a request by South Africa to order it to halt operations in Rafah and withdraw from the Palestinian territory. Israeli Justice Ministry official Gilad Noam called South Africa's case, which accuses Israel of violating the Genocide

France blames Azerbaijan for New Caledonia violence: Unpacking their spat

Azerbaijan previously condemned French colonialism in overseas territories. France backed Armenia on Nagorno-Karabakh.

Putin's cronies weaponising Britain's courts to pursue opponents

Despite the Government's tough talk on sanctions, since the war began it has recruited an extra 100 civil servants to rubber stamp legal licences for rogue Russians looking to spend their seized millions.

Three boys arrested after armed robbery on bus

A boy, 11 and two 12 year olds are arrested after knives were seized on the bus in Sutton Coldfield.

PH fishers spot pipe installation off Scarborough – ‘Atin Ito’ leader

SUBIC, Zambales — Filipino fisherfolk saw a pipe installation in waters near the Scarborough (Panatag) Shoal, according to a team leader of an NGO that initiated a civilian mission in the West Philippine Sea. Mark Figueras, team leader of the “Atin Ito” convoy’s advance boat, said fishers could go 50 to 100 meters close to the low-tide elevation before this suspected construction off the sandbar which began last month. “Now, they have been...

NWRB lowers water allocation for Metro Manila

The National Water Resources Board (NWRB) on Friday said it has lowered the water allocation for Metro Manila. The move, however, will not mean water supply interruptions, assured the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). DENR Undersecretary Carlos Primo David said the allocation for the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System was reduced from 50 cubic meters per second to 49 cubic meters per second starting yesterday until...

New leader of Wales loses support of nationalists

LONDON (Reuters) - The newly installed leader of the semi-autonomous government of Wales, Vaughan Gething, was left weakened on Friday when the nationalist Plaid Cymru party ended its cooperation agreement with his Welsh Labour party. Rhun ap Iorwerth, Plaid Cymru's leader, said he pulled the party out of the deal due to his concerns about a 200,000-pound ($254,140) donation to Gething's party

Landlord sentenced for harassing council staff

Fergus Wilson will serve a suspended prison sentence after breaching an injunction.

Eleven jailed for organised Class A drugs ring

Eleven people are sentenced for their role in a drugs gang operating in Cheltenham and Gloucester.

Russian guided bombs kill three, injure 28 in Ukraine's Kharkiv

(Corrects headline to read three dead, 28 injured) (Reuters) -Russian guided bombs killed at least three people and injured 28 in the northeastern Ukraine city of Kharkiv on Friday, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said on Telegram. Regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov had earlier put the death toll at one, with four of the injured in serious condition. Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city, and the

Ukraine allows some convicts to join armed forces in manpower push

(Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signed a law allowing some convicts to join the armed forces as it battles to hold the line against Russian offensives in Ukraine's northeast, east and south, the parliamentary database showed on Friday. Manpower has long been an issue for Kyiv's military as it fights a much larger and better-equipped foe. The problem has grown more acute in recent months,

Woman dies after getting shot while buying cigarettes in Cebu City

A woman in Cebu City was shot on her nape while on her way to buy a cigarette. According to a James Agustin’s report in "Saksi" on Friday, the 47-year-old victim was still able to report to the investigators about the incident after being rushed to the hospital. But she died after more than eight hours after she was shot. The police said that the victim knows the suspect. They are looking into personal vengeance as a possible motive behind the...

51 nabbed in 2-day drug operations

MANILA, Philippines — Fifty-one people were arrested and nearly P86 million worth of illegal drugs were confiscated in Metro Manila during anti-narcotics operations conducted by the National Capital Region Police Office over two days. The NCRPO reported that over 12.6 kilos of methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu and 165 grams of marijuana valued at P85.8 million were confiscated in 31 operations in the region on Thursday and yesterday. NCRPO...

CHR sees enhanced mandate with passage of Magna Carta of Children bill

MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) believes the passage of House Bill (HB) No. 10159, or the proposed Magna Carta of Children, will strengthen its mandate, designating the commission as the country’s watchdog on the matter. CHR in a statement on Friday said that HB No. 10159 also would ensure that provisions in the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) are implemented properly. HB No. 10159,...

Man who sought revenge for a stolen phone pleads guilty to fire that killed a Senegalese family of 5

DENVER (AP) — A Colorado man pleaded guilty Friday to a house fire that killed five members of a Senegalese family in 2020 in a case of misplaced revenge caused by mistakenly tracking his stolen iPhone to the home. Kevin Bui pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder. A plea deal reached between the defendant and prosecutors proposes a sentence of up to 60 years in prison -- 30 years for each count. The maximum penalty for each count...

Kremlin warns tensions could spill into WW3

'We warn that they are playing with fire. (The US) have long been in a state of proxy war with the Russian Federation,' Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said

Chaos in Wales as Plaid Cymru collapses power-sharing deal with Labour

Welsh nationalists Plaid Cymru today pulled out of their co-operation agreement in the Senedd that gives Mr Gething's administration a majority.

Suspect gave minor victim a ride, meal before raping her

A man was arrested for allegedly raping a 15-year-old Grade 10 student in Metro Manila. According to a "24 Oras" report by Emil Sumangil on Friday, the victim was on her way to a classmate’s house to finish an assignment when she passed by the suspect. “Pinilit po siya na sumakay sa motor. Sinasabihan siya, marami na akong tinulungan ng mga ganito… Strangers na binibigyan ko ng pera,” said the victim’s mother “Clarisse," (He forced her to ride...

Sandigan ruling on JPE plunder cases out in June

MANILA, Philippines — A decade since its filing, the plunder case against Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile, his former chief of staff Jessica Lucila “Gigi” Reyes and detained businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles will finally be decided next month. In a text message to The STAR, Sandiganbayan Third Division executive clerk of court Dennis Pulma confirmed that the promulgation of decision on the plunder case of Enrile, Reyes and...

‘Ice chest murder’ suspect arrested

MANILA, Philippines — The suspect who allegedly killed a woman and stuffed her body in an ice chest in Trece Martires, Cavite was arrested in Pasay City on Thursday afternoon. The suspect, whom police identified as alias Wilson, was apprehended along EDSA in Pasay at around 3:30 p.m. Lt. Col. Michael Batoctoy, Trece Martires police chief, said a tracker team pursued Wilson after he confessed to killing 25-year-old Mari Joy Singayan at his...

China Coast Guard empowered to detain South China ‘trespassers’

Philippine ignores ‘empty threat’ MANILA, Philippines — China is now looking at detaining for 60 days without trial suspected violators of its exit and entry laws covering what it considers its territorial waters, including almost the entire South China Sea. The new rules, which Beijing intends to enforce by June 15, were made public yesterday following the success of the Atin Ito Coalition’s civilian peace and solidarity resupply mission to...

Hundreds more French police start deploying to secure New Caledonia

By Kirsty Needham and Camille Raynaud SYDNEY/PARIS (Reuters) -French police reinforcements began arriving in New Caledonia on Friday in a massive push to regain control of the capital, the top French official in the Pacific island territory said, after rioting in which four people were killed and hundreds arrested. After three nights of upheaval, Thursday night was relatively quiet and calls for

Lawmakers back filing of case vs Tarlac Mayor Guo

MANILA, Philippines — The plan of the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) to file a quo warranto case against Mayor Alice Guo of Bamban town in Tarlac got the backing of two members of the House of Representatives. A quo warranto is a legal remedy that is used to challenge a person’s rights to hold a public or corporate office. At a briefing last Thursday, Reps. Bienvenido Abante Jr. of Manila and Zia Alonto Adiong of Lanao del Sur declared...