BFP urges public to follow fire safety measures for New Year’s Eve

Jown Manalo 12/31/2024

MANILA, Philippines — As the country gears up for New Year’s Eve festivities, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) on Tuesday called on the public to stay alert to fire risks and potential scams. In a radio…

2025 National Budget: Marcos vetoes flood control projects

Luisa Cabato 12/31/2024

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. vetoed flood control projects in the 2025 national budget. Based on his veto message sent to Congressional leaders on Monday, the funding for flood control projects in the following regions…

Honeymoons, first foreign trips end in tragic plane crash

The Korea Herald/Asia News Network 12/31/2024

Many of the 175 passengers that passed away in the Jeju Air flight 7C 2216 crash on Sunday had been families on year-end trips, some of whom were children traveling overseas for the first time in their…

Cebu City disaster personnel on red alert on New Year’s Eve

Emmariel Ares 12/31/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Disaster personnel in Cebu City are on a red alert status as they prepare for the coming of the new year. This means that personnel of the Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction and…

Bogo City fire: Probe underway on blaze that killed a one-year-old

Emmariel Ares and Paul Lauro 12/31/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Fire investigators from the Bogo City Fire Station are still to determine what caused the house fire that led to the death of a one-year-old child on Sunday, December 29. Fire Senior Inspector…

Mechanical failure likely cause of Jeju Air plane crash – expert

The Korea Herald/Asia News Network 12/31/2024

As Korean and US authorities launched a joint probe on Tuesday into the crash of a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 at Muan International Airport in South Jeolla Province, which killed 179 passengers and crew, Robert Clifford, a…

Lapu police identify another POI in murder of woman inside e-jeep

Futch Anthony Inso 12/31/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines- Policemen in Lapu-Lapu City have identified another person of interest (POI) in the killing of a 42-year-old woman, who was stabbed to death inside a modern jeepney in Brgy. Ibo in Lapu-Lapu City, on…

Cops warned vs using service firearms for New Year’s celebration

Jason Sigales 12/31/2024

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) cautioned officers against using their service firearms in welcoming New Year 2025, as indiscriminate firing cases rose to 18 on Tuesday, Dec. 31. On Monday, the police logged 15…

Jimmy Carter: State funeral for former President will be Jan. 9

Associated Press 12/31/2024

Former President Jimmy Carter has died at the age of 100. The 39th president of the United States was a Georgia peanut farmer who sought to restore trust in government when he assumed the presidency in 1977…

Fireworks safety tips for a joyful New Year’s Eve celebration

Emmariel Ares 12/31/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Every New Year’s Eve, all kinds of fireworks light up the sky as everyone welcomes the beginning of another year. While fireworks are exciting to see, there are significant risks that come with…

Trump: $5M sex abuse verdict award against him upheld by appeals court

Agence France Presse 12/31/2024

NEW YORK — A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a jury’s finding in a civil case that Donald Trump sexually abused a columnist in an upscale department store dressing room in the mid-1990s. The 2nd U.S.…

Liam Payne: Argentine judge charges 5 people for singer’s death

Associated Press 12/31/2024

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — An Argentine judge confirmed charges against five people in connection with the death of Liam Payne, a former member of musical group One Direction, and ordered preventive prison for two of them for…

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