Leon exits PAR as it weakens into a storm

Charie Abarca, Gilbert S. Gaviola - @inquirerdotnet 11/01/2024

MANILA, Philippines – Leon (international name: Kong-rey) has exited the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) and has weakened from a typhoon to a severe tropical storm early Friday morning, November 1. That is according to the state…

US: 8,000 North Korean troops at Ukraine’s border ready for combat

Associated Press 11/01/2024

WASHINGTON — Some 8,000 North Korean soldiers are now in Russia near Ukraine’s border and are preparing to help the Kremlin fight against Ukrainian troops in the coming days, the Biden administration said Thursday. The new figure…

Harris slams ‘offensive’ Trump as rivals go west

Agence France Presse 11/01/2024

MADISON, United States — Kamala Harris clapped back Thursday at Donald Trump over what she called his “very offensive” remarks about women, returning reproductive rights to the fore as the rivals took their knife-edge White House race…

Kong-rey among biggest typhoons to hit Taiwan in decades

Agence France Presse 11/01/2024

KEELUNG, Taiwan — Typhoon Kong-rey slammed into Taiwan on Thursday as one of the biggest storms to hit the island in decades, whipping up 10-metre waves, triggering floods and claiming at least one life. Packing maximum wind…

‘Spiderman,’ ‘Son Goku’ apologize for Transcentral Highway stunt

Emmariel Ares 10/31/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Two men, who dressed up as popular characters Spiderman and Son Goku, have apologized for the stunt they pulled while creating social media content along the Cebu Transcentral Highway last Sunday, October 27.…

Spain: Rescuers race to save victims as floods kill 95

Agence France Presse 10/31/2024

SEDAVI, Spain — Spain braced for a heavier human toll on Wednesday after 95 people died in flash floods that launched muddy waters through towns, tossed cars and wreaked transport havoc. Rescuers were expected to find more…

Harris fends off ‘garbage’ fallout, Trump pushes ‘cheating’ claims

Agence France Presse 10/31/2024

HARRISBURG, United States — Kamala Harris on Wednesday was forced to distance herself from comments by President Joe Biden that appeared to label Donald Trump supporters “garbage,” as the US election entered its final week. Harris traveled…

Mandaue: Petition to junk Mayor Cortes’ candidacy filed at Comelec

Mary Rose Sagarino 10/31/2024

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — A petition seeking to disqualify the candidacy of dismissed Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes was filed in the Commission on Elections (Comelec). In a 12-page petition, Ines Corbo Necesario and Julia Oporto Narte…

Lapu-Lapu drug bust yields P13.9M shabu, nets a ‘bodegero’

Futch Anthony Inso 10/30/2024

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — A 31-year-old man from Cebu City was caught with P13.9 million worth of suspected shabu during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Pusok, Lapu-Lapu City at past 8 p.m. of October 29. The man…

Lapu-Lapu: Man threatens neighbors with rifle grenade, gets jailed

Emmariel Ares and Paul Lauro 10/30/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A man from Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu will be spending some time in jail after he was arrested for carrying a rifle grenade and posing a threat to others on Monday evening, October 28.…

Malacañang junks complaints against Gwen on Cebu BRT

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/30/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Malacañang has dismissed the complaints filed against Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia over the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin junked the case lodged by dismissed Cebu City Mayor Michael…

Consolacion brawl: Man shot, wounded by rival gang member

Emmariel Ares and Paul Lauro 10/30/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines —  A group of individuals, believed to be members of rival gangs, engaged in a brawl inside a food park in Brgy. Pitogo, Consolacion town, northern Cebu on early Wednesday morning, October 30. The…

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