Sweden, Finland urge residents to be ready for war

Agence France Presse 11/19/2024

STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Sweden on Monday began sending millions of pamphlets advising residents how to prepare for possible war and Finland launched a new website, as Ukraine fights the grinding three-year Russian invasion. The Nordic neighbors have…

Aftermath of 3 typhoons: P500M in damage, 600,000 displaced

The Inquirer Staff - @inquirerdotnet 11/19/2024

MANILA, Philippines — The three tropical cyclones that hit the country in rapid succession over the past week had damaged almost half a billion pesos worth of infrastructure and agriculture and displaced more than 600,000 people, said…

Master plan to improve water quality, sanitation: City supports it

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 11/19/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government has expressed its support to the study that would improve the city’s water quality and sanitation. Earlier, the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) through its general manager, Edgar Donoso,…

Pepito: Filipinos clean up after 6th major storm hit PH in weeks

Agence France Presse 11/18/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Filipinos cleared fallen trees and repaired damaged houses on Monday after the sixth major storm to batter the Philippines in a month smashed flimsy buildings, knocked out power and claimed at least one life.…

Christmas gifts: Let’s just send them to typhoon victims – Marcos

Luisa Cabato - Reporter / @luisacabatoINQ 11/18/2024

MANILA, Philippines — The public are encouraged to extend their compassion and support to the people affected by the recent typhoons that slammed the country especially with the Christmas season just around the corner. President Ferdinand “Bongbong”…

Cebu City shooting: Man kills neighbor over online game ‘scatter’

Paul Lauro 11/18/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — An argument allegedly over winnings of an online game called ‘Scatter’ ended with one man dead while the other one in jail. This happened at past 1 a.m. today, November 18, in Sitio…

Biden: Ukraine can use US long-range missiles to strike Russia

Agence France Presse 11/18/2024

KYIV, Ukraine — US President Joe Biden has cleared Kyiv to use long-range American missiles against military targets inside Russia, a US official told AFP on Sunday, hours after Russia targeted Ukraine’s power grid in a deadly…

Russia launches 120 missiles, 90 drones at Ukraine’s infrastructure

Associated Press 11/18/2024

KYIV, Ukraine — A Russian strike on a nine-story building in the city of Sumy in northern Ukraine killed eight people and wounded dozens, an official said Sunday, as Russia launched a massive drone and missile attack…

Pepito: Signal No. 3 up in parts of N. Luzon

Philippine News Agency 11/18/2024

MANILA – Several areas in Northern Luzon are under tropical cyclone wind signal (TCWS) No. 3 as Typhoon Pepito (international name Man-yi) continues to move northwestward over the West Philippine Sea, the weather bureau said Monday. Pepito was…

Pepito weakens into a typhoon as it crosses Luzon

Agence France Presse 11/18/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Typhoon Pepito (international name: Man-yi) lashed the Philippines’ most populous island on Sunday, with the national weather service warning of flooding, landslides and huge waves as the storm sweeps across the archipelago nation. Pepito…

Naga, Cebu: Police probe coal mine accident that killed 1 miner

Paul Lauro 11/15/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police have temporarily stopped the operations of a registered small scale coal mine in Naga City after an accident in its coal mine shaft resulted in the death of a miner and injury…

Compostela: Man, steals cash from church’s collection box, nabbed

Futch Anthony Inso 11/15/2024

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — A 26-year-old construction worker, who was experiencing hard times and was in between jobs, ended in jail when he was caught stealing money inside a church in Compostela town in northern Cebu at…

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