Lightning bolt kills woman in Cotabato
COTABATO CITY — A 25-year-old woman in Libungan town in Cotabato province died instantly after getting struck by lightning at dusk Saturday.
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Press Release - Senator Mark Villar Pushes For Filipino Journalists' Protection In The Midst of of Recent Broadcaster Killing
Senator Mark Villar pushes the need for increased protection of Filipino journalists through the filing of Senate Bill No. 2335 or the Journalist Protection Act in light of the recent killing of a radio broadcaster while airing his program last November 5.
UN agency chiefs join in urging Gaza ceasefire
UNITED NATIONS, United States — The heads of all major UN agencies issued a rare joint statement Sunday expressing outrage at the civilian death toll in Gaza and calling for an "immediate humanitarian ceasefire" in the war between Israel and Hamas.
Death of a doctor
On Oct. 26, I was awakened at dawn by piercing stomach pain. Rushing to Asian Hospital and Medical Center, I was diagnosed with appendicitis. Fortunately, the appendix had not yet burst.
Smog-ridden New Delhi extends schools shutdown
NEW DELHI, India — Authorities in the smog-ridden Indian capital New Delhi on Sunday extended an emergency schools closure by a week, with no signs of improvement in the megacity's choking levels of pollution.
Schools shut as toxic smog engulfs India's capital
NEW DELHI, India — Schools were shut across India's capital on Friday as a noxious grey smog engulfed the megacity and made life a misery for its 30 million inhabitants.
Fierce fighting in Gaza as US envoy faces Arab anger
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES — Israel battled into the fifth week Saturday of its war to crush Hamas, showing no signs of letting up even as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken faced a rising tide of anger in meetings with Arab foreign ministers.
Negros Occidental town ASF cases contained
BACOLOD CITY, Philippines — African swine fever (ASF), which has been blamed for hog fatalities in La Castellana, Negros Occidental, is now under control, according to provincial veterinarian Placeda Lemana.