18-year-old nabbed in Pasay narcotics buy-bust
MANILA, Philippines — Police arrested an 18-year-old suspect and confiscated illegal drugs worth approximately P50,390 during a buy-bust operation in Pasay City on Friday, February 4.
MANILA, Philippines — Police arrested an 18-year-old suspect and confiscated illegal drugs worth approximately P50,390 during a buy-bust operation in Pasay City on Friday, February 4.
MANILA, Philippines — Some parts of Luzon may experience cloudy skies with rains due to the shear line and the northeast monsoon, PAGASA said on Sunday, February 9.
A US Marine and three defence contractors have been identified as the four personnel killed in a military plane crash in the southern Philippines on Thursday. The US-contracted Beechcraft Super King Air B300 went down in Maguindanao del Sur province while conducting a surveillance mission at the request of Philippine authorities, according to the US Indo-Pacific Command. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.As per the news agency AP, the aircraft went down in a rice field in Maguindanao del Sur province, near the town of Ampatuan. Local authorities stated that residents saw smoke and heard an explosion before the plane crashed, landing about half a mile from a cluster of farmhouses. No civilians were reported injured, though a water buffalo on the ground was killed.According to the news agency AFP, the crashed aircraft was identified as a Beechcraft Super King Air B300 with the tail nu
A plane under US military contract crashed in a rice field in southern Philippines on Thursday, leading to the death of all four occupants, as confirmed by the US Embassy and Philippine officials.The Civil Aviation Authority of Philippines verified the light aircraft's crash in Maguindanao del Sur province, though specific details were not immediately available.Meanwhile, according to US Embassy spokesperson Kanishka Gangopadhyay's statement to The Associated Press, the aircraft was under US military contract, and the US Indo-Pacific Command would release a statement regarding the incident.Ameer Jehad Tim Ambolodto, a safety officer from Maguindanao del Sur, reported that rescue teams recovered four bodies from the wreckage, all appearing to be foreign nationals. The identities of the deceased remain unknown. Municipal rescue worker Rhea Martin confirmed the discovery of four fatalities at the secured crash site. She told AFP: "The bodies were found near the plane," and added: "The plane was cut in half."
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A guest at a seaside Dutch hotel got more than she bargained for when she opened her room to find a large grey seal kipping on the floor.
MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 5.0 earthquake jolted Dinagat Island on Sunday night, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology reported.
LUCENA CITY, Quezon, Philippines — Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel rescued a 50-year-old man who fell overboard near the port of Lucena on Sunday.
LOS ANGELES, United States — Beyonce won her first-ever Album of the Year Grammy on Sunday, finally taking home the coveted prize for her sweeping country revue, "Cowboy Carter."