Archbishop Socrates Villegas said here on Thursday he was ready to help patch up differences between Governor Amado Espino Jr. and Senior Superintendent Marlou Chan, Pangasinan police director, saying their rift was destroying the image of the province.
North and South Korea agreed early Monday to hold senior-level talks this week in Seoul, a breakthrough of sorts to ease tensions after Pyongyang’s recent threats of nuclear war and Seoul’s vows of counterstrikes.
Pope Francis on Sunday appealed to “the humanity” of kidnappers in Syria and urged them to free their hostages, expressing deep concern for the kidnap victims of the two-year-old conflict.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said there had been cases of “extreme” police action against demonstrators protesting against a redevelopment project in an Istanbul park.
Two air strikes that targeted two vehicles in south Yemen on Saturday killed seven suspected members of Al-Qaeda and wounded two more, a local official said.
Jessa Abueva was looking forward to the return of Dominador Sabejon Jr., her common-law husband, for their scheduled church wedding in July this year.
Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan hit back at a lawmaker, whom he accused of flip-flopping after President Benigno Aquino III vetoed the proposed Centenarian Act.
Britain and Qatar urged President Bashar al-Assad to step down, as major world powers gathered on Wednesday to seek ways toward a peaceful end to Syria’s conflict.
Officials of the Camp John Hay Development Corp. (CJHDevco) have decried what they said was continued harassment and dirty tricks employed by the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) against them.
Two Army soldiers, who were part of a unit guarding voting machines, were wounded after their group clashed with an undetermined number of suspected communist rebels in Ragay, Camarines Sur early Thursday, an Army spokesman said.
North Korea is threatening the US and South Korea over joint naval drills taking place this week in tense Yellow Sea waters ahead of a Washington summit by the allies’ leaders.
Three Chinese government ships sailed into the waters of disputed Tokyo-controlled islands on Sunday, Japan’s coastguard said.
Malacañang does not see cracks in Team PNoy amid allegations that one of its candidates was sabotaging re-electionist Senator Loren Legarda’s campaign through black propaganda.
