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BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Not less than 87 deaths have been reported in Congo’s new Ebola outbreak in eastern Ituri province, the Africa CDC said Saturday, which warned of an “active community transmission” as health workers raced to intensify screening and contact tracing to contain the disease. Meanwhile, Associated Press journalists in Ituri’s capital, Bunia, interviewed locals

LUCENA CITY — Dangerous heat indices are forecast in seven areas in the Calabarzon (Cavite, Lagina, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon) region on Sunday, with residents advised to take precautionary measures. In its 5 p.m. forecast issued on Saturday, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said Sangley Point and Bacoor City in Cavite are

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur— Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Zamboanga City Office collared an active police officer and seized suspected “shabu” (crystal meth) worth an estimated P13.6 million in a buy-bust operation in Zamboanga City Saturday afternoon. The suspect, a 45-year-old police staff sergeant from Tipo-Tipo, Basilan was apprehended during the

MANILA, Philippines – Sen. Erwin Tulfo has renewed his call for the passage of a bill on the welfare of media workers following the shooting incident inside the Senate premises last week. “The journalists play a crucial role in revealing the truth about what happened during the shootout. Who did fire first?” Tulfo said in

A woman who had been missing for four days was found dead on May 15 behind a sugar factory in Ban Kao subdistrict, Mueang district, Kanchanaburi, after her neighbour confessed to killing her and staging a suicide. The woman, identified as 44 year old Kesa, was last heard from at around 6am on May 10, …

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MANILA, Philippines — The new lawyer representing former President Rodrigo Duterte has asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) for another fitness review of the ex-leader’s health and fitness to stand trial. Peter Haynes, Duterte’s defense counsel, sent the request on May 15, arguing that setting a trial date would be “inappropriate” given “unresolved factors,” including

MANILA, Philippines — A juvenile Philippine Eagle was observed within the Panigan-Tamugan Subwatershed in Davao City during a habitat assessment carried out from May 5 to May 8. The assessment team included representatives from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources–CENRO Davao City, biologists from the Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF), personnel from the Public Safety

MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the Solicitor-General has asked the Supreme Court (SC) to junk the legal maneuvers of Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, labeling the senator a “fugitive from justice” who is manipulating the legal system to evade an international arrest warrant. It can be noted that Bato Dela Rosa disappeared from public

ILOILO CITY — Military operations in Negros Occidental on Saturday, May 16, led to the neutralization of five suspected remnants of a communist terrorist group (CTG) and the recovery of several high-powered firearms, the Philippine Army said. The encounters took place in the hinterlands of Barangays Abaca and Poblacion in Cauayan town after troops from

BAGUIO CITY — Progressive groups in the Cordillera on Saturday denounced what they described as a Senate “circus,” and called for the arrest of Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, the removal of Vice President Sara Duterte, and accountability from President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. over corruption and worsening economic conditions. During a protest action at