WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the entire United Nations climate-fighting apparatus takes America’s environmental isolation to another level and is likely to damage both the United States and the world as the planet flirts with ecological tipping points, experts say. Leaders from around the world say the United States will be left behind as …
The city recorded a total of our fireworks-related injuries during the Christmas and New Year celebrations or from Dec. 21, 2025 to Jan. 4, 2026. The figure was a 50 percent decrease from the previous year’s data of eight cases, according to the City Health Services Office (CHSO) under City Health Officer Dr. Celia Flor …
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Mayor Benjamin Magalong encouraged barangay officials and residents to support the ongoing trash collection campaign in the city for a possible upcycling venture that will convert certain plastic waste materials into sturdy school armchairs. The mayor urged residents to segregate and store the following single-use plastic materials instead of throwing them away for use in …
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Misrepresented and fabricated images spread widely on social media in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman, Renee Good, by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer on Wednesday. Soon after the shooting, photos emerged erroneously identified as showing the victim, a 37-year-old mother of three. Others were fabricated to falsely show the face of the officer …
The flourishing barangay hydroponics project of the city government piloted in five barangays have shown big potential in boosting the city’s food security, according to the City Veterinary and Agriculture Office (CVAO). CVAO Head Dr. Silardo Bested said the vegetable yield of the community-based hydroponics greenhouses built by the city in barangays Slaughterhouse Compound, Imelda …
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Baguio Mayor Benjamin Magalong vowed to sustain efforts and programs to confront and rise above urban challenges facing the city even as he urged city officials and employees to begin the year with renewed discipline, integrity and purpose. In his New Year message delivered during City Hall’s first flag raising ceremony of the year on …
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As anger and outrage spilled out onto Minneapolis’ streets over the fatal shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, a new shooting by federal officers in Oregon left two people wounded, sparked additional protests and elicited more scrutiny of enforcement operations across the U.S. Hundreds of people protesting the shooting of Renee …
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal immigration agents shot and wounded two people in a vehicle outside a hospital in Portland on Thursday, a day after an officer fatally shot a woman in Minnesota, authorities said. The shooting drew hundreds of protesters to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building at night, and Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield …
In a bid to free the public from saddling congestion fees, Councilor Edison Bilog wants the Smart Urban Mobility Project (SUMP) rejected. Bilog said “Next na dapat i-oppose ay ang binabalak na congestion fee,” on the heels of the withdrawal of SM Prime holdings in the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) to re develop the Baguio Public …
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NEW YORK (AP) — The top United Nations official on Thursday said the United States has a “legal obligation” to keep paying its dues that fund U.N. agencies after the White House announced that it is withdrawing support from more than 30 initiatives operated by the world body. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he regretted President Donald Trump’s …
