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Authorities arrested a 32-year-old miner Monday morning following an improvised explosive device (IED) blast at a snack shop along Magsaysay Avenue that left 14 people injured. Baguio City Police Office (BCPO) personnel apprehended the suspect, a resident of Itogon, shortly after the explosion occurred. The blast was reported early Monday after a witness alerted a …

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A new set of environmental entrepreneurs will flourish. An initiative aimed to transform the Cordilleran approach to waste and entrepreneurship is set to pilot in a workshop series led by Vivita Philippines. Funded by the European, Union Circle Works, a grassroots incubation and acceleration program, will host its official community launch and workshop series on …

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Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano on Wednesday urged Filipinos and government leaders to adopt a stronger culture of preparation, warning that repeated lapses in planning continue to leave the country exposed to rising costs and global disruptions. Speaking during his “CIA 365 with Kuya Alan” Facebook Live on April 8, Cayetano said preparation must …

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A brighter, TB-free future is the goal as the Department of Health (DOH) – Ilocos Region officially joins the nationwide “Light Up PH for TB” Movement, a high-impact campaign calling on every Ilokano to take action against one of the country’s deadliest yet curable diseases. With thousands of tuberculosis (TB) cases still recorded annually, health …

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman who admitted to selling Matthew Perry the ketamine that killed him is set to be sentenced Wednesday. Jasveen Sangha will be the third defendant sentenced of the five people who have pleaded guilty in connection with the 2023 overdose of the 54-year-old actor. His role as Chandler Bing on NBC’s “Friends” in the 1990s and 2000s …

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OIAPOQUE, Brazil (AP) — On a recent morning, Reginaldo Nunes Fonseca smoked cigarettes from the porch of his friend’s wooden shack, watching the rain come down hard in an area now known as Nova Conquista — New Conquest — where pristine rainforest in Brazil’s Amazon stood a year ago. The rain meant he couldn’t work …

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump over the course of a day went from threatening Iran with “annihilation” to proclaiming that the battered Islamic Republic’s leadership had presented a “workable” plan that led him to agree to a 14-day ceasefire that he expects to pave the way to end the nearly six-week-old war. The dramatic shift in tenor came …

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Iran, the United States and Israel agreed to a two-week ceasefire on Tuesday, an 11th-hour deal that allowed U.S. President Donald Trump to pull back from his threats to unleash a bombing campaign that would destroy Iranian civilization. But attacks in Iran and Gulf Arab countries were reported on Wednesday, throwing the deal into question. Global leaders on Wednesday welcomed the …

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Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said it has accepted a two-week ceasefire in the war. Its statement said it would negotiate with the United States in Islamabad beginning Friday. “It is emphasized that this does not signify the termination of the war,” the statement said. “Our hands remain upon the trigger, and should the slightest …

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Long before the first Spanish ships arrived on our shores, the Philippine islands were already home to daring seafarers with technology that enabled them to cross vast stretches of open seas, hunt formidable marine life, and build lives in a world that was anything but forgiving. Centuries later, new transformative technologies are reshaping how we …

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