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Five firefighters were hurt in a fire that hit and destroyed the decades-old Manila Central Post Office in Lawton, Manila Sunday night, May 22. Photo courtesy of BFP/ MANILA BULLETIN According to the Bureau of Fire and Protection (BFP), injured were Joel Libutan, 36, Carlo Abrenica, 24, Julio Erlanda, 43, …

THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has rescued 149 children from a private orphanage in Quezon City, which it shut down following a complaint that it allegedly violated a law against child abuse, exploitation, and discrimination. At a Palace press briefing on Tuesday, Social Welfare Secretary Rex Gatchalian …

A huge fire destroyed the historic post office in Manila late Sunday night, causing an estimated P300 million in damage. More than 80 fire trucks were sent to the decades-old landmark after the blaze broke out, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said. Thick, black smoke billowed hundreds of meters …

Prince Harry on Tuesday lost a bid to legally challenge the British government’s decision not to allow him to pay for police protection while he is in the United Kingdom.  Britain’s Home Office had raised concerns over precedent of the wealthy buying police protection. Prince Harry on Tuesday lost a …

Lawyers for E. Jean Carroll, a columnist who won a $5 million US sexual abuse and defamation award against former U.S. president Donald Trump filed an amended lawsuit against him on Monday seeking to hold him liable for remarks he made during a CNN town hall after the verdict.  E. …

The G7 called for the adoption of technical standards to keep artificial intelligence “trustworthy.” But warnings that governance of the technology has not kept pace with its growth have been growing deafening, both inside and outside the tech community.  Geoffrey Hinton, ‘godfather’ of AI has warned some chatbots are ‘quite …

MIXED A currency trader walks near the screen showing the foreign exchange rate between US dollar and South Korean won at a foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea on Monday, May 22, 2023. Asian shares mostly drifted higher Monday as investors fretted whether the United States government would …

Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets is fouled by Anthony Davis of the Los Angeles Lakers during the third quarter in game four of the Western Conference Finals at Crypto.com Arena on May 22, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. AFP PHOTO  LOS ANGELES: Nikola Jokic had 30 points, 14 rebounds …

Carmelo Anthony AP FILE PHOTO  Carmelo Anthony, the star forward who led Syracuse to an NCAA championship in his lone college season and went on to spend 19 years in the NBA, on Monday. Anthony, who was not in the NBA this season, retires as the No. 9 scorer in …

An overnight fire raced through a dormitory in Guyana, killing at least 19 students and injuring several others at a government boarding school serving remote, mostly Indigenous villages, authorities said Monday. Most of the victims were girls.  School mostly serves Indigenous villages and most victims were girls. An overnight fire …