Today’s Breaking News

Credit to Author: Catherine S. Valente, TMT| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 05:19:56 +0000

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has insisted he was “not a murderer” his critics portray him to be, despite the number of people who have been killed in his war on drugs In his speech during an awarding ceremony in Malacañang on Wednesday night, Duterte declared anew that he would take full responsibility for all the consequences […]

Credit to Author: THE MANILA TIMES| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 04:51:02 +0000

NEW YORK: A new coronavirus case in California could be the first in the US that has no known connection to travel abroad or another known case, a possible sign the virus is spreading in a US community, health officials said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the case Wednesday. California officials said […]

Credit to Author: THE MANILA TIMES| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 04:44:20 +0000

NEW YORK: The campaign to reelect President Donald Trump sued The New York Times for defamation Wednesday, saying it was responsible for an essay by a former executive editor for the newspaper that claimed the campaign made a deal with Russian officials to defeat Hillary Clinton in 2016. In the lawsuit in state court in New […]

Credit to Author: THE MANILA TIMES| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 04:38:35 +0000

MILWAUKEE: An employee opened fire on Wednesday at one of the nation’s largest breweries in Milwaukee, killing five fellow workers before taking his own life, police said. The assailant who attacked the Molson Coors complex was identified as a 51-year-old Milwaukee man who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said. “There were five individuals […]

Credit to Author: THE MANILA TIMES| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 04:27:20 +0000

BEIJING: South Korea and China each reported hundreds more virus cases Thursday as the new illness persists in the worst-hit areas and spreads beyond borders. South Korea reported 334 more cases, bringing its total to 1,595. Most of the new cases were in the country’s fourth-biggest city, Daegu, where the outbreak has hit hardest and […]

Credit to Author: THE MANILA TIMES| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 04:14:13 +0000

SEOUL, South Korea: The South Korean and US militaries announced Thursday that they were postponing their annual joint drills due to concern about a viral outbreak that has infected soldiers in both countries’ armed forces, put many troops in quarantine and closed base facilities. Twenty South Korean soldiers and one American service member in South Korea […]

Credit to Author: THE MANILA TIMES| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 03:58:58 +0000

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was considering US travel restrictions on Italy and South Korea over coronavirus fears, adding the situation would not inevitably worsen in the United States. The president’s optimism about containing the pathogen contradicted a senior health official in his own administration and came as authorities said they had […]

Credit to Author: Jan Arcilla| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 02:28:10 +0000

AN estimated P170, 000 worth of shabu was seized from a suspect in Las Piñas before dawn on Thursday. Operatives from Las Piñas City police arrested Edgar dela Peña, 41 at the Golden Acres Subdivision in Barangay Talon Uno at about 2 a.m. Seized werr 25.5 grams of shabu with an estimated street value of […]

Credit to Author: Associated Press| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 02:25:58 +0000

MILWAUKEE: An employee opened fire Wednesday at Milwaukee’s Molson Coors complex, killing five fellow workers before taking his own life, police said. The gunman was identified as a 51-year-old Milwaukee man who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said. “There were five individuals who went to work today, just like everybody goes to work, […]