MANILA – Tingog party-list is pushing for the passage of a measure that will provide immediate medical and other assistance to individuals and families who are indigent, vulnerable, disadvantaged, and in other crisis situations.

The medical aid may be from P1,000 to P150,000 and may be requested every three months by beneficiaries who passed a thorough screening by authorized social health workers, according to a news release of Tingog Representatives Yedda Marie Romualdez and Jude Acidre on Sunday.

BRUSSELS/AMSTERDAM – Riots erupted in Belgium's capital and several Dutch cities Sunday after Morocco beat Belgium in a World Cup Group F match.

Following their team's upset win, Moroccan fans in Brussels drove around the city in a peaceful celebration, honking their horns.

MANILA – In celebration of National Children's Month, the Quezon City government announced that the Quezon Memorial Circle (QMC) is now a child labor-free zone.

During her State of the City's Children Report at the QMC on Sunday, Mayor Joy Belmonte awarded the Seal of Child Labor-Free Zone to the park management following the extensive training for Child Rights and Child Labor 101 of tenants, guards, gardeners and administration staff.

BACOLOD CITY – Drug enforcement teams recovered a total of P1.394 million worth of suspected shabu and arrested six suspects in four separate operations in Negros Occidental, including this capital city, over the weekend, police reports showed.

On Saturday, Steve Silava, 36, was nabbed following a buy-bust that led to the recovery of P1.054 million in shabu at his house in Barangay 1A, Manapla town.

"Age is just a number". This is what a nine-year-old boy from Virginia, U.S. proved after earning the world record title of being the "youngest person to have a wisdom tooth extracted".

Ryan Scarpelli got his wisdom tooth extracted at the exact age of nine years and 327 days, wherein he surpassed the record done by Mather Adams 20 years ago.