The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has approved the administrative transfer of 10 villages from Makati City to Taguig City for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) on Oct. 30. In a memorandum dated Aug. 19, the poll body disclosed…
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Monday ordered the Philippine Christian University (PCU) to cease and desist from offering non-authorized programs. This came following its issuance last Aug. 15 of a show cause order against the PCU for mu…
Libya’s Central Bank on Sunday announced its reunification after being split into two for nearly a decade due to the country’s long-running civil war. The bank, in a statement, said it has become a “unified sovereign institution” after a meeting in th…
Anti-mining advocates on Monday held a ‘victory motorcade’ in Brooke’s Point town, this province to celebrate the issuance of a cease and desist order (CDO) by the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) and writ of kalikasan by the Supreme C…
The Mobile Force Company (CMFC) of Cebu City is set to file charges against a farmer, who eluded arrest on Aug. 19 after it was discovered he has cultivated 25,000 stalks of fully-grown marijuana worth PHP10 million in the upland sitio of Mit-ol in Ba…
Spain defeated England 1-0 on Sunday to win the FIFA Women’s World Cup for the first time. Spain broke the deadlock when Olga Carmona splendid a left-footed goal from close range in the 29th minute at Sydney’s Stadium Australia. In the 70th minute, Sp…
Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei delivered his season’s best performance of 27 minutes 51.42 seconds, clinching the men’s 10,000m world title for the third consecutive time on Sunday. Cheptegei, 26, only surged ahead in the final lap, comfortably securing th…
Enderun Colleges kicked off its campaign at the 2023 V-League Women’s Collegiate Challenge on a high note Sunday night with a stunning 3-2 win over San Sebastian College-Recoletos at the Paco Arena in Manila. Opposite hitters Althea Virnyce Botor and …
Malaysia is targeting 3.2 million Muslim tourist arrivals in 2023 against the 2.1 million last year, said the country’s Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture Khairul Firdaus Akbar Khan.The number is equivalent to 20% of the 16 million foreign t…
This is the first visit of a Kazakh President to Vietnam in 12 years, and also the first time Tokayev visits Vietnam in his new position.The visit takes place in the context of positive development of the Vietnam-Kazakhstan relations. The two countrie…
Vietnam attended the consultations between ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) and the EU, Canada, the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) and Hong Kong (China) that took place in Semarang, Indonesia on August 20 within the framework of the ong…
The US-led Pacific Partnership 2023 (PP23) has been implemented in the south central coastal province of Phu Yen, featuring activities like school construction, medical training workshops, free surgeries for local residents, and musical exchanges, amo…
