Washington on Friday again urged countries to push Myanmar on a peace plan that has failed so far, although the regional bloc is divided over how to handle the Burmese crisis.Countries must persuade the Burmese military to follow through on the five-po…
Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi has underlined that Indo-Pacific needs to stay a peaceful region, as it is home to 60% of the world’s population and the biggest contributor to the global economy over the next three decades.The Indo-Pacific n…
Potential for cooperation between the central city of Da Nang and Japan was the main focus of a workshop held by the municipal People’s Committee on July 14.In his opening remarks, Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee Ho Ky Minh said in the first h…
The Vietnamese Consulate General in Luang Prabang and the Vietnamese Business Association in Northern Laos on July 14 presented gifts to lecturers and students of the Vietnamese language section of the Souphanouvong University.Consul General Kieu Thi …
Customs officers discovered an estimated PHP350 million worth of used clothing, fake goods and other imported products from China in several warehouses in Marilao, Bulacan. In a statement on Friday, the BOC said the warehouses located at Phil. Asia Pa…
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Friday confirmed that the body found near a pier in Hong Kong was a Filipino national. In a statement, DFA spokesperson Ma. Teresita Daza said the Philippine Consulate General in Hong Kong is now in touch wit…
The government, through the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), has partnered with a private school in a bid to facilitate the youth’s transition from school to work. In a statement Friday, the DOLE said the partnership was formed through a mem…
The Bureau if Immigration (BI) has received the copies of passports of more than 1,000 foreign nationals who were among the 2,714 workers of a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) firm raided by the Philippine National Police – Anti-Cyber Crime …
Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi has called on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the European Union (EU) to continue fostering comprehensive cooperation to address increasingly complex global challenges.Address…
The Asia-Pacific Regional Annual Meeting of the Federation of International Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA RAP) opened in the central city of Da Nang on July 14.The event attracted the participation of 300 domestic and international logistic e…
Cuban professor and researcher Jose Luis Perello said that 1.3 million foreign tourists had visited Cuba at the end of the first semester of 2023He added on Facebook that preliminary figures indicated an increase of 50.6 percent compared to the same p…
Minister of Justice Phayvy Sibualipha introduced to members of the National Assembly at their ongoing 5th Ordinary Session amendments to the Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of Children.“Once approved and endorsed, the revised law wil…
