Former Defense Secretary, now Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) Chairperson Delfin Lorenzana, has received The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star from the Japanese government as he played a vital role in strengthening the de…
Albay 2nd District Representative Joey Salceda on Tuesday offered Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Christina Frasco his help and to discuss ways of going forward after the controversy surrounding the agency’s use of stock footage of other countri…
In a bid to implement development similar to Singapore, the city government here on Tuesday launched a program that will promote health and well-being among the Cebuanos through nutrition, physical exercises, and sports. Daisy Villa, head of the Cebu …
The Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) has raised PHP855,000 from a two-day shoot-for-a-cause fest that will be given as assistance to their sick colleagues and their dependents. In a phone interview on Tuesday, PPPO director Jeff Fanged said …
Some 58,691 registered voters are expected to participate in a plebiscite on July 8 to ratify the conversion of the municipality of Carmona into a component city of Cavite province, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday said. In a Viber mes…
The Cathedral of St. Catherine of Alexandria in this capital city, which is the seat of the Diocese of Dumaguete, will soon commence an extensive restoration as its centuries-old structure continues to deteriorate. Monsignor Julius Perpetuo Heruela, c…
Despite a downward trend in aquatic product exports in the first half of 2023, the lower pace of month-on-month decline is giving hopes for a recovery in the remaining months of this year.In June, aquatic product exports brought home nearly 800 millio…
Vietnam is likely to experience slightly higher temperatures in July this year with one or two typhoons expected to hit the East Sea, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.There is a possibility of one or two typhoons a…
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, who is also Secretary of the Central Military Commission, chaired the commission’s sixth session in Hanoi on July 3 to review the fulfillment of military and national defence tasks, and Party building in the f…
AECIS became the first Vietnamese start-up company to attend the Collision Conference 2023 held in Toronto, Canada, on June 26-29.Collision is one of the world’s four biggest tech conferences. This year’s edition attracted over 36,000 visitors from ne…
Indonesia has regained upper-middle income rank thanks to its strong post-pandemic recovery.Speaking at a cabinet meeting on July 3, Indonesian President Joko Widodo said that the World Bank Group has placed the country in the upper-middle income band…
The highly special and unique diplomatic style deeply imbued with the “Vietnamese bamboo” identity, which inherits the legacy of President Ho Chi Minh, has secured a growing role for Vietnam in the international arena, said Dr Ruvislei Gonzalez Saez, …
