A female public school teacher died in a grenade blast inside her home in Barangay Ginatilan here at 2 a.m. Thursday, according to Pikit Municipal police chief Lt. Col John Miredel Calinga. Calinga identified the fatality as Marichu Valle Cabañog, 42,…
A proposal seeking to create an inter-agency body that will be tasked to help the government address the imminent water crisis has hurdled committee level at the House of Representatives. The House Committee on Public Works and Highways, chaired by Su…
The municipality of Hamtic has reported PHP8 million in damage following the death of 906 hogs suspected to be cases of African swine fever (ASF). Hamtic Municipal Agriculture Officer (MAO) Isidro Ramos said in an interview Thursday that 18 out of the…
The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) of Batangas said it is assessing various local government units’ (LGUs) readiness and ability to respond to the effects of the earthquake that struck the province at 10:19 a.m. on T…
The National Irrigation Administration in Northern Mindanao (NIA-10) has adopted “green technology” in four areas of the region to help sustain farmers’ productivity. In an interview Thursday, NIA-10 Manager Elpidio Lucernas Jr. said solar pumps have …
After the magnitude 6.3 earthquake that jolted Batangas on Thursday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) is urging the public to prepare for aftershocks that could reach up to magnitude 5.3. “We remind them that we should…
HCM City (VNS/VNA) – Samsung Vina Electronics signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Shinhan Bank Vietnam to establish a strategic relationship between Samsung Wallet and financial products from Shinhan Bank on June 14.Sharing the same vision…
The 19th edition of MTA Vietnam 2023, an international exhibition and conference on precision engineering and manufacturing, will return from July 4-7 in Ho Chi Minh City, with 320 exhibitors from 13 countries and territories taking part.Apart from ex…
The Russian Federation Embassy to the Lao PDR held yesterday in Vientiane a reception party to celebrate the 31st anniversary of “Day of Russia”, one of Russia’s major national holidays, celebrated since 1992, two years after June 12, 1990 when the Ru…
The ASEAN Committee on Disaster Management (ACDM) convened its 42nd annual meeting in the central coastal city of Da Nang on June 13 under the chair of Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Hoang Hiep.In his opening remarks, the …
“There were huge differences between certain ‘stereotypes’ of China and the real China when I arrived and looked at the technological development as most of what you heard came from some Western media, sadly,” said Rao Abdul Raheem, a journalist from …
The Laos – China Railway has handled 25,000 cross-border passenger trips since the launch of its passenger services on April 13, according to the Mohan entry-exit border checkpoint.During the period, the Chinese border town of Mohan in the country’s s…
