CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Wednesday announced that 25 fishermen from coastal towns in this province have just graduated from a government-sponsored fiberglass boat building course. In an intervie…
TACLOBAN CITY – The Philippine Army confirmed on Wednesday the death of a campus activist-turned-rebel during a recent clash between government forces and the New People’s Army (NPA) in Northern Samar. The Philippine Army’s 8th Infantry Division verif…
MANILA – The Climate Change Commission (CCC) and the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) have forged partnership in pursuit of a greener and more sustainable maritime industry. The collaboration was a result of the two agencies’ recent meeting to dis…
MANILA – The Philippines will continue negotiating for the pardon of Filipinos currently on death row in Riyadh and Jeddah, Philippine Ambassador-designate to Saudi Arabia Renato Villa said Wednesday. According to the latest data from the Department o…
COTABATO CITY – Following the recent killing of a teacher and wounding of another in Pikit, North Cotabato, the military has started providing security escorts to public school teachers in critical villages of the municipality. Lt. Col. Rowel Gavilane…
BUTUAN CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 13 (Caraga) on Tuesday handed over a PHP3.5-million tribal center to another Indigenous People (IP) community in Bayugan City, Agusan del Sur. The center was funded through the DSWD…
MANILA – End-of-the-month window dressing and the impact of the latest Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) rebalancing resulted in the negative close of the local bourse’s main index but the peso strengthened to the US dollar on Wednesday. Aft…
The Cambodian National Assembly on May 30 ratified the ASEAN Trade in Services Agreement (ATISA) to boost trade and investment in the area of services.Some 98 lawmakers in attendance unanimously ratified the pact.Minister of Commerce Pan Sorasak said …
Miss Kuayang, aged 22, a student of the National University of Laos has been announced the winner of Quiz on Korea 2023 held as a side event of Korean Week 2023 in Vientiane on May 27.As the winner of the quiz, Kuayang was rewarded with a Sumsung smar…
Menstruation is too often treated as a taboo topic and this stigma is pronounced in emergencies, where the challenges of managing menstruation are amplified. Asia and the Pacific is especially vulnerable to climate change, with droughts, floods and ex…
The provincial government of Bali on May 28 warned tourists against paying for goods and services in cryptocurrencies on the popular resort island of Indonesia.Speaking to local media at the Bali tourism development press conference, the island’s Gove…
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha received visiting Lao Minister of Technology and Communications Boviengkham Vongdara in Hanoi on May 29.Welcoming agreements signed between the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) and the Lao Ministry of…
