Singaporeans will go to the polls on September 1 to vote for the nation’s ninth President, should there be more than one eligible candidate, according to the Writ of Election, issued by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on August
The northeastern coastal province of Quang Ninh aims to make its tourism a spearhead and sustainable economic sector by 2030, attracting at least 25.5-26 million visitors, including about 9 million foreigners.This is part of a newly-approved project o…
Big data on e-commerce would help the tax watchdog to efficiently collect tax from foreign cross-border IT services providers, according to Nguyen Bang Thang, director of Tax Management Department of Large Enterprises.Statistics showed that cross-bord…
China’s claim that the Philippines has made a promise to remove the grounded BRP Sierra Madre from Ayungin Shoal is a ‘lie and gaslighting,’ a maritime law expert said Saturday. At a news forum in Quezon City, University of
The Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) will get a sufficient budget for 2024 to help the poor and marginalized patients in Mindanao, assured Senator Christopher Lawrence Go who was born in this city. This year, the government allocated a
A Japanese startup is piloting an artificial intelligence-powered (AI) disaster management tool in the Philippines to help provide real-time information in times of emergency. The initiative is part of a public-private partnership promotion program be…
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Saturday emphasized the vital role of the youth in accelerating the green transition. In his message on International Youth Day, Marcos said the young population, who serve as ‘both the trailblazer of the
Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri has pledged to see through the passage of the Negros Island Region (NIR) bill in the Upper Chamber by December this year. “I committed that before we go on a break in October, we
