DUMAGUETE: The National Food Authority (NFA) in Negros Oriental on Tuesday assured the public of sufficient rice buffer stock amid the onset of the dry spell caused by the El Niño phenomenon in the province.
‘As of this time, we
NAIROBI: In a groundbreaking move to address the persistent threat of malaria, Cameroon on Monday started the world’s first vaccination campaign against the disease.
At a press briefing, Mohammed Abdulaziz, head of Disease Control at the Africa Centr…
Hanoi: Phan Thi Thanh Tam, the spouse of President Vo Van Thuong and Elke Bdenbender, the spouse of the German President enjoyed a traditional water puppetry performance at Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem district on January
ANTARCTICA: The Bulgarian military research vessel Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodii (RSV 421) has dropped anchor in the western bay of Half Moon Island in Antarctica.
Geologist Kalin Naydenov and mountaineers Doychin Boyanov and Kiril Doskov were able, with t…
Hanoi: High-ranking officials of the Party and State on January 23 visited and offered greetings to people with disadvantages in Hau Giang, Quang Ngai, and Binh Thuan provinces, ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet).
In the Mekong Delta province
MANILA: The centuries-old National Shrine of La Virgen Divina Pastora, more popularly known as the Three Kings Parish in Gapan City, Nueva Ecija has been declared as a minor basilica.
Cabanatuan Bishop Sofronio Bancud reported that Pope Francis has b…
MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday expressed openness to possible amendments to the political provisions of the 1987 Constitution, particularly on term limits.
‘Let’s be practical. In terms of the term limits, look at what happened….
MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday said it is the job of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to look into reports of alleged buying out of signatures for a People’s Initiative (PI) for charter change.
Marcos said he
