MANILA: Five members of the House of Representatives have filed a bill mandating the adoption of round-the-clock operations in the priority government infrastructure projects, particularly in roads and bridges. Under House Bill (HB) No. 9666 or the A…
TACLOBAN CITY: Eastern Visayas recorded a 3.5 percent inflation rate in November 2023, lower than the 4 percent recorded the previous month, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Monday. Eastern Visayas’ inflation rate is the fourth l…
Hanoi: Prime Minister Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet and a high-ranking delegation of Cambodia arrived in Hanoi on December 11 morning, starting a two-day official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of PM Pham Minh Chinh.
Welcoming the delega…
BACOLOD CITY: The Regional Development Council (RDC) 6 (Western Visayas) is set to submit to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) next month a funding request for 10 priority projects, its chairman, Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez, said here M…
CEBU CITY: Four persons died while several others were injured when a fire razed a firecracker factory in Barangay Babag, Lapu-Lapu City on Monday afternoon. Mayor Junard Chan confirmed the number of fatalities following the inspection and clearing o…
MANILA: The Philippine Tennis Association (Philta) is back on track as it elected a new set of officers on Monday, expected to be followed by the lifting of its three-year suspension imposed by the world governing body International Tennis Federation
Ca Mau: The southernmost province of Ca Mau on December 10 kicked off its first-ever shrimp festival, which is hoped to help affirm Ca Mau shrimp brand and promote the local shrimp in particular and Vietnamese shrimp in general.
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More than 30,000 runners from 91 countries and territories participated in Techcombank International Marathon in Ho Chi Minh City on December 10.
The event, the sixth of its kind, was co-organised by municipal Department of Tourism, the Vietnam Tech…
