MANILA: The Philippine government has provided USD50,000 worth of aid for disaster risk reduction, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Monday.
“The Philippines and Mongolia are both vulnerable to natural calamities, and must work together to…
MANILA: Officials of the Clark International Airport Corp. and the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) recently signed a memorandum of agreement for the establishment of the state lottery’s back-up draw court facility.
The 4,000-square-meter…
MANILA: The Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Monday that there are no expected price spikes in pork despite the resurgence of African swine fever (ASF) cases in Batangas.
The DA made the statement after the Batangas Provincial Veterinary Office…
MANILA: The Department of National Defense (DND) is allocating some PHP11.7 billion to buy ballistic helmets and military body armors for some 115,000 Philippine Army (PA) soldiers.
In a bid bulletin posted at its website, the DND said the ballistic …
The Paris 2024 Olympics are expected to boost France’s GDP in the third quarter (Q3) by 0.3 percentage points, raising the growth rate during the period up to 0.5 percent, according to France’s National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (I…
ILOILO CITY: A former barangay chairperson was shot dead in La Paz district here Monday.
Ernie Poral, 63, former chair of Barangay Ingore, La Paz, was shot in the head by a gunman in Barangay Baldoza at 7:12 a.m.
Police said Poral was buying feeds w…
MANILA: The Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (FFCCCII) is mourning the death of Philippine cinema icon Lily Yu-Chu Monteverde, fondly called “Mother Lily” in the movie industry.
Monteverde, who died on Aug. 4, wa…