The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Thursday a “preliminary commitment for area-specific humanitarian pauses” during a polio vaccination campaign set to begin on Sept. 1 in the Gaza Strip.
“Now it’s critical that we reach 90 percent vac…
MANILA: All 10 survivors of the two capsized motorbancas in waters off Caluya Island in Antique province have been brought home, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported on Friday.
In a situation update, the PCG said one of the survivors was picked …
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Antique provincial office urged qualified registrants to avail of the Register Anywhere Program (RAP), which will end on Aug. 31.
Provincial election supervisor Salud Milagros Villanueva said as of Friday, the C…
MANILA: The Department of Tourism (DOT) and the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) have formalized two new convergence initiatives to boost the country’s tourism industry through science-based innovations.
Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia …
The number of homeless children in France has surged by 120 percent over the past four years, according to a report released by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday.
UNICEF France reported that on the night of August 19, at least …
MANILA: The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) on Friday said 850 persons deprived of liberty (PDL) were released July 19 to Aug. 30, bringing to 15,943 the number of inmates released under President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s administration.
BuCor Directo…
US Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris holds a slim 2-point lead over her Republican challenger, former President Donald Trump, according to a poll released Thursday.
The Quinnipiac University survey found that Harris received support from…