MANILA: The Philippines’ estimated visitor receipts have reached more than PHP280 billion in the first half of 2024, the Department of Tourism (DOT) reported Thursday.
Based on DOT’s latest statistical monitoring report, tourism earnings from inbound…
CAPAS: While the reported PHP20-billion budget cut for the Department of Transportation’s (DOTr) proposed 2025 budget may affect the agency, there are still ways to mitigate its impacts.
Speaking at the Build Better More Infrastructure Forum at New C…
TEHRAN: Meta has announced a decision to remove posts containing the word ‘Zionist’ on Facebook and Instagram.
The giant social media company made the decision on the pretext of fighting hate speech.
The term ‘Zionist’ is not a proper word to refer …
MANILA: The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said two China-flagged vessels are suspected to be involved in an allision with a Filipino fishing boat in Subic, Zambales on July 3, resulting in the sinking of the fishing boat and one of the two fishers stil…
MANILA: The Vatican has approved the opening of an inquiry into the cause for sainthood of Filipino lay catechist Laureana Franco, known as ‘Ka Luring’.
Pasig Bishop Mylo Hubert Vergara said the Vatican has granted the ‘nihil obstat’ to the cause for…
MANILA: AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert Lee on Thursday lauded the government’s ‘much-awaited’ release of the last tranche of the health emergency allowance (HEA) for healthcare workers who worked during the Covid-19 pandemic.
‘We thank President Ferdin…
BUTUAN CITY: The Police Regional Office in the Caraga Region (PRO-13) arrested 35 wanted personalities during an intensified drive from July 1 to 10 this year.
In a statement on Thursday, Brig. Gen. Alan Nazarro, the director of PRO-13, said out of t…