The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Northern Samar has barred small sea vessels below 250 tonnage from sailing in Northern Samar due to high waves brought about by weather disturbances. In an advisory Monday, the PCG station in the province also alert…
Day: May 29, 2023
17 PNP anti-drug units to stay; tight vetting of cops ‘a must’
Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Benjamin Acorda on Monday said anti-drug units across the country will continue to be operational as he reiterated the need for a strict vetting of personnel assigned to these offices. Speaking to reporters …
DFA, DMW urged to secure more social security pacts for OFWs
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) must reach out to other countries and forge more social security agreements (SSAs), especially those with a large number of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), urged Senator…
ASEAN, China vow to enhance partnership
After two years of meeting via videoconference due to the COVID-19 pandemic, senior officials from ASEAN and China resumed their in-person meeting at the 29th ASEAN-China Senior Officials’ Consultation, during which they affirmed the two sides’ commit…
Vietnam NASA Space Week takes shape on the horizon
The first-ever Vietnam NASA Space Week will be held in Ho Chi Minh City and Hau Giang and Binh Dinh provinces in the South from June 5-9, heard a press conference on May 29.The event will be co-organised by the People’s Committees of Hau Giang provinc…
Quang Nam enhances coordination with Vietnam Veterans of America in war consequence settlement
The People’s Committee of central Quang Nam province on May 29 hosted a reception for a delegation of the Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) led by Chairman of its Prisoners of War and Missing in Action (POW/MIA) Committee Grant Townsend Coates.Tran An…
Solon says heads must roll over defective flyover project
Senator Imee Marcos will support an inquiry on the defective PHP680-million flyover project connecting Iloilo City and the municipality of Pavia. The senator was in Iloilo on Sunday for the inauguration of the Asia-Pacific Medical Center in this city’…
Covid-19 positivity rate in NCR declines to 22%
The positivity rate or the number of people testing positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in the National Capital Region (NCR) has decreased to 22 percent as of May 27. In a tweet on Monday, OCTA Research Group fellow Dr. Guido David sa…
ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights convenes 37th meeting
The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) has recently convened its 37th meeting in Bali, Indonesia, with the participation of representatives of ASEAN member states to AICHR, and of Timor-Leste as an observer.The meeting, held fr…