The agenda of the third working week of the 15th National Assembly (NA)’s seventh session from June 3-8 will focus on many important issues, with a highlight being a question-and-answer (Q and A) session taking place from June 4-6. The session will c…
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Vietnamese fruit exports boom, lychee crop faces declined output
Vietnam’s fruit and vegetable exports are flourishing, with an annual 28.1% increase in value to 2.59 billion USD recorded in the first five months of this year. The positive trend is further bolstered by the arrival of peak harvest seasons for key f…
Cloudy skies, isolated rains expected over PH Sunday
MANILA: The easterlies will continue to affect the eastern sections of Southern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, the weather bureau said on Sunday.
In its 24-hour weather forecast issued at 4 a.m., the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomica…
Coo clinches silver in Asian BMX championships
MANILA: Patric Bren Coo clinched the silver medal in the 2024 Asian Cycling Confederation BMX Championships in Bangkok, Thailand over the weekend.
Coo finished behind Thailand’s BMX ace Komet Sukprasert, who won his third straight Asian championships…
From martial arts to boxing, Bacyadan fulfills Olympic dream
MANILA: Hergie Bacyadan is the 15th Filipino Olympian and fifth boxer going to the Paris Games after hurdling her quarterfinal bout in the 2nd World Boxing Olympic Qualification held in Bangkok, Thailand on Sunday.
She beat Venezuela’s Maryelis Yriza…
No Filipinos reported hurt in Jeddah building collapse
MANILA: No Filipinos were injured in a building that collapsed in central Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Friday.
Officials of the Migrant Workers Office (MWO) in Jeddah reported to Department of Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac on Sunday that they …
PH ROTC Games good breeding ground for nat’l athletes – Gaston
BACOLOD: The Philippine Reserve Officers Training Corps Games is a potential breeding ground for national athletes who can excel in international games, Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Commissioner Matthew ‘Fritz’ Gaston said.
‘We can foresee that…
PH efforts to defend sovereignty hailed in Singapore defense summit
MANILA: US Department of Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III on Saturday hailed the Philippine efforts to protect and defend its territorial integrity and sovereignty, and uphold international law despite the challenges in the Indo-Pacific Region.
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Theme-park inspired 4PH project rising in Mindanao
MANILA: A theme-park inspired housing project under President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino (4PH) Program is now rising in Misamis Oriental province.
Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) Secret…