MANILA: Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday urged the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) to ensure that operators of the country’s major toll roads improve their services before any additional rate hike is approved and implemented.
The TRB has approved the…
SEOUL: North Korea has sent around 600 balloons carrying trash to South Korea, Seoul’s military said Sunday.
The move was taken despite a warning that the South would take “unendurably” painful measures against such provocative acts.
South Korea’s J…
ISTANBUL: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group said Friday they deepened joint efforts to bolster climate action.
The institutions said it is happening through an enhanced framework to help countries scale up action to confr…
ANKARA: US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said on Saturday that Asia-Pacific remains a top priority for Washington despite the ongoing wars in Gaza and Ukraine.
“Despite historic clashes in Europe and the Middle East — such as Russia’s aggression…
MANILA: The Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center said 134 projects worth PHP3.03 trillion are in the pipeline for undertaking between the government and private sector.
Data released by the PPP Center over the weekend showed that 13 unsolicited pr…
MANILA: As part of an intensified campaign against loose firearms, Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) agents arrested two suspects in Pampanga province.
CIDG chief Maj. Gen. Leo Francisco said 41-year-old alias ‘May’ and 33-year-old ‘J…
DHAKA: A major fire on Saturday razed hundreds of shelters, shops, and other facilities in refugee camps on the southeastern coast of Bangladesh, leaving 1,200 Rohingya shelterless.
The fire originated in the Rohingya Camp No. 13 of Ukhiya of Cox’s B…
ANKARA: As the rapidly warming planet affects all life on earth, rising nest temperatures are increasing the female sea turtle population, according to a Turkish expert.
In an interview with Anadolu, Dogan Sozbilen, a board member of the Sea Turtle R…
ANKARA: Elina Avanesyan shocked world No. 8 Qinwen Zheng in the women’s third round on Saturday, while Alexander Zverev barely made it to the men’s fourth round in the 2024 Roland Garros (French Open).
Avanesyan, the 21-year-old from Russia ranked 70…