Vietnam sent more than 78,000 workers abroad in the first half of this year, fulfilling 62.4% of the yearly target, according to the Department of Overseas Labour under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs. Japan, Taiwan (China), and t…
Month: July 2024
House orders arrest of ex-Duterte adviser
MANILA: The House of Representatives on Wednesday ordered the arrest and detention of former presidential adviser Michael Yang for repeated failure to appear, despite proper summons, in the House probe on his alleged involvement in a PHP3.6-billion dr…
PNP opens first satellite gun ownership regulations hub
PALO: The Philippine National Police (PNP) has launched the first satellite hub of the Permit to Carry Firearms Outside of Residence (PTCFOR) Secretariat inside the Police Regional Office 8 (PRO-8) compound as part of the PNP’s drive to enhance firear…
DA exec: No bird flu outbreak in Tarlac
MANILA: Agriculture Assistant Secretary Arnel de Mesa on Wednesday said there is no bird flu outbreak in Tarlac.
‘Good news, negative po lahat ng samples (all of the samples are negative) from Tarlac,’ de Mesa said in a Viber message, dispelling fear…
2 dead, war materiel seized in Sultan Kudarat clash
CAMP SIONGCO: Two armed men were killed when they attempted to prevent police and military authorities from entering a village in Isulan town, Sultan Kudarat province, where a ‘rido’ (clan war) is brewing, the Army here reported on Wednesday.
Lt. Col…
JPE: Courts should decide pending cases vs. him
MANILA: Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile scored the delays in the resolution of cases pending against him before the courts.
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a legislative hearing at the House of Representatives on Wednesda…
Fire leaves 81 families homeless in Bacolod City
BACOLOD CITY: At least 81 families were left homeless when a fire struck early past 3 a.m. Wednesday in Purok Kagaykay, Barangay 2 in this city.
This is the second fire incident in the coastal community in only five months after 13 homes were also ra…
Divers continue to seal 24 valves in sunken oil tanker
MANILA: Divers working on the sunken Motor Tanker (MT) Terra Nova have continued to work on sealing 24 valves that were found to be leaking oil.
In a situation update on Wednesday, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said the operation was done by diver…
Top Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated
ISTANBUL: The Palestinian resistance group Hamas announced early Wednesday that its political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh was killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting his residence in the Iranian capital Tehran.
“Hamas mourns to our great Palestinian…