DUMAGUETE CITY: The Commission on Elections-Negros Island Region (Comelec-NIR) welcomes the proposal to criminalize attacks and other similar aggressions against media practitioners, especially during an election period, an official said Thursday.
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DAVAO CITY: The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) is collating the necessary documents for the approval of the financial assistance to be given to areas hit by typhoon Carina in the National Capital Region.
In an interview o…
ANKARA: Chinese swimmer Pan Zhanle broke the world record to win an Olympic gold in the men’s 100-meter freestyle on Wednesday.
In the finals held at the Paris La Defense Arena, Pan, 19, swam the 100 meters in 46.40 seconds to break his own world rec…
BAGUIO CITY: The Police Regional Office-Cordillera Administrative Region (PRO-CAR) said 97.79 percent or 798 of the 816 drug-affected villages in the region have been declared drug cleared.
‘Cordillera region is the second nationwide with the most nu…
MANILA: The Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the awarding of the Foreign Minister’s Commendation on Dr. Fernando C. Sanchez Jr., professor and former chancellor of the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB).
In a statement on Thurs…
MANILA: Carlo Espinosa of the La Concepcion College – Bulacan bagged the men’s 57-60kg event in the Air Force division of the Philippine Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) Games – Luzon leg at the Tagaytay Combat Sports Center in Cavite on Thursda…
CEBU CITY: A total of 21 barangays (villages) in this capital city’s north district are being considered for the Pambansang Pabahay Para sa Pilipino Housing (4PH) Program of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s administration, an official said on Thursday…
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY: At least 74 former communist rebels in Bukidnon province received PHP4.8 million worth of financial and livelihood assistance on Thursday, the Department of the Interior and Local Government in Northern Mindanao (DILG-10) said.
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President of Timor-Leste José Ramos-Horta laid wreaths at the monument to war heroes and martyrs on Bac Son street and paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi on August 1. The President of Timor-Leste is on his four-day state v…