Vietnamese Minister of National Defence Gen. Phan Van Giang met with United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix in New York on September 23 (local time), within the framework of Party General Secretary and State P…
Day: September 24, 2024
Tourism Week highlights Surigao City’s culture, economic potentials
The city government of Surigao is conducting a weeklong tourism campaign to highlight its cultural heritage, local creative industries, and economic potential.
The 2024 National Tourism Week and Creative Industries Month in Sept. 23 to 27 will showc…
Send-off ceremony held for field hospital, engineer unit to UN peacekeeping missions
The Ministry of National Defence held a ceremony in Hanoi on September 24 to see off Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 6 and Engineering Unit Rotation 3 to carry out United Nations peacekeeping missions in South Sudan and the Abyei area.
The field hos…
DFA: No Filipino hurt in Lebanon; many opt to stay
Manila: Most Filipinos in Lebanon refuse to return home despite the intensified conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Tuesday.
In an interview over Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon, DFA Assistant Secretary Robert …
UN concerned on raid, shutdown of Al Jazeera’s West Bank office
The United Nations on Monday criticized Israel for raiding Al Jazeera’s office in the occupied West Bank and ordering its closure for 45 days, saying the Israeli move is “limiting media coverage of what is going on in the region.”
“We are extremely …
Private sector boosts gov’t effort to clear C. Visayas housing backlog
The private sector’s collaboration with the government has bolstered the Marcos administration’s effort to beat the almost 600,000 housing unit backlog in Central Visayas, a housing development official said on Tuesday.
Lawyer Lyndon Juntilla, regio…