Brunei News Gazette

Day: June 22, 2023

Turnover of incentives to SEAG medalists to highlight Olympic Day

The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) will celebrate Olympic Day on Friday with a traditional run at the University of the Philippines (UP) Track and Field Oval in Quezon City. A ceremonial turnover of cash incentives from the POC to the medalists of…

Gymnast Yulo leads PSA’s top monthly achievers

The Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) on Thursday announced its top achievers for the month of May led by world champion gymnast Carlos Edriel Yulo. Yulo delivered two gold and two silver medals for the gymnastics team, which also won two bro…

81 IP families in Surigao Norte get P25-M housing units

At least 81 families of the Mamanwa tribe in Claver town, Surigao del Norte are recipients of PHP25 million worth of housing units from the government through the National Housing Authority (NHA). The housing units were handed over to the Indigenous P…

DFA: Marcos admin continues to seek clemency for Mary Jane Veloso

The Philippine government continues to appeal for a commutation of sentence for Mary Jane Veloso, the overseas Filipino worker on death row over drug trafficking charges in Indonesia. ‘She’s on death row so nakikiusap tayo, mayroon tayong (we have a) …

Solon calls for passage of Pandemic Airfare Relief Act

House of Representatives Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro on Thursday urged her colleagues to pass a measure seeking to ensure that the rights and interests of airline passengers are well-protected during times of …

Batanes joins UNWTO network of tourism observatories

Batanes has been included in the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) International Network of Sustainable Tourism Observatories (INSTO), the Department of Tourism (DOT) announced Thursday. According to the UNWTO INSTO page, an observator…

NASA observatory captures strong solar flare

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory has captured an image of a strong solar flare emitted by the sun, according to the agency. The solar flare, peaking at 1:09 p.m. Tuesday Eastern Time, is classified as an X1.0 flare. X-class denotes the most intense f…

DSWD seeks cross sectoral collab on children’s rights in ASEAN

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Thursday called on Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states to continue improving the promotion and protection of the rights of children whom he called…