Tourism Secretary Christina Frasco and New Perspective Media (NPM) Group CEO and founder Karen Franco have agreed to help each other find ways to drive tourists from the Middle East to the Philippines by promoting medical tourism, halal travel, diving…
The Chinese naval training ship Qi Jiguang will dock in Manila on June 14 for a ‘goodwill port visit’, the Chinese Embassy in Manila said Friday. The training ship earlier departed Brunei where it conducted in-depth exchanges and environmental protect…
Senator Imee Marcos on Friday urged newly appointed Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro and National Security Adviser Eduardo Año to explain the request of the United States to grant some Afghan refugees special immigrant status in the country. Marcos, …
The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Antique provincial director on Friday said they will be launching the Buhay Ingatan, Droga’y Ayawan (BIDA) program to call for the active participation of the public in addressing the illegal drug…
A total of 6,999 families displaced by Tropical Storm Agaton in the municipality of Banate in Iloilo province last year were recipients of over PHP21 million under the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situations (AICS) program of the Department of …
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Friday underscored the need for inter-agency collaboration amid the escalating threat of human trafficking all over the world. In a statement, BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco said human trafficking is both severe and…
The Climate Change Commission (CCC) has expressed optimism that the Commission on Audit’s (COA) issuance of new regulatory guidelines would result in the effective implementation of climate-related projects and programs. This is after the COA released…
More than 8 million children have received vaccines for measles and rubella a week before the Department of Health’s campaign against vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) ends. The DOH, in a Viber message to the Philippine News Agency (PNA), said 8,016…
Cagayan de Oro (2nd District) Rep. Rufus Rodriguez on Thursday urged China to order its Navy, Coast Guard and/or militia vessels to leave the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The Mindanao lawmaker made this appeal following the departure of…
Two suspected big-time drug dealers were arrested in this town and PHP3.4 million worth of shabu was seized by combined operatives of the Cavite Police Provincial Office (PPO) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). In a statement on Wednes…