Indonesian President’s Vietnam visit hoped to strengthen bilateral ties

Hanoi: The visit to Vietnam from January 11-13 by Indonesian President Joko Widodo is expected to further tighten the Vietnam-Indonesia strategic partnership and deepen their bilateral cooperation.

This will be the President’s second state visit to V…

Nearly 3,000 Vietnamese firms receive codes to export agricultural products to China

Nearly 3,000 Vietnamese firms have received codes granted by China, enabling them to export farm produce and food products to the Chinese market. According to the Vietnam Sanitary and Phytosanitary Notification Authority and Enquiry Point (SPS Vietna…

Quake, typhoon-hit residents in Surigao Sur get TUPAD payments

BUTUAN CITY: At least 1,850 beneficiaries of the government’s cash-for-work program in Surigao del Sur on Tuesday received payments more than a month after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake and Tropical Storm Kabayan hit the area.

Some PHP6.5 million worth …

Comelec: Voter signup resumes Feb. 12

MANILA: Voter registration for the May 2025 midterms elections would resume on Feb. 12, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced on Wednesday.

Comelec chairperson George Erwin Garcia, in a phone interview, said the voter registration period wi…

Baguio declares acute gastroenteritis outbreak

BAGUIO CITY: The city government has declared an outbreak of gastroenteritis after reports started to pile since the holidays, with the numbers reaching around 1,602 as of 3 p.m. Wednesday.

‘I would like to officially declare that we have an outbreak…

‘Bagsakan’ center to help Antique farmers to market products

BUENAVISTA: The Barbaza Multi-Purpose Cooperative (MPC) opened a consolidation center to help its members market their products.

Barbaza MPC agriculturist Jose De La Cruz, Jr., in an interview Wednesday, said the Agri-Produce Consolidation Center or …

Batangas leadership studying operations of various fish ports

BATANGAS CITY: The provincial government here is using insights gleaned from other fish ports in Calabarzon and elsewhere in the country to guide the imminent construction of a modern food terminal in Batangas.

Governor Hermilando Mandanas recently a…