Vietnam, New Zealand reinforce all-round ties, eye new level of relations

Wellington: Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his New Zealand counterpart Christopher Luxon co-chaired a press conference following their talks in Wellington on March 11 morning, saying they agreed to promote all-round cooperation to raise…

Imee calls for restraint, more dialogues on WPS row

Senator Imee Marcos on Monday emphasized the importance of upholding independent foreign policy through restraint and more dialogues amid tensions in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).

In a radio interview, the presidential sister said no one should br…

PBBM’s efforts to promote PH pay off with US trade mission arrival

Lawmakers on Monday said the country is now seeing the results of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s efforts to promote the country to foreign investors with the arrival of the high-level United States (US) trade and investment mission in the Phili…

IM Concio rules Marinduque chess tourney

International Master (IM) Michael Concio Jr. won the open division of the 1st Marinduque National Chess Championship at the Marinduque Convention Center in Boac on Sunday.

Concio tallied 6.5 points to claim the PHP50,000 champion’s purse and a trop…

Davao City rolls out free castration to control stray dog population

The Davao City Veterinarian’s Office (CVO) has rolled out free anti-rabies vaccination, coupled with free castration of stray dogs and cats, to control their population here.

Dr. Ma. Corazon Sepulveda, officer-in-charge of the CVO, said they offer …

PSA, DSWD partner to bring PhilSys services to 4Ps beneficiaries

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) partnered up to bring the services of the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) to the Family Development Session (FDS) of Pantawid Pamilyang P…

US biz mission brings $1-B investments, to train 30M Filipinos on AI

American companies are eyeing over USD1 billion of investments in the Philippines, a commitment brought by the United States Presidential Trade and Investment Mission (PTIM).

US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo is leading the PTIM here from Marc…