SRA allots P66-M fund for El Niño mitigation measures

BACOLOD: The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) has allotted a budget of PHP66 million to assist sugarcane farmers in mitigating the effects of prolonged dry weather due to El Niño.

SRA Administrator Pablo Luis Azcona, in a press conference at the…

Vietnam to switch on to Earth Hour switch-off

Hanoi: The Ministries of Natural Resources and Environment, and Industry and Trade, and the World Wide Fund for Nature in Vietnam (WWF-Vietnam) have called on people to join hands in reducing carbon footprint, towards net zero emissions, in response t…

Resources must be ensured for policies on elderly: Deputy PM

Hanoi: Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha asked localities to ensure resources for the implementation of policies towards the elderly, while addressing a hybrid meeting of the Vietnam National Committee on Ageing (VNCA) on March 12.

To take a better …

Project launched to foster environment security in Vietnam, Laos

Hanoi: A project aiming to foster water and environment security in the Ma and Neun – Ca river basins and related coastal areas in Vietnam and Laos was launched in Hanoi on March 12.

The event was co-hosted by the Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resou…

Vietnam releases Provincial Innovation Index for first time

Hanoi: The Ministry of Science and Technology (MST) on March 12 released the Provincial Innovation Index (PII) 2023, the first of its kind so far.

The index aims to provide a general panorama of the socio-economic development model based on science, …

Prime Minister orders strengthening fire prevention, control

Hanoi: Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on March 12 issued a dispatch ordering the Minister of Public Security and Chairpersons of People’s Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities to strengthen the fire prevention and control work.

The move wa…

PBBM arrives in Berlin to boost PH-Germany bilateral tiesNational park releases rare wild animals back to the wild

MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has arrived in Berlin to start his three-day working visit to improve the bilateral relations between the Philippines and Germany.

Marcos, along with First Lady Louise Araneta-Marcos and members of the Philip…