DND chief: PH needs to reaffirm alliances to uphold UNCLOS

MANILA: Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. stressed the need for the Philippines to reaffirm its alliances with like-minded nations if it wants to uphold the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) amid security challenges in the …

More conditions proposed for setting up satellite internet in Vietnam

Hanoi: The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has proposed that foreign businesses which want to provide domestic satellite telecommunications services must have a gateway station located in Vietnam.

The information is stated in a draft…

Cebu province eyes dialysis center on Bantayan, Camotes islands

MANILA: Kidney patients living on Bantayan Island in Cebu’s extreme north and Camotes Islands in the province’s eastern seaboard will no longer have to travel to the mainland for their treatment as the provincial government here will open a dialysis c…

Ilocos Norte rice farmers receive fertilizer vouchers, veggie seeds

MANILA: Forty-five rice farmers from Currimao, Ilocos Norte received fertilizer vouchers with a total amount of PHP155,000 from the Department of Agriculture (DA) on Friday.

Other interventions extended were fuel subsidies, hybrid vegetable seeds, ce…

‘Illegal recruiter’ promising fruit picker jobs in Japan nabbed

MANILA: Authorities on Friday arrested an alleged illegal recruiter promising “fruit picker” jobs in Japan in an entrapment at the compound of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) in Mandaluyong City.

Members of the DMW-Migrant Workers Protection …

24 firms keen on producing anti-TB, HIV drugs: Palace

MANILA: Around 24 drug manufacturers have expressed readiness to produce anti-tuberculosis (TB) drugs, while one pharmaceutical firm has expressed willingness to manufacture human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) medicines.

This was reported to Presiden…

Indian tech firms keen on exploring opportunities in PH – envoy

MANILA: More Indian information technology (IT) companies are eager to explore business opportunities and offer various technology solutions to the Philippines, Indian Ambassador to Manila Shambhu Kumaran said Friday.

In a presser in Taguig City, Kum…