Female rebel surrenders to Bulacan police

SANTOS: A female member of the communist terrorist group (CTG) Rebolusyonaryong Hukbong Bayan (RHB) voluntarily surrendered to the Bulacan police in the city of Malolos on Tuesday.

In a statement on Wednesday, Col. Relly B. Arnedo, Bulacan Police Pro…

Binh Thuan province resolved to fight IUU fishing

Binh Thuan: The People’s Committee of the south-central province of Binh Thuan has asked local relevant agencies to ramp up efforts against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in anticipation of the fifth working round with the inspectio…

PH to continue to post strong growth

MANILA: The Philippines is projected to continue to be one of the fastest growing economies in East Asia and the Pacific over the next two years.

In its Global Economic Prospects report released on Wednesday, the World Bank maintained its Philippine …

PH exports need to grow 40% to catch up with 2024 target

MANILA: Philippine exports of goods and services should grow by 40 percent to catch up with the over PHP140-billion export revenues target for 2024 under the Philippine Export Development Program (PEDP), a Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) offici…

Private sector’s engagement in child care, protection to be promoted

Hanoi: Reforming mechanisms for mobilising private organisations, businesses, individuals, and the society’s engagement in child care and protection is among the key tasks recently set by the Politburo.

This is part of the Politburo’s Directive No 28…

DILG to hone LGUs’ potential, push for services’ full digitalization

MANILA: The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Wednesday vowed to unleash the full potential of local government units (LGUs) towards good governance and work for the digitalization of their services this year.

During the New Y…

BOC prevents export of P7.5-M shabu shipment to New Zealand

MANILA: Customs officers at the Port of Clark stopped an attempt to export PHP7.507 million worth of shabu bound for New Zealand.

Port of Clark District Collector Erastus Sandino Austria, in a statement Wednesday, said the cargo declared as ‘shaft dr…