Antique big coops urged to help small ones grow, succeed

BUENAVISTA: Big cooperatives in the province of Antique are being urged to help their small counterparts so that these may also grow and become successful.

Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) Assistant Secretary Virgilio Lazaga on Tuesday said bi…

40 chefs show off skills at Da Nang culinary competition

Da Nang: Fourty chefs from hotels, supermarkets and restaurants in the central city of Da Nang took part in the Da Nang Chef Talent Competition 2023 on December 19.

The event was jointly organised by the municipal federation of labour, Da Nang Hotel …

Army acts as ‘Santa’ in formerly NPA-infested E. Samar village

TACLOBAN CITY: Soldiers brought Christmas cheers to a previously rebel-influenced remote village in Eastern Samar as part of their effort to block the recovery attempts of the New People’s Army (NPA).

Troops of the 78th Infantry Battalion under the 8…

ADB negotiates to finance expansion of Jakarta’s MRT project

Jakarta: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is in talks to help finance up to 600 million USD for the expansion of Jakarta’s mass rapid transit (MRT) project.

The MRT now stretches from Lebak Bulus to the Hotel Indonesia Roundabout in central Jakarta. …

Over 44K hybrid coco seedlings up for planting in Eastern Visayas

TACLOBAN CITY: The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) is eyeing to plant 44,200 high-quality seed nuts in the next few months under its hybridization program, which is included in the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Plan (CFIDP).

PCA Eastern…

Indonesia’s rice assistance programme to benefit 22 million families

Jakarta: The State Logistics Agency of Indonesia (Bulog) has announced that 22 million families in the country will benefit from the government’s rice assistance in 2024.

Bulog’s Public Relations and Institutional Affairs Manager Tomi Wijaya stated t…

Expanded voucher system to help decongest public schools

MANILA: The measure that includes kindergarten and elementary school students in the coverage of government assistance and subsidies to private schools would help decongest public schools, a House leader said on Tuesday.

During the Bagong Pilipinas N…