DA rolls out P1.08-B aid to El Niño-affected farmers

MANILA: The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Wednesday said around PHP1.08 billion worth of aid has been provided to farmers whose livelihoods are affected by the impact of the El Niño phenomenon.

According to the DA’s Disaster Risk Reduction and Ma…

Seoul court junks bid to stop increase of med school admission quota

SEOUL: A Seoul court on Tuesday dismissed medical professors’ bid to prevent the government from increasing the admission quota of medical schools starting next year.

The Seoul Administration Court rejected an appeal by the Medical Professors Associa…

Cocktail of repurposed drugs offers hope to breast cancer patients

JERUSALEM: In a significant stride towards combating metastatic breast cancer, Israeli researchers unveiled a novel therapeutic approach utilizing already-existing medications that offers hope for improved survival rates.

Breast cancer originates in …

Rondo, 2-time NBA champion, announces retirement

ISTANBUL: After 16 seasons, two-time NBA winner Rajon Rondo has officially confirmed his retirement from the NBA.

“I’m done. I can’t. I’d rather spend time with my kids,” Rondo told the All the Smoke podcast hosted by former NBA players Matt Barnes a…

2 arrested in Cebu over P3.4-M shabu

CEBU CITY: Police nabbed two men Tuesday night after yielding PHP3.4 million suspected shabu during a buy-bust in Minglanilla town.

Security guard Selfredo Silva alias ‘Odo’, 48; and construction worker Elmer Bucog, 47, were nabbed in Purok Tugas, Ba…

ERs at major S. Korean hospitals show growing signs of strain

SEOUL: Emergency departments at major general hospitals have shown increasing signs of strain, a senior official said Tuesday, as junior doctors’ mass walkout to protest the planned hike in medical school admissions entered its seventh week.

The numb…

Pope wants his funeral to be celebrated

ROME: Pope Francis has said how he would like his funeral to be eventually celebrated in a book of interviews with the Catican correspondent of Spanish newspaper ABC.

He said that he would have a coffin but no catafalque for the funeral rites.

The 8…