PM launches national campaign to eliminate substandard houses

Hoa Binh: Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on April 13 launched a campaign aimed at eliminating temporary and ramshackle houses across the country by 2025, in a significant move to improve living conditions for impoverished people.

The hybrid launching…

Vietnamese Embassy in Israel issues warning amid escalating tension

Tel Aviv: The Vietnamese Embassy in Israel on April 12 recommended Vietnamese nationals residing, studying, and working in the Middle East country to proactively take security measures amid the escalating tension between Israel and Iran.

The escalati…

NCR construction of North-South Commuter Railway to begin October

MANILA: The Philippine National Railways (PNR) said construction of the Metro Manila portion of the 147-kilometer North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR) will go full blast by October this year.

At the Saturday News Forum in Quezon City, PNR chair Michae…

Dangerous heat index forecast in 9 areas

MANILA: The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) warned of dangerous heat index levels in nine areas across the country on Saturday.

Based on the weather bureau’s 5 p.m. forecast on Friday, the followi…

Malaria cases surge by 90% in 2023 – DOH

MANILA: Malaria cases in the country almost doubled in 2023 and the Department of Health (DOH) believes that climate change contributed to the uptick.

Latest data from the DOH Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) showed that about 6,248 ca…

PBBM cites need for PH-US FTA, urges US Congress to hasten GSP renewal

MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Saturday (PH time) pushed for a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) between the Philippines and the United States to achieve economic transformation and open more job opportunities.

There is a demand from…

PH reelected to UN commissions on women’s rights, sci-tech for dev’t

MANILA: The Philippines has been reelected as a member of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) for the term 2025-2029 on the heels of its successful chairmanship of the body last month.

In a statement dated April 11 (US time), P…