LTO suspends license of driver in Taguig road rage

MANILA: The Land Transportation Office (LTO) issued a 90-day preventive suspension against the license of the driver in a viral video that hit a motorcycle and dragged a traffic enforcer in Taguig City.

In a statement Friday, LTO chief, Assistant Sec…

24 Moro rebels surrender in Maguindanao provinces

Two dozen Moro extremists surrendered in Maguindanao del Sur and Maguindanao del Norte on Thursday, opting for peaceful lives over armed conflict, the military reported Friday.

In one of the surrender ceremonies, Maj. Gen. Antonio Nafarrete, command…

Leaders pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh on National Day

Incumbent and former leaders of the Party, State, National Assembly, Government and the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee paid floral tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi on August 30 on the occasion of the 79th Nationa…

Soldiers find NPA explosives in Eastern Samar

Military troops discovered banned anti-personnel mines belonging to the New People’s Army (NPA) on the outskirts of Llorente, Eastern Samar.

Troops of the Army’s 78th Infantry Battalion (78IB) found the landmine cache in upland Antipilo village in L…

Vietnam, Philippines eye pragmatic defence ties

Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang and his Philippine counterpart Gilberto Teodoro have agreed to promote the bilateral defence ties in a more practical and efficient manner during their talks in the Philippines. The talks took place…

Speical art programme marks 55th anniversary of President Ho’s testament

A special art programe was jointly held by the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education and the Vietnam Television at the Ba Dinh Square in Hanoi on August 30 to mark the 55th death anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh (Sept…

Vietnam consistently respects right to freedom of belief and religion of all people: official

Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Vu Chien Thang affirmed Vietnam’s consistent policy of respecting and protecting the right to freedom of belief and religion of all people at a reception in Hanoi on August 30 for visiting US Acting Deputy Assistant Se…