President attends pen-brush opening ceremony at Nguyen Trai memorial site

Hanoi: President Vo Van Thuong on February 18 offered incense and attended the Lunar New Year pen-brush opening ceremony at a memorial area dedicated to national hero and world cultural eminent personality Nguyen Trai in Nhi Khe commune in Hanoi’s out…

PBBM signs 4 laws to benefit state universities

MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has signed into law Republic Act (RA) No. 11978, establishing a college of medicine at the Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University-South La Union Campus (DMMMSU-SLUC) in the municipality of Agoo.

RA No. …

World largest Clipper Race sailors to race in Ha Long Bay

Quang Ninh: The iconic Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is coming to Ha Long Bay, Vietnam’s northeastern province of Quang Ninh, for the first time in its history on February 21 with the dramatic arrival of the world’s largest matched fleet of 70-fo…

PH to continue Scarborough deployment; denies ‘provocation’

MANILA: The Philippine government said Saturday it will continue its ‘rotational deployment’ to the Scarborough Shoal or Bajo de Masinloc (BDM) to support Filipinos fishing in the area.

The statement came as it presented its initial deployment report…

Thua Thien Hue strives to become centrally run city by 2025

Hanoi: Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has signed a decision approving a plan to turn Thua Thien Hue into a centrally run city by 2025 and a typical heritage city of Vietnam by 2030.

To realise the goal, Thua Thien Hue will develop synchronous and…

P40-M feeds center to boost W. Visayas’ dairy industry

ILOILO CITY: A PHP40-million feeds center that is expected to greatly boost the dairy industry in Iloilo and the whole of Western Visayas will soon rise in New Lucena town after the signing of a memorandum of agreement between the local government and…

2 die, 3 hurt in Negros in ‘treasure hunt’ gone bad

DUMAGUETE CITY: Police are investigating the circumstances behind the reported gas poisoning that claimed the lives of two persons during an alleged treasure-hunting activity in Siaton town, Negros Oriental.

A report from the Negros Oriental Police P…