WASHINGTON: The US and China launched a joint counter-narcotics working group on Tuesday to combat global manufacturing and trafficking of illicit synthetic drugs including fentanyl.

The move follows a summit last year in San Francisco, California wh…

MANILA: The Japanese government has pledged to contribute about USD5 million to a farm-to-school meals program in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).

In a news release Wednesday, the Japanese Embassy in the Philippines report…

MANILA: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will tighten its watch against multiple registrants during the resumption of voter registration next month.

“The public can be assured that each applicant – new, transfers, correction – will go through ou…

TACLOBAN CITY: Police have intensified their manhunt against the members of the group who shot it out with law enforcers in Santa Margarita, Samar, on Tuesday, killing three police officers and wounding four others.

In a phone interview Wednesday, Ma…

MANILA: The Philippine National Police (PNP) has recorded a 28-percent drop in focus crimes from Jan. 1 to 30 this year.

In a press briefing at Camp Crame, Quezon City Wednesday, PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo said a total of 2,301 focus crimes w…

MANILA: The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) slashed the term deposit facility (TDF) volume on Wednesday as it continued to observe low demand for the facility.

BSP Deputy Governor Francisco Dakila Jr. said in a statement that the central bank cut t…

BERLIN: A German union has announced that security staff will go on strike at the country’s busiest airports on Thursday amid an ongoing dispute over pay.

‘As no agreement has been reached in the three rounds of collective bargaining for security sta…

MANILA: Speaker Martin Romualdez on Wednesday said the House of Representatives is ‘heartened’ by reports that the Senate will commence hearings on Resolution of Both Houses No. 6 next week, saying the move marks a ‘significant step’ towards the much-…