BUTUAN CITY: Authorities arrested a high-value individual (HVI) and seized from him PHP1.7 million worth of shabu during an anti-illegal drugs operation in Barangay Doongan here Wednesday.

In a statement Thursday, Police Regional Office in the Caraga…

MANILA: Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Thursday underscored the critical role of digital skills in modernizing social welfare services as the department holds a five-day business intelligence training w…

ANKARA: China’s Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), the world’s largest single-dish radio telescope, has identified over 900 new pulsars, or rotating neutron stars, since its launch in 2016, state media reported on Wednesday.

The pulsars, iden…

MANILA: Tommy Ros Cuenca, a Filipino-American fashion model and athlete, improved his personal record after emerging second-best American finisher in the men’s division of the Paris Marathon 2024 on April 7, 2024.

The 26-year-old former US National C…

MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday directed the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and local government units (LGUs) to grant a one-month grace period to electric and other vehicles recently banned from using national …

MANILA: The Department of Agriculture (DA) said Thursday it will prioritize the construction of farm infrastructures in 2025 to benefit more farmers and fishers.

In a statement, Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said they would propose a…

KORONADAL CITY: Two persons were killed while three others were injured in a three-vehicle collision along the national highway in Tupi, South Cotabato, at dawn Thursday.

Emil Sumagaysay, head of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management C…

Hanoi: The General Association of Vietnamese in Laos and the Vietnamese Association in Vientiane on April 18 held a ceremony to observe the commemorative anniversary of the Hung Kings, the legendary nation founders.

At the ceremony held at the headqu…