WASHINGTON: Cameroon’s former Prime Minister Philemon Yang was elected on Thursday “by acclamation” as president of the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, which will begin in September.

Yang expressed his “sincere gratitude” to the …

Khon Kaen Mobilize forces to hunt down the culprit who committed the heinous crime. A young Myanmar man was shot to death in a hospital bed while he was waiting for surgery in the middle of the night. The cause is still unknown.

Police, Muang Khon K…

MALASIQUI: The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has declared San Fabian and Binalonan towns as drug-cleared, bringing to 34 the total drug-cleared municipalities in Pangasinan.

PDEA-Pangasinan Director Retchie Camacho, in a phone interview o…

The Hue Fetival 2024 kicked off at the Kien Trung Palace inside the Hue Imperial City in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on June 7. Entitled “Cultural Heritage amid Integration and Development”, the festival lasting till June 12 will feature a…

LAOAG CITY: The public healthcare system continues improving in Ilocos Norte, thanks to upgrading of health facilities, purchase of equipment and hiring of health professionals.

Ilocos Norte provincial health officer Dr. Rickson Balalio told the Phil…

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha attended a banquet hosted by Russian Ambassador to Vietnam Gennady Stepanovich Bezdetko and his spouse in Hanoi on June 7. The event was to mark the 34th National Day of Russia (June 12) and the 30th anniversary of …

LIPA CITY: The Department of Agriculture in Calabarzon (DA-4A) will implement a number of interventions to help rice farmers in the region take full advantage of the wet season and maximize their productivity.

In an interview on Friday, DA-4A rice fo…

A delegation of the Nhan dan (People) newspaper paid courtesy calls on Bounthong Chitmany, Permanent member of the Secretariat of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and Vice President of Laos, and Khamphan Pheuyavong, Chair…