BACOLOD CITY: Nine barangays in this city have received PHP5.35 million in emergency employment assistance under the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).

The checks w…

RABAT: Morocco on Tuesday said it has started using artificial intelligence (AI) in courts across the North African country.

‘AI has introduced significant changes worldwide,’ Justice Minister Abdellatif Ouahbi said during a meeting of the Justice Co…

MANILA: A total of 126 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) from various prison facilities nationwide were released during the country’s 126th Independence Day on Wednesday.

In a news release, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said Undersecretary Margari…

DARAGA: It could have been just another doctor-patient consultation for Dr. Mary Libeney Sito.

Except that the check-up required a grueling pilgrimage to the remote village of Buscalan in the town of Tinglayan, Kalinga, in November 2023, to meet the …

MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has reappointed Monica Louise ‘Nikki’ Prieto-Teodoro, wife of Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro Jr., as special envoy to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

Mrs. Teodoro’s appointment as Special Envo…

MANILA: The newly-launched pension scheme of the Social Security System (SSS) will help boost the financial security of Filipinos, Department of Finance (DOF) Secretary and SSS Chairperson Ralph Recto said.

In a statement on Wednesday, Recto said the…

MALASIQUI: Fifty-two applicants were hired on the spot during the Independence Day job fair held in a mall in Rosales town, Pangasinan on Wednesday.

In an interview, Rosales Public Employment Service Office (PESO) manager Roel Sabado said about 1,678…

GENEVA: A boat capsized off the coast of Yemen, killing at least 49 migrants and leaving 140 others missing, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Tuesday.

The vessel, which was carrying 260 migrants, capsized on Monday near Alghare…