MANILA: Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gregorio Pio Catapang Jr. has ordered the modification of training courses for prison management officers in a bid to attract more applicants and meet the requirements of the agency.

Catapang iss…

MANILA: House Committee on Dangerous Drugs Chair and Surigao del Norte 2nd District Rep. Robert Ace Barbers on Thursday said the International Criminal Court (ICC) is free to record the ongoing hearings on the Duterte administration’s ‘war on drugs’ a…

MANILA: The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on Thursday announced that it has lifted the moratorium on issuing new digital banking licenses.

Starting Jan. 1, 2025, the BSP will resume granting licenses to digital banks. However, the central bank wi…

MANILA: A Senate Medal of Excellence is sought for Nesthy Petecio for being the first Filipina boxer to win an Olympic medal.

Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada filed on Thursday Senate Resolution No. 1122 seeking to confer Petecio with the…

Vietnamese Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien and Permanent Secretary of State at the Cambodian Defence Ministry General Chay Saing Yun have compared notes on defence cooperation orientations between the two countries while co-…

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man held a working session with the Standing Board of the Dong Nai provincial Party Committee on August 8 to discuss the local socio-economic performance and the progress of the Long Thanh International Airp…

Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee (PCC), Head of the PCC’s Commission for Popularisation and Education Nguyen Trong Nghia hosted a reception in Hanoi on August 8 for Indian Ambassador to Vietnam Sandeep Arya.

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A ceremony to celebrate the 57th ASEAN Day was held at the ASEAN Secretariat’s headquarters in Jakarta on August 8. In his opening remarks, ASEAN Secretary General Kim Kao Hourn laid stress on the strength and unity of the ‘big family’ ASEAN – a regi…