MANILA: The Philippine government on Tuesday clarified anew that there was no agreement to notify China before its conduct of resupply missions to the Ayungin Shoal.

In a joint press conference in Quezon City, Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo…

ISTANBUL: The Palestinian resistance group Hamas announced early Wednesday that its political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh was killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting his residence in the Iranian capital Tehran.

“Hamas mourns to our great Palestinian…

BACOLOD CITY: A 64-year-old combatant of the New People’s Army (NPA) was killed during an encounter with troops of the Philippine Army’s 15th Infantry Battalion (IB) in Barangay Basak, Cauayan, Negros Occidental on Monday.

The 3rd Infantry Division (…

MANILA: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday said the number of registered voters for the 2025 midterm polls might reach 68 million.

This is based on the prevailing trend of the ongoing voter sign-up activities, Comelec spokesperson Joh…

MANILA: The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) forecast that inflation rate in July 2024 will settle between 4 and 4.8 percent.

The inflation rate projection is higher than last month’s 3.7 percent.

‘Higher electricity rates along with the increased …

MANILA: Divers working on the sunken Motor Tanker (MT) Terra Nova have continued to work on sealing 24 valves that were found to be leaking oil.

In a situation update on Wednesday, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said the operation was done by diver…

The consumer price index (CPI) in Ho Chi Minh City in July rose by 0.23% from the previous month, the municipal Statistics Office said on July 31. Out of 11 groups of products and services, seven experienced increases, with the most notable rise in t…

Foreign investors registered to put in more than 18 billion USD in Vietnam as of July 20, a rise of 10.9% over the same period last year, according to the latest updates of the Foreign Investment Agency. Of the figure, more than 12.55 billion USD has…