DUMAGUETE CITY: The Under-16 girls’ football team of the Leyte Association of Organized Sports Football Club (Laos FC) missed the finals but won hearts in the ongoing Norway Cup in Oslo.

Norway team Alta IF dashed the Filipino girls’ finals hope on A…

The UNESCO world heritage site of Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam is hosting the annual ‘Hoi An-Japan Cultural Exchange’, the 20th of its kind, from August 2 to 4. The event, which was first held in 2003, showcases unique cultural activit…

MANILA: Nesthy Petecio is into the quarterfinals of women’s boxing 57-kilograms after ousting hometown bet Amina Zidani via split decision early Saturday (PH time).

Four judges scored it 30-27, 29-28, 29-28, 29-28 for Petecio. A lone judge gave it to…

ILOILO CITY: A business process outsourcing (BPO) firm specializing in contact center and clinical nurse operations announced on Friday its plan to expand its workforce in Iloilo City, providing more job opportunities for Ilonggos.

‘We have 40 percen…

MANILA: Rizal Technological University-Mandaluyong collected 42 gold, 18 silver and seven bronze medals to rule the Philippine Army division of the Philippine Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) Games Luzon leg in Indang, Cavite on Saturday.

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Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta left Hanoi on August 3 afternoon, wrapping up his 4-day state visit to Vietnam at the invitation of President To Lam. Earlier on the day, as part of his visit, President Ramos-Horta had working sessions with rep…

ISTANBUL: Two US agencies filed Friday a lawsuit against popular social short-video hosting service TikTok and its parent company ByteDance for alleged widespread violations of children’s privacy laws.

The Justice Department, together with the Federa…

Rice exports could bring in a record turnover of 5 billion USD this year if the pace of shipment is maintained like at present, according to Vu Tuan Anh, CEO of GLE company, a rice exporter. There is ample room for Vietnamese rice exports as demand i…