REGIONAL AGRI OFFICE. Canadian Minister for Agriculture Lawrence MacAulay gives his remarks during the symbolic opening ceremony of the Indo-Pacific Agriculture and Agri-Food Office on Wednesday (Feb. 21, 2024). With the IPAAO opening, MacAulay is confident Canada’s annual agriculture and agri-food export worth over CAD22.8 billion (PHP943.19 billion) to the region would further grow. (PNA photo by…
The House of Representatives has ordered the arrest and detention of former presidential adviser Michael Yang for repeated failure to appear at its hearings on his alleged involvement in a P3.6-billion drug bust in Mexico, Pampanga in 2023. House Secretary General Reginald Velasco earlier signed the contempt order issued by the House Committee on Dangerous Drugs against Yang following…
LEGAZPI CITY – The “Tarabangan Caravan” of Ako Bicol (AKB) Party-List slated this year which will offer a series of medical-dental missions is expected to benefit some 13,000 residents of the six provinces of the Bicol Region.. AKB media relations officer Sally Luces said the caravan is part of the priority programs of AKB and President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to help…
FIBER INNOVATION HUB. Personnel of the DOST-PTRI visit the municipality of Vintar in Ilocos Norte on Tuesday (April 16, 2024), presenting some finished products out of tropical fabric. To engage local communities in fiber processing, a Bamboo Textile Fiber Innovation Hub will be established in Vintar soon. (Photo courtesy of Vintar LGU) The Department of Science and…
MANILA – New Zealand is ready to show its hospitality once the Philippine women’s football team arrives there in July for the FIFA Women’s World Cup.
DAGUPAN CITY — Pangasinan has declared the mountainous village of Barangay Malico in San Nicolas town as its “Barangay Summer Capital.” This was after the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Pangasinan approved on Monday the resolution of the Sangguniang Bayan of San Nicolas requesting for the declaration. During an out-of-town session of the provincial board, Pangasinan sixth district board member Noel Bince said…
THE Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has marked another milestone as it broke the Guinness World Record for the “Most People Planting Bamboo Simultaneously in Multiple Venues” during the National Science, Technology, and Innovation Week (NSTW) held last November 28 at the Limketkai Mall in Cagayan de Oro City. Spearheaded by the DOST and…
The Department of Tourism (DOT) welcomes local airlines’ recent announcements on the reopening of direct flights from Clark International Airport (Clark) to the country’s prime island tourist locations.
House Minority Leader and 4Ps party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan said Tuesday state universities and colleges (SUCs) can still continue offering senior high school if they want to, and Congress retains the prerogative to provide appropriations for them on a case-to-case basis. Libanan made the statement after the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) issued a memorandum ordering…
By Benjamin Nathaniel Bondoc TAIPEI, Taiwan – South Korea’s capital Seoul is determined to push for digital and green projects to improve the people’s quality of life, attract investments and foster further collaboration with the international community in turning these visions into reality. Speaking to international media members on the sidelines of the 2024 Smart City…
