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OVER 2,000 STRANDED AT TAWAU AIRPORT AS FLIGHTS CANCELLED

TAWAU, More than 2,000 passengers have been affected by the cancellation of several flights from Tawau Airport, following the volcanic eruption of Mount Ruang in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, yesterday.

Tawau Airport manager Rehan Dhafiq Azizan said tha…

OCD warns public vs. procurement, disaster fund scams

MANILA: The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) warned the public against scammers promising to expedite their transactions with the agency in exchange for a sum of money.

In a statement Wednesday, OCD administrator Undersecretary Ariel Nepomuceno said the…

CHED chief: Non-payment of subsidy grant allegations unfounded

MANILA: Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Chairperson J. Prospero de Vera III slammed allegations concerning the “non-payment” of grants for Tertiary Education Subsidy (TES).

“Charges laid against me lack merit and are purely unsubstantiated alle…

World’s largest Chinese telescope spots over 900 pulsars

ANKARA: China’s Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), the world’s largest single-dish radio telescope, has identified over 900 new pulsars, or rotating neutron stars, since its launch in 2016, state media reported on Wednesday.

The pulsars, iden…

DAR eyes distribution of 100K land titles in 2024

MANILA: The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) on Thursday said it aims to distribute at least 100,000 certificates of land ownership awards (CLOA) this year.

“Ang aming (Our) trajectory, is that by this year ay (is) 100,000 [CLOAs]; ngayon kung iyo…