Hanoi: The Central Steering Committee for Prevention and Control of Corruption and Negative Phenomena convened its 25th meeting in Hanoi on February 1.

The committee acknowledged the drastic efforts in combating corruption and negative phenomena thro…

MANILA: The Philippines is looking to strengthen information and intelligence exchange with Vietnam to foil terrorism and transnational crimes.

National Security Adviser (NSA) Eduardo Año raised this matter in his meeting with Vietnam’s Minister of P…

DAVAO: The Davao Oriental Provincial Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (ELCAC) launched Wednesday its ‘Bayanihan’ program in geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas (GIDAs) that have rejected the communist New People’s Army (NPA…

MANILA: State-owned Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank) said its net income hit an all-time high of PHP40.3 billion last year on the back of strong revenues from loans and investments, and prudent cost management.

In a statement on Thursday, Land…

TACLOBAN CITY: The province of Biliran was chosen as a pilot area for the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Open Civil and Vital Registration System (OpenCVRS) meant to digitalize transactions.

Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Easter…

Hanoi: ‘Xuan Que huong’ (Homeland Spring), an annual programme for overseas Vietnamese (OVs) during the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival, is expected to become a cultural and art highlight that will leave a strong impression on participants, said Deputy …

MANILA: Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Z. Duterte on Thursday said the latest accusations linking her to the alleged Davao Death Squad (DDS) and extrajudicial killings in Davao City are “scripted.”

Retired police officer Arturo Lascañas,…

MANILA: Employees of the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) could soon avail of a 50 percent discount on their point-to-point (P2P) bus fare.

Ube Express Inc., in a letter to the MIAA and shared with reporters on Thursday, stated the mecha…