JINCHEON, South Korea, With the Paris Olympics two months away, the South Korean national fencing team said Monday its goal is to bring home multiple gold medals.

South Korea has won at least one fencing gold medal at every Olympics since 2012, with…

LEGAZPI CITY: The first batch of more than 3,600 senior high school and tertiary students from Albay province received financial aid Monday under the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) program of the Department of Social Welfare and …

BAYAMBANG: The Pangasinan State University (PSU) has been given PHP90 million as initial budget for salt research by the Department of Science and Technology’s Philippine Council for Industry, Energy, and Emerging Technology Research and Development (…

GENEVA: The UN secretary-general on Monday described the World Health Assembly (WHA), the decision-making body of the World Health Organization (WHO), as “vital” amid the ongoing crisis, saying health suffers when it rages.

In a video message to the …

MANILA: The National Commission of Senior Citizens (NCSC) is looking forward to the swift approval of the four bills that Filipino elderlies have been waiting for after getting the nod of the House of Representatives.

These measures are House Bill (H…

BOCAUE: Over 800 job order (JO) workers in the municipal government here will now have social security coverage and protection under the KaSSSangga Collect Program (KCP) after the Social Security System (SSS) and the local government unit (LGU) inked …

MANILA: The Contact Center Association of the Philippines (CCAP) expects that the attrition rate in contact center firms will continue to decline as the industry embraces flexible work arrangement.

In a press briefing in Makati City Monday, CCAP boar…

LEGAZPI CITY: Albay residents gave mixed reactions regarding the recently approved House Bill No. 9349, or the proposed Absolute Divorce Act.

Teresita Tongo of Sto. Domingo town said she is against the divorce bill because it will destroy families.

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