Monthly Archives: March 2021
BFAR bans shellfish from Visayas, Mindanao due to red tide
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has banned the selling and eating of shellfish bought or harvested from some parts of the...
Locsin warns attack on 65-year old Filipino in New York to affect PH foreign...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. said the attack against a 65-year old Filipino-American in New York City, the latest violent incident following a...
Health experts Urge the Public to cooperate to stop the increasing Covid 19 Cases
Department of Health (DOH) experts have called on public cooperation as the government imposed a strict one-week community quarantine organizing in NCR plus to...
Taal Volcano still remains at its Alert Level 2 Status, recorded at least 212...
Taal Volcano is still in its Alert Level 2 Status according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported Wednesday this morning.
Taal...
US, Indian navies conduct 2-day exercise
A United States Navy carrier strike group and India's military that included participation of India's Russian-designed fighter planes, conducted a weekend exercise in a...
WHO, world leaders seek united front vs future pandemics
Two dozen world leaders and the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday called for the creation of a new international treaty to better prepare...
UN: Covid affected fight vs poverty in Asia Pacific
The United Nations (UN) on Tuesday said the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic has erased years of progress in poverty reduction in the Asia-Pacific...
Asian American and Pacific Islander groups get more donations
Donations and contribution pledges to Asian American and Pacific Islander groups have spiked since the March 16 shooting in Atlanta that killed eight people,...
Thailand denies sending back Myanmar citizens who fled their country
Thailand’s prime minister denied Tuesday that his country’s security forces forced villagers back to Myanmar who had fled from military airstrikes, saying they returned...
PH unemployment rate hits 8.8%
The country’s unemployment rate hit 8.8 percent in February as about 234,000 more Filipinos joined the ranks of those without jobs with the coronavirus...