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July 06, 2023 2:43 PM

Questions have arisen over the practicality of the Uniform Civil Code and whether it will dilute local customs and traditions.

Chinese organiser iME Entertainment’s website is under scrutiny over criticism from fans that it shows a map of the waterway with disputed boundaries.

The Commission on Human Rights has called for the passage of a bill providing a lifetime validity to identification cards issued to persons with permanent disabilities, saying that it would reduce the administrative hurdles faced by the sector.

MANILA, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Arthur Arsenio, a 50-year-old Filipino jeepney driver, stopped plying Metro Manila's streets last week. He skipped work to see a doctor due to a recurring fever, a bout of coughs, and night sweats.

The doctor suspected Arsenio was ill with tuberculosis, a common sickness of drivers exposed to the city's polluted air. The doctor advised Arsenio to have a chest X-ray to identify any pote

(Brussels) - Bangladesh authorities should ensure an independent and transparent investigation into the murder of union leader, Shahidul Islam, Human Rights Watch said today. Islam, who was president of the Bangladesh Garment and Industrial Workers Federation Gazipur district committee, was beaten to death on June 25, 2023, after he visited a factory in Gazipur to secur

July 06, 2023 1:25 PM

Sri Lankans are discontented and frustrated with lingering economic woes.

July 06, 2023 1:08 PM

The two frigates - Gromkiy and Sovershenniy - made port at the financial hub of Shanghai on Wednesday.

Remulla added that he is “meeting the leadership on Monday morning after the flag ceremony,” referring to department undersecretaries and assistant secretaries. This is to discuss directions and orders, he said.

THE Cebu City Government has increased the allocated budget for this year’s rehabilitation of barangay roads and thoroughfares from P70 million to P200 million.

Councilor Jerry Guardo, chairman of the Committee on Infrastructure, told SunStar Cebu on Thursday, July 6, 2023, that the P100 million has already been awarded to Socor Construction Corporation.

Guardo said the 80 percent of the P100 million will be spent for the rehabilitation of roads and bridges and 20 percent for public parks and playgrounds and other structures.

Meanwhile, the remaining P100 million is currently being held for the next bidding process.

Guardo explained that the city government is focusing on the improvement of barangay roads within the city including its mountain barangays.

He said that the Department of Engineering and Public Works (DEPW) would accept requests from any barangay that wishes to have their roads asphalted.

However, the DEPW would prioritize roads in dilapidated condition, he added.(AML, TPT)

EDCOM 2 Executive Director Karol Yee also told Philstar.com that it can be more efficient for companies to help deliver tech-voc programs in fields that require robust training facilities, which some government centers may not have.

It comes two days after Hong Kong put up bounties for eight pro-democracy activists living abroad.

From carbon absorption to reducing methane emissions from cattle, research into new applications for the marine plant is flourishing.

The new EO, dated July 4 and signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, amends the Duterte-era EO 68. The Palace has yet to publish the new EO. 

July 06, 2023 12:00 PM

China has not approved any western Covid-19 vaccines, inoculating its 1.4 billion population with local shots.

A dentist was brought to a private hospital in Mandaue City after two unknown individuals broke into his clinic on Queens Road, close to the Redemptorist Church, in Barangay Kamputhaw, Cebu City, around 2 p.m. on Wednesday, July 5, and struck his eyes with a blunt weapon.

The victim was identified as Dr. Charles Pactol Sia, 41, of Cebu City.

The two guys allegedly entered the dentist's clinic to deliver something, according to Nena Rose Rosell Bardisco, the dentist's secretary, who reported the incident to police at the Abellana Police Station.

One of the suspects was dressed in a black jacket, while the other in a green one.

They were both wearing masks.

However, Bardisco noted that the suspect, who was dressed in a green jacket, suddenly pulled out a weapon and went to the doctor's room where a foreign patient was being operated on.

The suspects tied the victim's hands and those of his secretary, and one of them struck the victim's eyes with a blunt object until it began to bleed.

A caretaker at a nearby establishment claimed that they immediately contacted an ambulance when they noticed Sia’s eyes were bleeding.

The Abellana Police Station is still conducting an investigation and has checked the CCTV footage in the area and nearby establishments to identify the perpetrators.

The doctor's clinic once had a guard on duty during the day, but owing to theft in the vicinity, he was moved to the night shift, according to some security guards of the surrounding buildings. (BBT, TPT)

July 06, 2023 11:30 AM

Now other nations want to learn how to farm seaweed for food, as fertiliser and for the environment.

State prosecutors have asked the Muntinlupa court judge handling the recently re-raffled drug case against former Sen. Leila de Lima—her last pending charge—to inhibit himself.

Some hospitals have shut children’s emergency rooms as paediatricians abandon a field they think has no future amid the country’s plunging birth rate.

The Department of Tourism has retained the use of the controversial rebranded tourism campaign “Love the Philippines.”

July 06, 2023 11:05 AM

The announcement will come after the IAEA approved Japan’s plans on Tuesday.