Philippines
Tropical depression raises coastal hazards as tropical depression emerges A “low-pressure area” (LPA) over the Philippine Sea has developed into a tropical depression, bringing severe winds and at times heavy downpour in a wide swathe ..
The Philippines has reported its first case of the monkeypox virus, detected in a citizen who returned from abroad earlier this month, a health ministry official said on Friday. The 31-year-old had recovered but was isolating at home, while 10 peo..
A strong earthquake set off landslides and damaged buildings in the northern Philippines on Wednesday, killing at least five people and injuring dozens. In the capital, hospital patients were evacuated and terrified people rushed outdoors. The 7-m..
Three people died in a shooting at a university graduation ceremony in the Philippines' capital region on Sunday, including a former mayor from the volatile south of the country, police said. Local Quezon City police chief Remus Medina said th..
Are you an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) living in Qatar? Good news! You can now avail of the Reintegration Program, which enables you to loan up to Php 5 million (approximately QR325,000 as per today's rate). According to the finan..
Doha is listed as one of 'The World's Greatest Places of 2022' by TIME Magazine among 50 places around the globe. Doha, Qatar was chosen for its World Cup wonders as the country gears up for the world’s biggest footbal..
On December 8, 2020, May Parsons, a Filipina nurse, became the first person in the UK to administer a COVID-19 vaccine (Pfizer/BioNTech) outside clinical trials. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="..
World’s population, to reach 8 billion by November 15, could grow to 8.5 billion in 2030 India is set to surpass China as the world’s most populous country in 2023, with each counting more than 1.4 billion residents this year, a United..
Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. took oath as the 17th President of the Republic of the Philippines, following his victory in the elections last May. Marcos, the son of the late former President Ferdinand Edralin Marcos Sr., was sworn in by Supreme ..