Philippines
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a bill that raises the minimum age of sexual consent from 12 to 16, his office said on Monday, in a bid to protect minors from rape and sexual abuse. The Philippines until now has had one o..
The Ministry of Public Health announced a new update on the Covid-19 travel and return policy to Qatar, which will come into force on Monday, February 28, at 7 pm Qatar time. This update comes in conjunction with the noticeable decrease in the num..
A brightly decorated wooden trolley rumbles down a little-used rail track in the southern Philippines carrying four young teachers, two on the front and two in the back pushing it along with their feet. Kitted out with a whiteboard, colourful char..
Qatar and the Philippines have signed an agreement for setting up a $500m integrated dairy facility in the Philippines. The Philippines’ Departments of Agriculture (DA) and Trade Industry (DTI) partnered with Baladna Qatar Public Shareholdin..
The Philippines welcomed back more than 200 foreign tourists on Thursday, becoming the latest Southeast Asian nation to reopen in a bid to revive a battered tourism sector after its borders shut to visitors nearly two years ago due to the pandemic. ..
In Ottawa, the Embassy of the State of Qatar to Canada organized a sporting event on this occasion. HE Ambassador of the State of Qatar to Canada Khalid bin Rashid Al Mansouri and the diplomatic and embassy staff participated in it. The event, whi..
The three-month election campaign in the Philippines is set to start on February 8, 2022 amid a continuing pandemic scare. There are 10 presidential candidates, 9 vice-presidential candidates, 64 senatorial aspirants, and 177 party-list groups. In..
Indonesia's holiday island of Bali will welcome its first direct flight carrying foreign tourists for nearly two years on Thursday, but just a handful of visitors will be on board to enter strict quarantine on arrival. A Garuda Indonesia (GIAA..
The Ministry of Labour in Qatar has decided to extend the probation period for domestic workers from 3 months to 9 months, effective January 8, 2022. The said decision is in accordance with decision No. (21) of 2021 amending some provisions of dec..