MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has sought the assistance of the private sector amid his plan to intensify the fight against rampant smuggling in the country, Malacañang said on Saturday.Marcos, in a meeting with the Private Sector Advisory C…

WASHINGTON: Covid-19 has further compounded the woes of the US health care system, which even prior to the pandemic was strained by winter illnesses, and risks imperiling it for years to come, according to a recently published report.Traditionally, the…

ISTANBUL: Japan on Friday said the contentious nuclear waste from the Fukushima nuclear plant will be released into the sea in the coming spring or summer.The announcement came two years after the Japanese government had announced plans to dump the nuc…

BUTUAN CITY: The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in the Caraga Region (DENR-13) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) have inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the implementation of the “One Million Malunggay Plant Grow…

ISTANBUL: By the end of the century, half of the world’s glaciers are set to vanish, resulting in not just the loss of their mesmerizing natural beauty, but in heightened water scarcity and risk of natural disasters as well.A recent scientific report, …

MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has appointed Eduardo Año as the new National Security Adviser (NSA), Malacañang announced on Saturday.Presidential Communications Office Secretary Cheloy Garafil confirmed Año’s appointment after the oath-taki…