MANILA: Thailand is hoping to sign within the year a tourism deal with the Philippines that would jumpstart the ‘two-country, one-destination’ initiative, its top diplomat in the Philippines said Friday.

Under the concept, the two governments will ra…

MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos are both ‘in a comfortable state’ even though they are still exhibiting flu-like symptoms, Malacañang announced Friday.

In a statement, the Presidential Communications Offic…

ONTARIO: The United Nations on Thursday noted that 16.7 million people in Syria need humanitarian assistance, marking the highest in the 13-year conflict.

Geir Pedersen, the UN Special Envoy for Syria, who virtually briefed member states at a UN Secu…

MANILA: Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte has assured immediate action on the alleged discrepancies in the voucher program under the Government Assistance to Students and Teachers in Private Education (GASTPE).

Duterte made the resp…

LONDON: Britain’s Queen Camilla said her husband, King Charles, is doing very well.

The queen provided an update on King Charles’ condition during a visit to Northern Ireland, British media said Thursday.

‘Charles is doing very well,’ Camilla told a…

BAGUIO CITY: To bring government services closer to the people, the Benguet provincial government has brought the different national and local government offices to Sablan through the HEALTHIER caravan.

“We do this regularly. We visit the different m…