Day: September 25, 2024

MANILA: The House of Representatives on Wednesday night approved on the third and final reading the proposed PHP6.352-trillion national budget for 2025. With 285 affirmative votes, 3 negative votes and zero abstention, the chamber approved House Bill 10800 or the 2025 General Appropriations Bill (GAB). The bill was approved on second and third reading on the same day after President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. certified it as urgent. Marcos, in his letter, sent Tuesday to House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez and Senate President Francis Escudero, urged lawmakers to fast-track the passage of the 2025 GAB ‘to ensure the uninterrupted operation

BAGUIO CITY: Nestled amid mountains and trees and being blessed with natural attractions and beautiful landscapes are not enough to merit a place as a tourist attraction. For the people of Ifugao province, the culture of unity and cooperation are what made their place an attraction in itself. Three villages in the municipality of Aguinaldo, grouped as the Sustainable Tourism villages of Damag, Jacmal, and Bunhian, bagged the first place in the Department of Tourism’s search for Best Tourism Village in the Cordillera. The group won PHP1 million cash prize during DOT’s regional nominees’ recognition and Best Tourism Village awarding

MALASIQUI: Cleanliness and good hygiene are key in preventing Mpox, according to an official of the Department of Health – Center for Health Development in Ilocos Region (DOH-CHD-1). Dr. Magnolia Brabante, DOH-CHD-1 epidemiology and surveillance unit head, said the region remains free from Mpox but urged the public to watch out for unexplained skin rash, mucosal lesions, swollen lymph nodes, fever above 38.5 degrees Celsius, headache, muscle pain or body aches, back pain, and profound weakness or fatigue, among others. “And if you are experiencing symptoms, immediately consult with the health center of the local government unit,” she said in

Cambodia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation H.E. Sok Chenda Sophea (Pic. 1) attends the Opening Session of the General Debate of the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly on Sept. 24 (New York Time) at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Source: Agence Kampuchea Presse

H.E. SOK Chenda Sophea, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation held separate talks with H.E. Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary; and H.E. Ms. Baiba Braže, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia, at the UN headquarters in New York on Sept. 24, on the sidelines of the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. While meeting with his Hungarian counterpart, H.E. SOK Chenda Sophea expressed his high appreciation for the progress made in bilateral relations, highlighting the high-level exchange of visits and the convening of bilateral talks