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KITE FESTIVAL. The city government is holding for the first time in two years a kite festival, which was suspended in 2020 following the Covid-19pandemic. The festival, slated Sunday (June 19, 2022), aims to promote local tourism. (City Hall PIO file photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY - The local government is holding a kite festival for the first time in two years to help revive the city's tourism industry. Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar said part of the festival is the kite flying competition sla...

BEIJING, June 16 (Xinhua) -- The China-Laos Railway, put into operation in December 2021, has helped turn the landlocked country of Laos into a land-linked hub.

Baron Funds, an asset management firm, published its “Baron Focused Growth Fund” first quarter 2022 investor letter – a copy of which can be downloaded here.

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SAFE DRINKING WATER. GiftingLife Philippines Country Manager Liezel Salera-Manabat demos the use of filtration equipment to their beneficiary community in Davao del Norte on June 7, 2022. The group vowed Thursday (June 16, 2022) to provide more schools in Davao City with a filtration center and refilling station. (Contributed photo from GiftingLife) DAVAO CITY - An advocacy group on Wednesday assured wider access to clean and safe drinking water for students in Davao City. Liezel Salera-Manabat,...

The Zamboanga City Medical Center. (PNA file photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY - The Poison Control Center (PCC) of the government-run Zamboanga City Medical Center (ZCMC) issued a warning to the public on the use of mosquito repellent due to possible N-diethyl-meta-toluamide (DEET) poisoning. Dr. Aeesha Pingli, PCC toxicologist, issued the warning Thursday as a dengue outbreak has been declared in the city. Pingli noted that mosquito repellents are currently being widely used to prevent dengue fever and ot...

EVIDENCE. The pieces of evidence that anti-narcotics managed to seize from suspect Roland Diago Mascardo, a former town councilor in Socorro municipality, in Surigao del Norte. Mascardo, 37, was arrested Wednesday (June 15, 2022). (Photo courtesy of Ed Mapayo) BUTUAN CITY - A former councilor of Surigao del Norte's island town of Socorro was arrested in a PHP340,000 drug sting, authorities said Thursday. Dindo Abellanosa, spokesperson of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in the Caraga R...

Due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and a subsequent EU ban on Russian flights, the estimated 800,000 Russian and Ukrainian holidaymakers that travel to Cyprus has dropped to nearly zero

MANILA - The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) on Thursday launched the critical areas virtual map, which would guide individuals planning to construct buildings or put up towers if the structure's height is compliant with government requirements around airports. "It can be used as a guide for any interested persons, especially telecommunication companies, before they propose for the construction of a building or telecommunication towers," CAAP spokesperson Eric Ap...

(Image from Phivolcs' website) MANILA - A magnitude 5.1 earthquake jolted Ilocos Sur Province on Thursday afternoon, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. The quake struck 63 kilometers northwest of Candon City at 2:08 p.m. It was 14 kilometers deep. Intensity IV was felt in Candon, and San Esteban, Ilocos Sur. Intensity III was reported in Vigan City, Ilocos Sur; Pinili, Ilocos Norte; Sudipen and Bangar, La Union; and Bolinao and Alaminos City in Pangasinan...