VFS Global "missed out" on offering 30-day e-visas to Sri Lanka, Tourism Minister Harin Fernando told CNBC Thursday. But VFS Global said it was following orders.
LIVONIA, Mich. — A tiny, low-priced electric car called the Seagull has American automakers and politicians trembling. The car, launched last year by Chinese automaker BYD, sells for around $12,000 in China, but drives well and is put together with cra...
CEBU CITY, Philippines — To address the water crisis in Cebu City, Acting Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia is willing to “talk and sit down” with the officers in charge of the Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD). Garcia, who said this in a press conferen...
MANILA, Philippines — Based on Pagasa’s latest computed heat index forecast, Dagupan City in Pangasinan is expected to once again record the highest heat index for the day at 47ºC. READ: Red Cross reminds public to stay hydrated amid high heat index Me...
Mumbai, India — Twelve people were killed and at least 60 injured after a billboard collapsed during a fierce storm in India’s financial capital Mumbai, officials said Monday. An excavator was digging through the wreckage as rescuers raced to fin...
ANKARA — Turkey announced Monday a three-year austerity plan aimed at reducing public spending to calm inflation that reached heights of nearly 70 percent year-on-year in April. The government said it will limit recruitment and transport spending for p...
MANILA, Philippines — Overcast skies and rain should be expected over parts of extreme northern Luzon on Tuesday, while generally fair weather and isolated thunderstorms are forecast in the rest of the country, the state weather bureau said. “Isang fro...
New York, United States — Donald Trump’s one-time fixer and the star prosecution witness at the former president’s criminal trial testified Monday how the then-Republican candidate directed him to pay a porn actress to bury revelations of a...
NEW YORK — A fraud trail began Monday for the founder of a hedge fund that cost leading global investment banks and brokerages billions of dollars when it collapsed. A prosecutor portrayed Bill Hwang, the founder of Archegos Capital Management, as a gr...
CEBU CITY, Philippines— Waking up in the morning and you feel something cold on your lap or hear panting on your ears. You look to your side and there you see your little or big ray of sunshine waiting for you wake up. May 14 is dubbed as the Bond With...
NEW YORK — U.S. stock indexes drifted to a mixed finish Monday, hanging near their record heights. The S&P 500 edged down by 1.26, or less than 0.1 percent, to 5,221.42 after flipping between small gains and losses throughout the day. It remains wi...
The man at the center of the pandemic meme stock craze appeared online for the first time in three years, sending the prices of the quirky and volatile shares sharply higher Monday. Keith Gill, better known as “Roaring Kitty,” posted an image Sunday on...
Los Angeles, United States — Philanthropist Melinda French Gates announced Monday she was leaving the nonprofit foundation she established with her ex-husband Bill Gates — an organization that has become one of the most influential in the world. ...
Kanhi beauty queen nga si Ana Monica Tan nicall out sa mga organizer sa Miss Philippines Earth 2024 tungod sa ilang “unprofessional treatment” kuno ngadto niya sa dihang gikuha siya isip usa sa mga judge sa coronation night niadtong Mayo 11. Tan, nga u...
Anthropic says that, starting Tuesday, individuals and businesses in Europe will be able to access its Claude chatbot through the web and via an iOS mobile app.
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine government on Monday cautioned China against blocking a civilian mission at Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal intended to uphold the country’s sovereignty over the West Philippine Sea (WPS). The “Atin Ito” (This Is Ours) ...
This is the Daily Gospel for today, May 14, 2024, which is the feast of Saint Matthias, apostle. READ MORE: Daily Gospel, May 13 Daily Gospel, May 10 Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 15, 9-17. Jesus said to his disciples: “As t...
MANILA, Philippines — The National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS) is stepping up its watch of marine features in the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) following traces of ongoing reclamation activities in one of the shoals, its ...
MANILA, Philippines — While it has already distanced itself from the issue, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said embattled Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo may be charged with perjury if she is proven to have misrepresented herself as a Filipino ci...
MANILA, Philippines — The return to the old school calendar that begins in June may come sooner after the Department of Education (DepEd) bared plans to open school year 2024-2025 on July 29 and end it on March 31 next year. This will pave the way for ...
MANILA, Philippines — Matters regarding maritime security and law enforcement, including the inspection of foreign private yachts, fall under the jurisdiction of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), the Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Monday. Sen. Fra...
MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Monday said it had “no conflict” with the Special Human Rights Committee that President Marcos established last week under Administrative Order (AO) No. 22. “There is no conflict because we ...