Philippines
ILOILO — More than 700 young people are being positioned on the front lines of Iloilo’s campaign to protect adolescents from mental-health…
Lifestyle
PASSI CITY, Iloilo — Passi City is intensifying its fight against tuberculosis (TB), bringing detection and prevention efforts closer to communities as…
Philippines
ILOILO CITY — Police authorities in Western Visayas are already preparing for the 2026 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections despite growing uncertainty…
Japan
Japan’s secondhand economy has become a multitrillion-yen industry, but authorities are increasingly concerned that some businesses are exploiting consumers who need help…
Japan
Japan is sitting on a housing problem unlike almost anywhere else. The country had about 9 million vacant dwellings in 2023, the…
Philippines
ILOILO CITY — Authorities arrested 15 alleged illegal fishers and seized more than P1.2 million worth of fishing equipment and fish in…
Japan
Japan has achieved a major milestone in global education, ranking No. 1 among all 38 OECD member economies in science, mathematics and…
Business
SoftBank Group is preparing to test investor appetite for what could become one of the biggest corporate bond offerings by an Asian…
Philippines
TOBOSO, Negros Occidental — A 17-year-old Grade 12 student is under the custody of the Women and Children Protection Desk (WCPD) in…
Philippines
MANILA, Philippines — Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) General Manager Nicolas Torre III has taken a one-month leave from public office amid…
