THE Embassy of Chile, in partnership with University of Santo Tomas, inaugurated late in 2022 a two-week cultural exhibition: “Encounter Between Three Worlds: 500 Years After the First Circumnavigation of the Earth.” Ambassador Claudio Rojas Rachel delivered the welcome remarks with UST’s vice rector Rev. Fr. Isaías D. Tiongco OP,…
ON January 17 the City of Las Piñas launched an amphibious excavator in partnership with the Department of Public Works and Highways, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Villar Sipag Foundation. The machine, according to the Japanese Embassy, will remove accumulated garbage and silt from the narrow Las…
A RECENTLY signed memorandum of understanding (MOU) is envisioned to boost Philippine-Singaporean “digital cooperation.” In a statement, Spokesperson-Undersecretary Anna Mae Y. Lamentillo of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said her meeting with Ambassador Gerard Ho Wei Hong was about “further areas of cooperation,” and the MOU rollout.…
JEDDAH: The Saudi government is determined to curb activities that threaten the environment to protect its vegetation cover, reduce desertification, combat climate change and improve quality of life and protect the planet for future generations. However, many locals, especially those living in relatively cold areas, are fond of spending a few hours at night in front of the