A recent survey by London-based Grant Thornton - a global accounting group - shows that the Philippines takes the top spot among 28 countries in a ranking of the percentage of women in senior management.
At least 11 people were injured when a rain-induced landslide buried two buses picking up workers from a gold mine in the southern Philippines, officials said on February 7.
Vietnam and the Philippines have issued a joint press statement on the occasion of the State visit to Vietnam by Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr.
President Vo Van Thuong and his spouse hosted a banquet in honour of Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. and his spouse, who are on a state visit to Vietnam, in Hanoi on January 30 evening.
President Vo Van Thuong and his Philippine counterpart Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. on January 30 visited the Thang Long Imperial Citadel, a world cultural heritage site in Hanoi, as part of the latter’s state visit to Vietnam.
Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue met with President of the Philippines Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. in Hanoi on January 30, describing the latter’s first state visit to Vietnam as a strong impetus to tighten the strategic partnership between the two countries.
Given its large population, diverse demand for goods and services, not too strict import standards, and production complementarities, the Philippines is a high potential market for Vietnamese exports, said the Trade Office of Vietnam in the archipelago nation.
Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. and his spouse arrived in Hanoi on January 29 afternoon, starting their two-day state visit to Vietnam at the invitation of President Vo Van Thuong and his spouse.
The upcoming state visit to Vietnam by Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. will create momentum for the bilateral ties in all spheres, Vietnamese Ambassador to the Philippines Lai Thai Binh has affirmed.
The state visit to Vietnam by Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. and his spouse from January 29-30 will be a milestone in the Philippines-Vietnam bilateral relationship and contribute to deepening the relationship between the two countries, said Philippine Ambassador to Vietnam Meynardo Los Banos Montealegre.
The Philippines has imposed a temporary ban on the importation of poultry and poultry products from Japan due to an outbreak of bird flu there, the Philippine Department of Agriculture said on January 18.
At least seven people, including five children, were killed after a landslide buried a house following days of heavy rains in the southern province of Davao de Oro, the Philippines.
The Philippines’ Department of Agriculture (DA) on January 17 announced that the country has banned the import of domesticated and wild birds, including poultry meat and eggs, from two US states of California and Ohio.