Nairobi – The Philippines joined other countries in adopting the historic resolution to end plastic pollution at the resumed session of the fifth UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.2) in Nairobi held from Feb. 28 to Mar. 2.
The country’s gross international reserves (GIR) level, based on preliminary data, rose to US$107.98 billion as of the end-February 2022 from the end-January 2022 level of US$107.69 billion.
Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go called on the government to intensify fire prevention programs so they can meet local prevention needs following the recent fire incidents at a residential area in Iloilo City and Oton town public market.
Officials expressed their confidence Tuesday (March 8) that the UniTeam tandem of presidential candidate former Sen. Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and his running mate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte will best their respective rivals in the vote-rich Bulacan province.
Batangas State University (BatStateU) students emerged champions in the first WED Hackathon marking UNESCO’s World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development, trumping 125 student teams from 23 countries worldwide on Friday, Mar. 4.
