PARIS, France -- French officials urged caution Thursday as a record pre-summer heatwave spread across the country from Spain, where authorities were fighting forest fires on a sixth day of sweltering temperatures. A plant grows on a dry bank of the Loire River, in Montjean-sur-Loire on June 16,...
‘Diamond in the Rough’ opens at the Pintô Art Museum in Antipolo to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Treaty of Amity and our friendly relations with France On June 26, 1947, French Minister of Foreign Affairs Georges Bidault and Philippine Vice-president and Foreign Affairs secretary...
Outgoing Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat has been recognized by the French government for her contributions to the agriculture sector. Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat (Photo courtesy of the Embassy of France in the Philippines) Puyat received the Ordre du Mérite Agricole (Order...
PARIS, France -- France has detected 51 cases of monkeypox, French health authorities said Friday, as the number of confirmed infections worldwide rises. The European country reported its first cases in May, and its last total was of 33 confirmed cases on Wednesday. The US Centers for Disease...
Photo by Eleonora Albasi from Unsplash. French legislators, on January 21, 2021, passed a law to safeguard everyday aspects of rural life. This expansive law covers causal farm quirks like the sounds of cowbells and quacks of ducks, down to the smell of cow manure. The law recognizes such features...
EURASIA FANTASY Clockwise from top left: Karlovy Vary, the Czech Republic; waiting for U-Bahn in Berlin; kissing in Vienna; Bruges Belgium; and on the bank of river Garonne in Toulouse, France Have you ever slept in the car on a RORO bound for some private paradise in Romblon? Have you spent the...
Macron stands as he reviews troops in the gardens of the Elysee presidential palace in Paris on May 7, 2022, after the investiture ceremony of Emmanuel Macron as French President, following his re-election last April 24. GONZALO FUENTES / POOL / AFP PARIS, France -- French President Emmanuel Macron...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Emmanuel Macron has been reelected president of France, becoming the first French leader to win a second term in 20 years. Macron, a centrist, won 58.5 percent of the votes while his rival far-right Marine Le Pen garnered 41.5 percent....
PARIS, France – French President Emmanuel Macron sought to unite a deeply divided nation Monday after winning re-election in a battle against rival Marine Le Pen that saw the far right come its closest yet to taking power. Centrist Macron won 58.54 percent of the vote in the second-round...
Macario Vitalis exhibit opens in Puteaux AT HOME IN PUTEAUX Philippine Ambassador to France Junever M. Mahilum-West (second from right) and the Philippine Embassy in Paris personnel Filipino and French art aficionados and members of the Filipino community trooped to the Maison Lorrilleux at Puteaux...
The European Union (EU) delegation to the Philippines was heartened by the country's support for a United Nations (UN) resolution that demands an immediate cessation of hostilities in Ukraine, particularly attacks against civilians. AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN The EU delegation made this remark after the...
PARIS, France – Thousands of people in several French cities marched Saturday to protest racism and police brutality. A man holds a sign reading "Stop to racism" during a protest against racism organized by associations, unions and parties, in Paris, on March 19, 2022. Christophe ARCHAMBAULT...
