CANBERRA, Australia -- Australia's national science agency has announced it will create a DNA library of every known native species as "a game-changer" to improve environmental monitoring. Photo from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) website The National...
Department of National Defense (DND) Officer in Charge Jose Faustino Jr. met the defense ministers of Japan and Australia in Hawaii last week to discuss how to further deepen the Philippines' respective bilateral relations with the friendly nations. Department of National Defense (DND) Officer in...
HONOLULU, United States -- The defense ministers of the United States, Australia and Japan agreed Saturday to boost military cooperation in the face of China's growing ambitions "to shape the world around it". Chinese military helicopters fly past Pingtan island, one of mainland China's closest...
SYDNEY, Australia -- Australian police on Saturday located the body of a five-year-old boy trapped in floods west of Sydney, the latest death from a prolonged period of heavy rainfall. The boy and four other people had been travelling in a car that was swept into floodwaters late Friday. Police...
SYDNEY, Australia -- A pod of 230 pilot whales was found stranded on the rugged west coast of Tasmania Wednesday, with Australian officials saying only half appeared to be alive. This handout photo taken on September 20, 2022 and received on September 21 from the Department of Natural Resources and...
One of 14 dead sperm whales lies washed up on a beach at King Island, north of Tasmania, Australia. (Photo by Department of Natural Resources) SYDNEY, Australia – Australian wildlife investigators were on Wednesday trying to piece together why more than a dozen young male sperm whales died...
Couple Edz and Joed Bullo, both from Iloilo, are farmers that are currently working in Australia. Joed is an agriculture graduate who majored in animal science at Northern Iloilo Polytechnic State College-Batad Campus. He became an agriculture professor after completing his bachelor’s and...
For the first time, the Philippine Air Force (PAF) has deployed air battle managers in the biennial Exercise Pitch Black 2022 (PBK22) which is being hosted by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in Darwin, Australia. Philippine Air Force (PAF) delegation with other Canadian participants discuss...
Ayala-led ACEN Corporation has secured 100 million Australian dollars (roughly $69 million in US dollars) green loan from the DBS Bank of Australia to partly bankroll its renewable energy (RE) ventures in that market. “The loan will provide capital financing for ACEN’s eligible green assets in...
SYDNEY, Australia -- Covid-19 vaccine maker Moderna announced Monday that it will open an mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility in the Australian city of Melbourne, a first for the southern hemisphere. The project will be based at one of Australia's largest universities, Monash, and will produce 100...
SYDNEY, Australia -- Parts of Australia's beleaguered Great Barrier Reef now have the highest levels of coral cover seen in decades, a government report said Thursday, suggesting the aquatic wonder could survive given the chance. Portions of the vast UNESCO heritage site showed a marked increase in...
Filipino sensation Kai Sotto is returning to the Adelaide 36ers in Australia’s NBL for his second season. Photo from Adelaide 36ers 36ers head coach CJ Burton revealed the development during an interview with Aussie Hoopla Podcast before it was confirmed by Sotto himself through a post on his...
