An official of the Department of Agriculture (DA) assured that the Philippines has a 39-day buffer supply of rice amid the threats of the El Niño phenomenon and the challenges of importing rice from neighboring countries, while it looks to increase the rice production in the country. (Keith...
NEW DELHI, India -- At least four persons were killed when a police officer with the Railway Protection Force (RPF) allegedly opened indiscriminate fire inside a moving train in India's southwestern state of Maharashtra on Monday, official sources said. Â Â Â The shootout took place inside...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. admitted growing concerns about the impact of the El Niño phenomenon, particularly on the prices of the country’s staple grain. (Keith Bacongco/File Photo/MANILA BULLETIN) The Chief Executive also expressed his worry on the country’s rice supply...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said he is looking to strike a rice importation deal with India in fear of a rice shortage after the agriculture sector took a toll from Super Typhoon Egay. *President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (RTVM screenshot)* Marcos said this as he presided...
NEW DELHI, India–Furious women set fire to the houses of two Indian men accused of parading two women naked in a state where months of ethnic clashes have left at least 120 dead, images showed Friday. A clip went viral Wednesday showing two women reported to be from the Kuki tribal group...
NEW DELHI, India -- Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Monday announced it will launch the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C56) carrying Singapore's DS-SAR satellite and six other co-passengers on July 30. The launch is scheduled at 06:30 a.m. local time from the first launch pad of...
NEW DELHI, India -- At least 10 people were killed due to lightning in India's eastern state of Bihar, officials said Friday. Â Â Â Heavy rains and thunderstorms accompanied by lightning strikes lashed the state on Thursday. Officials said most of the victims were farmers working in the...
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo has met his Indian counterpart as New Delhi joined a list of nations supporting Manila’s territorial integrity over the West Philippine Sea. Manalo, in a Twitter post, said he talked to Indian Minister of External Affairs Subdahmanyam...
Envoys and top diplomats of at least eight countries on Wednesday, July 12, called for adherence to international law as China's continued activities in the South China Sea threaten the rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific amid the arbitral ruling already issued seven years ago. Ambassadors and...
NEW DELHI, India -- Heavy rains have triggered landslides, flash floods and inundation in India's northern state of Himachal Pradesh, killing at least nine people in the past two days, officials said Monday. The rains in the state have blocked 828 roads and three national highways. Rain-triggered...
NEW DELHI, India-- In the run-up to rural body elections, locally called panchayat polls, in India's eastern state of West Bengal, at least four people were killed in poll-related violence, officials said Friday. The deaths took place on Thursday in four districts, namely South 24-Parganas,...
NEW DELHI, July 3 (Xinhua) -- One person was killed and another wounded critically in a crude bomb explosion in India's eastern state of West Bengal, police said Monday. The explosion took place late Sunday night in Shalipur village in the Haroa area of North 24 Parganas district, about 41 km east...
