The Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival drew an unprecedented crowd this year, with a 30% surge in average daily visitors and a significant spike in sales, the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) announced Monday. The four-day culinary extravaganza,...
Health officials in Hong Kong have confirmed the first locally transmitted chikungunya fever case this year in the Wong Tai Sin District, prompting immediate mosquito control measures.
The Centre for Health Protection announced Sunday that an elderly woman from Fung...
A Lamborghini sports car crashed into a restaurant in Macau's Areia Preta district on Saturday, injuring six people after the driver apparently mistook the accelerator for the brake while parking, authorities said.
The accident happened around 2 p.m. when the...
More than 1,000 foreign nationals, including Filipinos, have fled a notorious online scam hub in Myawaddy, Myanmar, near the Thailand border following a law enforcement raid, the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confirmed Sunday.
The Philippine Embassy in Yangon...
BOGO CITY, Philippines — A magnitude 4.6 aftershock struck the central Philippine island of Cebu late Friday, rattling communities still recovering from a stronger quake last month and prompting warnings of additional tremors.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology...
Starting November 4, specific underprivileged groups in Hong Kong will receive priority access to public family medicine appointments for acute conditions, the Health Bureau announced Friday. The initiative, dubbed the Family Medicine Out-patient Services Priority Groups Pilot Scheme, aims...
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) has intensified efforts to enhance the welfare and labor mobility of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Hungary and neighboring countries through deepened collaboration with Hungarian partners and the Philippine Embassy, officials said Thursday.
In...
VIENNA — The Philippines received international acclaim Wednesday for its leadership in ethical labor migration, with officials highlighting a rights-centered framework that prioritizes protection, empowerment and reintegration of overseas Filipino workers.
Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac, speaking on a...
ILOILO CITY — Thousands of Ilonggos filled SM City Iloilo on Wednesday night for the grand launch of the 2026 Dinagyang Festival, a vibrant kickoff marked by thundering drums, elaborate costumes and a renewed focus on the region’s natural...
Thieves disguised as workers scaled the facade of the Louvre Museum using a truck-mounted ladder, smashed through display cases and fled with eight pieces of France's historic crown jewels valued at 88 million euros ($102 million) in a brazen...
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