DTI backs coffee industry in Aurora

BALER, Aurora — The coffee industry in this province has started to revitalize as a result of the interventions being undertaken by the Department of Trade and...

AboitizPower acquires wind power facility in Vietnam

MANILA — AboitizPower, through its wholly-owned subsidiary AboitizPower International, announced Friday that it has signed a share purchase agreement for the acquisition of 100-percent ownership of Mekong...

Review procedures on grant of GCTA to prisoners: Binay

MANILA — Senator Nancy Binay on Friday cited the need for a full review of the procedures in granting Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) to prisoners to...

Big things in tourism up for small town in Southern Leyte

ANAHAWAN, Southern Leyte — People in this small town are thrilled by big things lined up in their local tourism industry. Development plans have been laid down...

Why cursive handwriting needs to make a school

Teaching connected-style handwriting, otherwise known as cursive handwriting, has fallen out of fashion on many school curricula. Older generations have sometimes been shocked that some younger...

Model became Dior muse by knocking on his door

LONDON — Before there were supermodels, there were “mannequins” — living, breathing women who played an active role in designing haute couture by standing very, very...

Special prosecutor named to look into Jussie Smollett case

CHICAGO — A judge appointed a special prosecutor Friday to look into why the Chicago state’s attorney’s office abruptly dropped the case against Jussie Smollett, leaving...

‘Unplanned’ screening at Saint John High School draws ire of abortion rights groups

Rolling Stones get name on little Martian rock that rolled

https://www.instagram.com/p/B1fmuMFHL98/ PASADENA, Calif. — There is now a “Rolling Stones Rock” on Mars, and it’s giving Mick, Keith and the boys some serious satisfaction. NASA named...

North American stock markets plunge on heightened trade war between U.S. and China

TORONTO — North American stock markets plummeted Friday after the U.S.-Sino trade war heated up with President Donald Trump angrily responding to China’s tariff retaliation. China...