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With over 300 dive sites, some of which are recognised globally, dive tourism contributed more than 73 billion pesos (US$1.3 billion) to the Philippine economy in 2023, nearly twice the revenue the industry earned in 2022, the country's Department of Tourism said Friday. The Philippines as an archipelago, at the centre of the coral triangle, is home to biologically diverse marine and aquatic resources.
International

Diving tourism contributes 1.3 bln USD to Philippine economy in 2023

Saturday, February 24, 2024
Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly (C) witnesses the signing of an agreement between Egypt and the United Arab Emirates in New Administrative Capital, Egypt, on Feb. 23, 2024. Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed the deal on Friday to build a new city on Egypt's northern coast, with the aim of boosting tourism, investment and foreign currency reserves. (Str/Xinhua)
International

Egypt, UAE sign deal to develop new city on Egypt's northern coast

Saturday, February 24, 2024
Bond trading at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) has hit a record high, boosted by foreign investors seeking to cash in as yields on the securities rise.
Africa

Foreign investors push Kenya's bond market trading to historic high

Saturday, February 24, 2024
China's envoy to South Sudan, Amb Ma Qiang, speaks during the opening ceremony of the Teacher Training Programme under the China-Aided Phase II Technical Cooperation Project of Education in South Sudan on November 15, 2023. Net
Education

South Sudan sends third batch of teachers to China for training

Saturday, February 24, 2024
Rwanda Investigation Bureau headquarters in Kimihurura, Gasabo District. RIB has advised Rwandans to shun fraudulent or corrupt acts and other various crimes.
Crime

RIB detains 8 public staff over recruitment exam theft, sale

Friday, February 23, 2024
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Africa

El Nino rains leave Kenya's arid areas grappling with diseases

Friday, February 23, 2024
Grace Muzila, permanent secretary of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism,
Africa

Botswana mulls plan to reduce human-wildlife conflict

Friday, February 23, 2024
Steve Kisakye, the Global Managing Director at Dalberg Implement.
Featured

Dalberg Implement, Axum merge to scale homegrown development solutions

Friday, February 23, 2024
Some of the over 6,000 homes that were wrecked by disasters on May 3, 2023, in Nyundo Sector, Rubavu District. The government is identifying ‘disaster hotspots’ prone to floods and landslides nationwide to move more families from danger zones before March.
Environment

Govt to identify ‘disaster hotspots’ ahead of three-month heavy rains

Friday, February 23, 2024
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Featured

[FEATURED] DStv For Business: Connecting businesses regardless of capital size

Friday, February 23, 2024
University of Rwanda's Gikondo campus. The relocation initiative is part of a broader framework of the university’s ongoing institutional reforms. File photo
Education

Relocation of UR Gikondo campus students pushed to June

Friday, February 23, 2024
A content creator employs Adobe Photoshop's AI enhancer to edit basketball photos, transforming them with ease. ALL PHOTOS BY Willy Mucyo.
Technology

Gen AI implementation in Rwanda: Game-changer or cause for concern?

Friday, February 23, 2024
President Filipe Nyusi commended the work done by Rwandan and Mozamican forces in pacifying Ancuabe District and called on them to maintain momentum in fighting terrorists. Courtesy of RDF
Africa

Mozambique president visits Rwandan troops in Cabo Delgado

Friday, February 23, 2024
DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi addressed a press conference on Thursday, February 22 where he backpedalled from the war rhetoric he has whipped up in recent months. Photo/Courtesy
Africa

Tshisekedi backtracks from war rhetoric to ‘give peace a chance’

Friday, February 23, 2024
Wellars Gasamagera, the Secretary General of ruling party RPF-Inkotanyi, addresses journalists on Friday, February 23, in Kigali. Photo by Dan Gatsinzi for The New Times
Politics

RPF party primaries kick off ahead of July polls

Friday, February 23, 2024
MPs during the session that granted preliminary approval to the UK-Rwanda migration agreement.
Rwanda

MPs grant preliminary approval to UK-Rwanda migration deal

Friday, February 23, 2024
A community health worker collecting the data of a citizen using electronic community health system in Rwamagana district on Feberuary 22. Photo by Patrick Nzabonimpa
Health

New digital system launched to streamline community health workers’ tasks

Friday, February 23, 2024
Rwanda’s Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Administration and Personnel, Jeanne Chantal Ujeneza, and Inspector General of Police (both on the left), Felix Namuhoranye, receive CAR’s Minister of Interior and Public Security, Michel Nicaise Nassin, and its Director General of the National Gendarmerie, Landry Ulrich Depot (both on the right), as the latter pay a courtesy to IGP Namuhoranye at Rwanda National Police headquarters in Kacyiru, Kigali, on February 22, 2024, (Courtesy).
Africa

Rwanda to train 500 CAR police officers as countries ink new cooperation deal

Friday, February 23, 2024
The participants pose for a photo during the closing of a three-day workshop on Wednesday, February 21.
Featured

FEATURED: Experts advocate collective effort in empowering women in STEM

Friday, February 23, 2024
A nurse at Mayange Health Center in Rwanda uses ultrasound to assess foetal age. According to the Ministry of Health, over 200 foreigners have applied to serve and train general practitioners into gynaecologists. Net photo
Health

Foreign specialists to join Rwandan healthcare system in gynaecology

Friday, February 23, 2024