AUSTRALIA TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH PHILIPPINES FOR ‘PROSPEROUS’ INDO-PACIFIC MANILA — Australia will continue to work with the Philippines for an “open, inclusive, stable, prosperous and free” Indo-Pacific, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison s
GOV'T DOING NOTHING? DUTERTE SAYS 'WE ARE DISTRIBUTING BILLIONS' MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte said the government is "distributing billions" in cash aid, as he rejected criticism of supposed inaction over the COVID-19 crisis.
ISLAMIC NATIONS SLAM ISRAEL — AND EACH OTHER'S TIES TO IT Palestinian officials in Gaza say Sunday was the deadliest day since the current fighting with Israel began. More than 26 people were killed in the latest Israeli air strikes on Gaza, officials there say. &nb
HOUSE PRIORITIES: BAYANIHAN 3, LEONEN IMPEACHMENT MANILA — The impeachment complaint against Supreme Court Justice Marvic Leonen and the proposed P405.6-billion economic stimulus package Bayanihan 3 will be among the priority measures of the House of Representatives when i
PALESTINIANS SEE VICTORY IN GAZA TRUCE AS ISRAEL WARNS HAMAS Thousands of displaced Palestinians started returning to their bomb-shattered homes after a ceasefire took effect in the latest Gaza war, with many viewing it as a costly but clear victory for the Hamas resistance and
DUTERTE TELLS GLOBAL POWERS: REFRAIN FROM PURSUING INTERESTS 'AT EXPENSE OF SMALLER COUNTRIES' MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday urged global powers to refrain from pursuing their interests "at the expense of smaller countries" and urged nations to resolve dispu
DUTERTE, JAPAN'S SUGA TALK ABOUT COVID-19 AID, WEST PHILIPPINE SEA DISPUTE IN CALL MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte spoke with Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide in a phone call on Wednesday night, where the two discussed about a ¥20-billion aid to Manila's COVID
WORLD POWERS URGE TRUCE AS ISRAEL CONTINUES BOMBING IN GAZA European Union foreign ministers called on Tuesday for a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas and boosted humanitarian aid for Gaza, but failed to reach the unanimity that might give the EU
HOUSE RESUMES DELIBERATIONS ON ECONOMIC CHA-CHA MANILA — The House plenary resumed yesterday deliberations on proposed amendments to restrictive economic provisions in the 1987 Constitution and set them for approval possibly next week.
ISRAEL INTENSIFIES ATTACKS IN GAZA, KILL JIHAD COMMANDER IN AIR STRIKE An Israeli air strike in Gaza has killed Hussam Abu Harbeed, an Islamic Jihad leader, the armed group said. The killing, on Monday, was likely to draw a fierce response from the group that is fighting
