ISRAEL, GAZA MILITANTS ANNOUNCE CEASEFIRE Israel and the two main armed groups in Gaza agreed to a ceasefire on Thursday aimed at ending end 11 days of deadly violence. A statement from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said the security cabinet had "unan
PALACE: DUTERTE MULLS MEETING WITH EX-PRESIDENTS OVER WEST PHILIPPINE SEA MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte is mulling over consulting his predecessors on China's incursions in the West Philippine Sea instead of convening the National Security Council (NSC), Malacañ
U.S. ALLOWS FULLY VACCINATED PEOPLE TO FORGO MASKS INDOORS In the biggest indication that the United States is fast returning to pre-pandemic life, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has said fully vaccinated people are no longer required to wear masks.
DUTERTE: MANY WILL DIE FROM WEST PH SEA 'KUNSUMISYON', BUT NOT ME President Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday that he would not die from "kunsumisyon" or exasperation over the West Philippine Sea, a flashpoint in relations between Manila and Beijing.
PANDEMIC PANEL SAYS WORLD COULD HAVE PREVENTED COVID CATASTROPHE A global panel of experts has said that the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the COVID-19 an emergency very late and the catastrophe caused by the deadly virus across the globe could have been prevented. &n
MORE THAN 3.3 MILLION DEAD, 159 MILLION INFECTED WITH COVID-19 WORLDWIDE The novel coronavirus has killed at least 3,319,512 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1000 GMT (6 p.m. Philippine tim
CHINA WARNS OF 'SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE' TO TIES IF BANGLADESH JOINS US-LED QUAD ALLIANCE China has warned Bangladesh against joining the US-led Quad alliance, saying that Dhaka’s participation in the anti-Beijing “club” would result in “substantial damage&rdq
BARANGAY HEADS TOLD: ENFORCE PROTOCOLS, OR ELSE… MANILA — President Duterte warned village chiefs that they would be held liable if they fail to enforce COVID-19 health and safety protocols.
SHUT DOWN AND VACCINATE, SAYS DR ANTHONY FAUCI TO INDIA Antony Fauci, the top US expert on Covid-19, has called on countries to provide India with resources to make its own vaccines or donate vaccines.
DUTERTE SAYS HE DIALED XI FOR VACCINE HELP; CHINESE LEADER MADE NO DEMAND MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said he asked his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for help to secure COVID-19 shots, and the latter made no demand that Manila abandon its maritime dispute
