US DEFENCE BOSS AUSTIN MEETS AFGHAN PRESIDENT IN UNANNOUNCED TRIP United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in an unnanounced visit to Kabul on Sunday,as Washington reviews the peace process there and its planned troop withdrawal.
PHILIPPINES FILES DIPLOMATIC PROTEST OVER REPORTS 220 CHINESE VESSELS IN WEST PH SEA MANILA - The Philippines is lodging a diplomatic protest against China over reports that more than 200 Chinese maritime militia (CMM) vessels were sighted moored in the West Philippine Sea,
TALIBAN VOW TO RESTORE ISLAMIC RULE IN AFGHANISTAN The Taliban warned Washington on Friday against defying a May 1 deadline for the withdrawal of American and NATO troops from Afghanistan, promising a "reaction," which could mean increased attacks by the insurgent group. &n
ALL AVAILABLE ASTRAZENECA SHOTS WILL NOW BE USED AS FIRST DOSE FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte approved Friday the recommendation to use all available doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to be given as a first dose to frontline healthcar
VLADIMIR PUTIN WILL ‘PAY A PRICE’ FOR MEDDLING: JOE BIDEN Russia called its US ambassador back to Moscow for consultations on Wednesday after Joe Biden described Vladimir Putin as a "killer" who would "pay a price" for election meddling, prompting the first major
PH LIKELY TO SIGN COVID-19 JAB SUPPLY DEAL WITH JOHNSON & JOHNSON SOON MANILA - The Philippines and Johnson and Johnson will likely sign a COVID-19 vaccine supply agreement "this coming week," the country's inoculation czar said Thursday.
VACCINE TRACKER TO BE LAUNCHED THIS WEEK – PALACE MANILA — The government is expected to launch this week a vaccine tracker that will trace the progress of its COVID-19 inoculation program, Malacañang said yesterday. “On Wednesday, we will l
AMID SAFETY FEARS, GERMANY, ITALY, FRANCE SUSPEND ASTRAZENECA SHOTS Germany, France and Italy said on Monday they would hit pause on AstraZeneca COVID-19 shots after several countries reported possible serious side-effects, throwing Europe’s already struggling vaccinat
CHINA TO ALLOW INDIAN TRAVELLERS ONLY IF THEY TAKE CHINESE VACCINES In what left many flummoxed here, the Chinese embassy announced, apparently for the purpose of resuming people-to-people exchanges in an orderly manner, that it will restart normal visa services for people w
PTV TO DISCIPLINE SOCIAL MEDIA TEAM OVER 'ERRONEOUS' #DUTERTEPALPAK TWEET MANILA, Philippines — State-run broadcaster People’s Television said Wednesday it will sanction members of its social media team who were behind an “erroneous” tweet which used
