DUTERTE BLASTS ROBREDO, LACSON OVER US 'EXTORTION' CRITICISMS IN VFA THREAT MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday night said the Chief Executive is the sole architect of the country's foreign policy according to law, days after he demanded the US must pay money
NEW ZEALAND VIRUS OUTBREAK IS FIRST OF UK VARIANT: OFFICIALS AUCKLAND, New Zealand Two new coronavirus infections which sent New Zealand's biggest city into lockdown Monday are due to the UK variant of the disease, the first to be detected in the country, officials said. The Health Mi
CHINA BANS BBC WORLD NEWS FROM BROADCASTING China has banned BBC World News from broadcasting in the country, its television and radio regulator announced on Thursday. China has criticised the BBC for its reporting on coronavirus and the persecution of ethnic minority Uighurs. The BBC s
PH WON'T LOSE 44 MILLION VACCINES FROM COVAX DESPITE DELAY: GALVEZ MANILA - The delay in the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX facility does not mean the Philippines is losing its allocation from the global initiative, vaccine czar Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr., said Friday. The arri
HOUSE DEMOCRATS USE RALLY FOOTAGE TO ARGUE INCITEMENT IN TRUMP IMPEACHMENT TRIAL Senators on both sides of the aisle were visibly affected by graphic and explicit new footage showing first-person perspective of the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot, as House impeachment managers continue to mak
WHO OKS ASTRAZENECA JABS FOR COVID VARIANTS, OVER-65S GENEVA - The AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine can be used for people aged over 65, and also where coronavirus variants of concern are circulating, WHO experts said Wednesday, soothing fears about the jab. The World Health Organizat
WHO MISSION TO CHINA FAILS TO FIND ANIMAL SOURCE OF CORONAVIRUS WUHAN - The WHO mission to China to uncover the origins of the coronavirus has failed to identify the animal source, scientists said Tuesday. Experts believe the disease -- which has gone on to kill more than 2.3 million peo
TRUMP IMPEACHMENT: SENATE SAYS TRIAL IS CONSTITUTIONAL AND CAN GO AHEAD The US Senate has found that the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump is constitutional, allowing full proceedings to begin. Mr Trump's defence team argued that he cannot face trial after leaving the Wh
MYANMAR MILITARY: WE WILL BUILD DEMOCRACY The leader of the coup in Myanmar has made his first TV address, seeking to justify the action amid mass protests. Myanmar's military says it will build a "genuine and disciplined democracy" after protesters demonstrated for a third consecutive d
DUTERTE TELLS REDS: DO NOT INTERCEPT CORONAVIRUS VACCINE DELIVERIES MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday appealed to members of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing, the New Peoples' Army (NPA), to ensure that it will not intercept any coronavirus vacci
