NEW LAWS HELP FARMERS, SAYS PM As farmers from Punjab and Haryana, seeking repeal of the new farm laws, continued to protest at the gates of Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi backed the laws Sunday, saying they were for the benefit of farmers. In his Mann Ki Baat address, Modi said: "T
DUTERTE, ROBREDO URGE FILIPINOS TO EMULATE BONIFACIO'S COURAGE IN COVID-19 FIGHT MANILA President Rodrigo Duterte and Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday urged Filipinos to emulate the courage of the father of the Philippine Revolution Andres Bonifacio, as the country wrestled with
TRUMP MAY BE COMING TO TERMS WITH LOSS HE WON'T ACKNOWLEDGE President Donald Trump still won't bring himself to concede the election he decisively lost to President-elect Joe Biden. But he's now acknowledging he will leave the White House if Biden's win is affirmed by the Electoral Colle
HOUSE PASSES BILL REGULATING E-COMMERCE MANILA The House of Representatives has passed the bill providing stronger regulation of the P350-billion e-commerce industry in the country. Congressmen voted 232-6 in plenary session earlier this week to pass on third and final reading House B
PHILIPPINES SIGNS DEAL TODAY WITH UK VACCINE MAKER MANILA An agreement for the purchase of two million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from British-Swedish pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca is scheduled to be signed today, the chief implementer of the governments pandemic policy said. &nbs
TRUMP ACCEPTS TRANSITION TO BIDEN MUST BEGIN Donald Trump has accepted a formal US transition should begin for President-elect Joe Biden to take office. The president said the federal agency overseeing the handover must "do what needs to be done", even as he vowed to keep contesting his
TRUMP'S PROMISE: US TURNS OVER WEAPONS TO PHILIPPINES MANILA - The United States government on Monday turned over precision-guided munitions worth P868 million ($18 million) to the Philippines. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said the latest donation fulfills the promise tha
PENNSYLVANIA JUDGE TOSSES OUT TRUMP ELECTION FRAUD CLAIMS With a withering opinion, a federal judge on Saturday threw out President Donald Trump's last remaining legal challenge seeking to invalidate Pennsylvania's election results, all but ensuring the state will finalize its vote tally
HOUSE TO SEEK ADDITIONAL P5 BILLION IN 2021 CALAMITY FUND MANILA - The House of Representatives will seek to hike the calamity fund for 2021 by at least P5 billion, which will be used for the reconstruction of areas devastated by the recent string of typhoons.
TRUMP CAMPAIGN DROPS MICHIGAN ELECTION SUIT; BIDEN'S COVID ADVISERS WARN ON STALLED TRANSITION President Donald Trumps re-election campaign said on Thursday it was withdrawing its lawsuit disputing vote results in Michigan, in another faltering legal attempt to challenge the Nov. 3 vic
