US EMBASSY WELCOMES EXTENDED SUSPENSION OF VFA TERMINATIONMANILA - The Embassy of the United States in Manila welcomed Thursday thePhilippine government's decision to postpone anew the termination of theVisiting Forces Agreement (VFA) for another six months.
PHILIPPINES TO BORROW $300 MILLION FOR CORONAVIRUS VACCINE: DUTERTE MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said the Philippines will borrow around $300 million to purchase a coronavirus vaccine.
TRUMP ADMIN REFUSES TO HAND OVER KEYS TO BIDEN TRANSITION TEAM The Trump administration threw the presidential transition into tumult on Monday, with President Donald Trump blocking government officials from cooperating with President-elect Joe Biden's team and Attorney General William B
PHILIPPINE ECONOMY SHRINKS 11.5 PCT IN Q3, SECOND WORST QUARTERLY CONTRACTION ON RECORD MANILA - The Philippine economy shrank 11.5 percent in the third quarter, the second worst quarterly contraction on record and marking the first time in 35 years that the countrys gross domestic pro
PALACE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH BIDEN MANILA Malacañang led yesterday a wave of congratulatory messages from various sectors in the Philippines for Democratic candidate Joe Bidens election victory in the United States, and vowed to further strengthen Manilas ties wit
BIDEN EXPANDS LEAD IN BATTLEGROUND STATES, TRUMP DIGS IN Democrat Joe Biden moved closer to winning the White House on Friday as he expanded his lead over President Donald Trump in battleground states, but television networks held off from declaring him the victor as officials continued
BIDEN CLOSE TO WINNING AFTER FLIPPING KEY STATES Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Friday took crucial leads over Donald Trump in the key battleground states of Georgia (16) and Pennsylvania (20), bringing him on the cusp of a historic victory over the incumbent Republican U
DUTERTE TELLS #NASAANANGPANGULO CRITICS: WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM? MANILA President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday fired back against critics of his absence from public eye during the onslaught of this year's strongest storm that destroyed thousands of houses, left billions of pesos in damage a
2 KILLED IN VIENNA "TERROR ATTACK" AT 6 LOCATIONS; 1 GUNMAN SHOT DEAD A huge manhunt was under way Tuesday after gunmen opened fire at multiple locations across central Vienna, killing at least two people and wounding several more in what Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz describes as a
US POLLS: TOO CLOSE TO CALL, BUT TRUMP EDGES AHEAD IN EARLY TRENDS President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are battling it out for the White House, with polls gradually closing across the United States Tuesday and a long night of waiting for results ahead.
