ALL COUNTRIES MUST GET ACCESS TO COVID-19 VACCINE, DUTERTE TELLS UN MANILA - In his first appearance at the UN General Assembly, President Rodrigo Duterte said all countries should get access to coronavirus vaccines once these have been developed, deemed effective and distributed to the
XI: NO NATION SHOULD ACT LIKE BOSS OF WORLD China firmly supports the United Nations' central role in global affairs and opposes any country acting like boss of the world, President Xi Jinping said on Monday.
75TH U.N. ANNIVERSARY: SURPLUS OF MULTILATERAL CHALLENGES, DEFICIT OF MULTILTERAL SOLUTIONS, SAYS GUTTERES The United Nations marked its 75th anniversary Monday amid a global pandemic and other serious challenges that the secretary-general said highlight the urgency for stronger internat
DUTERTE TO ADDRESS UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR FIRST TIME MANILA — President Duterte will address the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) for the first time today, even as some international groups renew their condemnation of alleged abuses tied to his controversial war on illegal dru
NATION HONORS UN, MULTILATERALISM PLEDGE When President Xi Jinping attended the high-level meetings for the 70th anniversary of the United Nations in New York in 2015, he called on the international community to remain committed to multilateralism and mutually beneficial cooperation for a b
DONALD TRUMP PRESSES FOR NEW JUSTICE TO REPLACE RUTH BADER GINSBURG AMID LOOMING ELECTION President Donald Trump is expected to ignore the dying wish of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and nominate her replacement in the coming days in a rush to hurry through a conservativ
PHILIPPINE MONEY REMITTERS FLAGGED IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN ‘SUSPICIOUS’ TRANSACTIONS MANILA (Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism) — Filipino remittance firms were investigated in the aftermath of the 2016 cyber-heist that siphoned off $81 million from the central
CHINA SENDS FIGHTERS TOWARDS TAIWAN While tensions remain high and a military build-up continues along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh, China has ratcheted up tensions on its eastern front, with 18 Chinese fighters and bombers crossing the mid-line of the Taiwan Strait and fly
DUTERTE PLACES PHILIPPINES UNDER STATE OF CALAMITY UNTIL SEPTEMBER 2021 MANILA — The Philippines will remain under a state of calamity for one more year as it continues to grapple with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. President Rodrigo Duterte extended the period of the state of c
BIDEN SAYS US TRADE DEAL HINGES ON UK 'RESPECT' FOR GOOD FRIDAY AGREEMENT US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has warned the United Kingdom it must honour Northern Ireland's 1998 peace agreement as it withdraws from the European Union or there would be no separate United States
