BOJO MISLED HOUSE OVER ‘PARTYGATE’, SAYS PROBE PANEL Former British prime minister Boris Johnson deliberately misled the UK parliament over COVID-19 lockdown parties, a parliamentary committee said in a damning report on Thursday. Mr Johnson said it was a lie to say he del
MARCOS LAUNCHES PLANS TO BOOST 'LAGGING' EXPORT SECTOR MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thursday launched his administration's plans for the Philippine export sector in the next six years, saying the industry was still lagging behind the country's Asian neighbors.
NO NATO ENTRY FOR SWEDEN UNLESS ANTI-TURKISH PROTESTS STOP: ERDOGAN ANKARA: Sweden should not expect a green light from Ankara on its NATO membership bid at the Western alliance's summit next month unless it prevents anti-Turkey protests in Stockholm, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was qu
‘MORE VIGOROUS’ ERUPTION LIKELY–PHIVOLCS Mayon Volcano could have a “violent or more vigorous” eruption that can build up in just a matter of hours, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said Wednesday. More than 37,000 residen
CHINA MAY MATCH US IN NUCLEAR WEAPONS LEVEL BY 2030: REPORT The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Yearbook 2023 released on Monday says China’s nuclear arsenal increased in the last year and it could potentially have at least as many intercontinental b
PHIVOLCS SAYS 'MORE VIGOROUS' MAYON ERUPTION POSSIBLE; EVACUEES TOP 15,000 MANILA — Mayon volcano in Albay could unleash a "more vigorous" type of eruption, a volcanologist warned on Wednesday, as the number of evacuees topped 15,000. "There is a possibility that it will turn vi
WITH EYES ON RUSSIA, NATO PREPARES FOR BIGGEST-EVER AIR DRILL IN ITS HISTORY NATO has started the largest-ever air force deployment exercise in the Western military alliance’s history, a drill being presented as a display of unity among members and partners of the bloc as tensions wit
OVER 13K EVACUATED AS LAVA FROM MAYON REACHES NEARLY ONE KILOMETER FROM CRATER MANILA — Over 13,000 have been evacuated from their homes as the state volcanology and seismology service said Tuesday that lava from Mayon Volcano’s summit crater has reached around 800 to 1,00
VIOLENT RHETORIC BY TRUMP ALLIES DISTURBS EXPERTS Following the federal indictment of former President Donald Trump, there has been a disturbing surge in calls for violence and an uprising among his supporters. Close allies of Trump have portrayed the indictment as an act of war and depicte
MARCOS: PHILIPPINES NEVER AGAIN TO BE SUBSERVIENT TO ANY EXTERNAL FORCE MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. on the celebration of the 125th Independence Day vowed the Philippines would never be subservient again to any external force and reiterated the importance of addressing "u
