LAKAS-CMD SWEARS IN 19 NEW MEMBERS Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, president of the Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (CMD), on Tuesday administered the oath to 19 new party members. “We welcome our new members and we are happy that they affiliated themselves with Lakas-
EU IMPOSES $1.3 BILLION FINE ON META, ORDERS TO STOP SENDING DATA TO U.S. London : The EU slapped Meta with a record $1. 3 billion (€1. 2 billion) privacy fine on Monday and ordered it to stop transferring users personal information across the Atlantic by October, the latest
AFTER 30 HOURS, FIRE OUT AT MANILA'S HISTORIC POST OFFICE BUILDING MANILA — Authorities on Tuesday morning declared the fire at the Manila Central Post Office out, nearly 31 hours since the fire started in the basement of the iconic building on Liwasang Bonifacio. State-run
PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS US, CHINA TIES SHOULD SEE A ‘THAW VERY SHORTLY’ Hiroshima: US President Joe Biden said Sunday that ties between Washington and Beijing should thaw "very shortly", after the United States shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon this year. Biden s
PBBM TAPS DSWD AS ZERO HUNGER TASK FORCE HEAD President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered the reorganization of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Zero Hunger and tapped the Secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) as chairperson. Mr. Marcos issued Executive Order No. 27
UKRAINE SHOOTS DOWN ‘29 OF 30 MISSILES’ LAUNCHED BY RUSSIA Russia launched cruise missiles at Ukraine’s capital and the Odesa region early on Thursday, officials said, in an escalation ahead of a much-anticipated counteroffensive. Ukraine said it shot down 29 of 30 m
UKRAINE SHOOTS DOWN ‘29 OF 30 MISSILES’ LAUNCHED BY RUSSIA Russia launched cruise missiles at Ukraine’s capital and the Odesa region early on Thursday, officials said, in an escalation ahead of a much-anticipated counteroffensive. Ukraine said it shot down 29 of 30 m
MARCOS: PUBLIC-PRIVATE COLLAB TO CREATE JOBS President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. welcomed a proposal to create a Private Sector Jobs and Skills Corp. (PSJSC) to upgrade the skills of the Filipino workforce, address jobs and skills mismatch and generate more jobs. Following the meeting with the
IMRAN FEARS RE-ARREST, SAYS HOUSE SURROUNDED BY COPS Islamabad : Former PM Imran Khan said on Wednesday that police had surrounded his house in Lahore and that he expected to be rearrested soon, after the Punjab government warned him to hand over supporters who it blamed for attac
PHILIPPINES, VIETNAM AGREE TO WORK ON SOUTH CHINA SEA CODE OF CONDUCT MANILA — The Philippines and Vietnam have agreed to strengthen coordination in dealing with maritime issues, particularly in working on a code of conduct in the South China Sea, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DF
