RUSSIA BLAMES U.S. FOR DRONE HIT; WHITE HOUSE DENIES ROLE Russia on Thursday accused the U.S. of masterminding a drone attack on the Kremlin and said sabotage attacks by Ukraine behind Russian lines had reached “unprecedented momentum”. The Kremlin has said Ukraine ca
INFLATION EASES FURTHER TO 6.6 PERCENT IN APRIL MANILA — Inflation fell for the 3rd straight month in April due to slower price movements of select food and non-alcoholic beverages, the state statistics bureau said on Friday. The consumer price index climbed 6.6 percent, which w
KREMLIN DRONE: ZELENSKY DENIES UKRAINE ATTACKED PUTIN OR MOSCOW Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has denied his country carried out an alleged drone attack on the Kremlin, which Russia says was an attempt on President Vladimir Putin's life. "We don't attack Putin or Moscow. We fight
US TRIP YIELDS OVER $1.1B IN INVESTMENT PLEDGES American companies, including those involved in pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, solar power and business process outsourcing–committed to invest more than $1.1 billion in the Philippines and told visiting President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
PAKISTAN SEES THE HIGHEST INFLATION RATE IN SOUTH ASIA Pakistan consumer prices rose a record 36.4% in the year to April, the highest inflation rate in South Asia, up from March’s previous record of 35.4%, the statistics bureau said on Tuesday. Pakistan’s rural areas recor
US-PHILIPPINES DEFENSE GUIDELINES TO BE RELEASED DURING MARCOS' PENTAGON VISIT MANILA — The defense guidelines of allies Philippines and the United States will be released this week during President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s official working visit to the Unit
KYIV SAYS COUNTERATTACK NEARLY READY WITH 'IRON FIST' Kyiv says it is almost ready to launch a huge ground assault to retake occupied land after Russia hurled missiles at cities as people slept, killing at least 21 people in its first large-scale air strikes in almost two months. The war i
CHINA SAYS PHILIPPINE BOAT'S 'PROVOCATIVE ACTION' CAUSED NEAR-CRASH BEIJING, China — China said Friday that a near-collision in the South China Sea between a Chinese coast guard ship and a Philippine patrol vessel carrying journalists was caused by the latter's "premeditated
CHINA'S XI TELLS ZELENSKY TALKS AND NEGOTIATION ARE ‘ONLY WAY OUT’ Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the phone and advised that talks and negotiation were the "only way out" of the war. "Xi Jinping had a phone
IMEE PRODS PRESIDENT TO ASK US FOR MORE EDCA BENEFITS, PAYMENTS Senator Imee Marcos has asked her brother, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., to push for better terms and conditions before extending the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA), which gives US troops access to Philippine m
