BSP: MARCH ANNUAL INFLATION LIKELY IN 7.4%-8.2% RANGE MANILA— Philippine annual inflation in March was expected to come in between 7.4% and 8.2%, with downward pressure seen from lower prices of petroleum and some food items, the central bank said on Friday, ahead of the release the d
RUSSIA SAYS IT WILL NO LONGER SHARE INFO WITH US ABOUT MISSILE TESTS Russia said Wednesday it will no longer give the United States advance notice of its missile tests — a month after suspending its participation in the most recent nuclear arms agreement between the two coun
‘AUKUS TO HELP DETER THREATS IN SCS’ The AUKUS security bloc — composed of Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States — will support the Philippines and neighboring countries by helping deter threats to a rules-based international order and freedom of naviga
ZELENSKY TO IAEA: RUSSIA HOLDS NUCLEAR PLANT HOSTAGE KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency that safety at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station could not be guaranteed until Russian troops left the facility. The president met
MARCOS: PH TO 'DISENGAGE FROM ANY CONTACT' WITH ICC AFTER REJECTION OF APPEAL TO SUSPEND PROBE MANILA - President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. said the Philippines will finally "disengage from any contact and communication" with the International Criminal Court (ICC) after it rejected the country'
NASHVILLE SCHOOL SHOOTING: SIX KILLED BY 28-YEAR-OLD SHOOTER IN TENNESSEE Six people have been killed in a school shooting in the US city of Nashville, Tennessee. Three of the victims were pupils aged nine or under at Covenant School, a privately run Christian school. They were named by p
BIR: NO PENALTY FOR PAYMENT OF ANNUAL INCOME TAX RETURN 'ANYWHERE' UNTIL APRIL 17 MANILA - The Bureau of Internal Revenue said on Monday it has authorized the filing and payment of the 2022 annual income tax return (AITR) anywhere in order to expand services. This was made p
NEW ISRAELI LAW PROTECTS PRIME MINISTER FROM OUSTER Jerusalem: Israel ratified a law on Thursday limiting the circumstances in which a prime minister can be removed, despite worries voiced by a government jurist that it may be meant to shield the incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu from
OVER 100 STUDENTS SENT TO HOSPITAL AFTER FIRE DRILL PARTICIPATION IN LAGUNA: MAYOR MANILA - Over 100 students were sent to hospital on Thursday after participating in a fire drill in a school in Cabuyao City, Laguna amid hot temperature, the locality's mayor said. In a live Faceb
MISSILES, DRONES HIT CIVILIAN BUILDINGS IN UKRAINE Ukraine's president posted a video on Wednesday showing what he said was a Russian missile slamming into an apartment building in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, after Russia launched exploding drones that killed at least f
