MALAYSIA'S ANWAR CALLS FOR COMMON ASEAN POSITION ON CHINA, SOUTH CHINA SEA MANILA - Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim believes it will be beneficial for all the member-states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) if the organization takes a common position on the issue
FBI CHIEF SAYS CHINA LAB LEAK LIKELY CAUSED COVID-19 PANDEMIC FBI director Christopher Wray said his department previously concluded that the Covid-19 virus most likely originated from a “potential lab incident” in Wuhan, China, contradicting scientific claims that it emerged na
PH, MALAYSIA TO ADOPT NEW TACK TO RESOLVE WPS ISSUE AMICABLY The Philippines and Malaysia have agreed to use “a new level of approach” on the West Philippine Sea issue through the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to achieve an amicable resolution, both countries&rs
PUTIN ORDERS TIGHTENING OF UKRAINE BORDER AS DRONES HIT RUSSIA Regional officials in southern and western Russia reported a string of drone attacks near the border with Ukraine and deep inside the country that resulted in no casualties, as the war with Kyiv trudged on Tuesday. At the
INFLATION LIKELY BETWEEN 8.5 TO 9.3 PCT IN FEBRUARY SAYS BSP MANILA - The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said on Tuesday inflation likely settled between the 8.5 to 9.3 percent range in February. Upward price pressures for the month were from higher LPG prices as well as the elevate
COMMUNIST RIFT PLUNGES NEPAL’S COALITION INTO CRISIS Splits within Nepal’s communist-dominated ruling coalition plunged the Himalayan nation into crisis on Monday as a Marxist-Leninist party said it would withdraw support after the Maoist Prime Minister backed an Oppos
FOR FIRST TIME AS PRESIDENT, MARCOS JR. RETURNS TO CEBU TO LAUNCH MULTIPLE PROJECTS CEBU CITY — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday returned to Cebu for the first time after the 2022 national elections, bringing with him a slew of projects for one of the most populous a
US WARNS CHINA AGAINST PROVIDING LETHAL AID TO RUSSIA The United States warned China of serious consequences were it to provide arms to support Russia's invasion of Ukraine, as Kyiv's top general visited the frontline town of Bakhmut where Ukrainian defenders were holding out against consta
E-GOVERNANCE BILL NOW A STEP CLOSER TO LAW A measure seeking to institutionalize the government’s transition to e-governance is one step closer to being passed into law after hurdling the House Committee on Appropriations last week. The measure aims to boost the use of information an
‘NO ARGUMENTS OVER ICC PROBE ON DRUG WAR’ MANILA— Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla had expected to argue with the European Parliament’s delegates who visited the Philippines this week over the country’s human rights situation, but came away saying
