QUEEN ELIZABETH II DIES, CHARLES III SUCCEEDS Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch in British history and an icon instantly recognizable to billions of people around the world, died at her Scottish Highland retreat on Thursday. She was 96. The eldest of h
QUEEN ELIZABETH II DIES, CHARLES III SUCCEEDS Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch in British history and an icon instantly recognizable to billions of people around the world, died at her Scottish Highland retreat on Thursday. She was 96.
PBBM BRINGS HOME $14.36 BILLION WORTH OF INVESTMENT PLEDGES President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said he secured some $14.36 billion (about P804 billion) worth of investment pledges during this four-day state visits to Indonesia and Singapore.
RUSSIA TO HALT SUPPLY IF PRICE CAPS IMPOSED: PUTIN President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday threatened to cut off energy supplies if price caps are imposed on Russia’s oil and gas exports, warning the West it would be “frozen” like a wolf’s tail in a fam
PAKISTAN SAYS IMF APPROVED REVIVAL OF HUGE LOAN PROGRAMME The International Monetary Fund (IMF) board has approved the seventh and eighth reviews of Pakistan’s bailout programme, Finance Minister Miftah Ismail said, which will release $1.17bn in funds to the cash-strap
SUNAK SAYS IT WAS WRONG TO 'EMPOWER' SCIENTISTS DURING COVID-19 Rishi Sunak has claimed that it was a mistake to “empower scientists” during the coronavirus pandemic and that his opposition to closing schools was met with silence during one meeting. &nbs
'TIME TO AMEND CORY CONSTITUTION': SENATE PANEL KICKS OFF NEW CHA-CHA DEBATE MANILA — A new debate on proposals to amend the 1987 Constitution kicked off at the Senate on Thursday presided by newbie Sen. Robin Padilla, who vowed to "laymanize" the discussion.
EUROPE'S DROUGHT THE WORST IN 500 YEARS - REPORT Two-thirds of Europe is under some sort of drought warning, in what is likely the worst such event in 500 years. The latest report from the Global Drought Observatory says 47% of the continent is in "warning" conditio
MOVE OVER BBB, IT’S NOW BBM FOR ‘BUILD, BETTER, MORE’ INFRA TICKETS The Marcos administration is expanding the flagship infrastructure program of its predecessor, but it will now be called BBM or Build, Better, More from its previous iteration of BBB or Bui
RUSSIA ACCUSES UKRAINE OVER CAR BOMB ASSASSINATION Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) on Monday accused Ukraine’s secret services of killing Darya Dugina, the daughter of a Russian ultra-nationalist, Russian news agencies reported.
