MALACAÑANG PROPOSES P9-BILLION BUDGET FOR MARCOS’ OFFICE IN 2023 Malacañang has asked Congress for a P9-billion budget for 2023, including a proposed P4.5 billion for confidential and intelligence funds. As stated in the 2023 National Expenditure
IMRAN KHAN: PAKISTAN POLICE CHARGE EX-PM UNDER TERRORISM ACT Pakistan's police have charged the country's former Prime Minister, Imran Khan, under anti-terror laws. Their investigation comes after he accused the police and judiciary of detaining and torturing his cl
MARCOS JR. SUBMITS HIS FIRST BUDGET PROPOSAL TO CONGRESS MANILA — The Marcos Jr. administration on Monday submitted to Congress its first ever budget proposal for 2023 that, government officials said, was “designed to withstand future risks, challenges and shocks
PUTIN WARNS MACRON OF 'CATASTROPHE' AT NUCLEAR PLANT Russian President Vladimir Putin warned his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron that shelling of the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, which he blamed on Kyiv, could result in a large-
US LAWMAKERS HOPE MARCOS GOV'T WILL UPHOLD HUMAN RIGHTS DURING VISIT TO PHILIPPINES MANILA — Lawmakers from the United States were inspired by the courage of Filipinos who faced repression under the Duterte administration, and expressed hope that the new government wou
WILL SHUT N-PLANT: RUSSIA; UKRAINE WARNS OF DISASTER Kyiv/Lviv : UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres said on Thursday he was gravely concerned by the situation at Europe’s largest nuclear power station after it came under shelling at the front lines in Ukraine. Russi
STAKEHOLDERS AGREE TO IMPORT 150,000 METRIC TONS OF SUGAR: PALACE MANILA — The proposal to import around 150,000 metric tons of sugar in the country was agreed upon during President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.'s meeting with stakeholders, Malacañang said Thursday. &n
DONALD TRUMP : 'TEMPERATURE HAS TO BE BROUGHT DOWN' Former US President Donald Trump, outraged by the FBI raids on his Florida residence and claims of 11 classified documents seizure, said "the temperature has to be brought down" and his representatives have reached out to t
TRUMP-FBI SHOWDOWN HEATS UP AMID REPORTS OF HUNT FOR N-PAPERS An FBI raid on former President Donald Trump’s Florida home was tied to classified documents relating to nuclear weapons, a major US media outlet reported on Thursday, even as the Biden administration asked
DA OFFICIAL WHO SIGNED SUGAR IMPORT ORDER RESIGNS: PALACE MANILA — The agriculture official who authorized the signing of a sugar import order without the approval of President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. has resigned from his post, Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles said o
