'SO EXCITED TO BE HERE!': NEW US AMBASSADOR ARRIVES IN PH MANILA — The new US ambassador to the Philippines, MaryKay Carlson, has arrived in Manila. The US Embassy in Manila confirmed Carlson's arrival in a tweet late Thursday night.
AHEAD OF BIG VOTE, SRI LANKA'S OPPOSITION LEADER'S APPEAL TO INDIA Sri Lanka’s opposition leader Sajith Premadasa made an appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and ‘all political parties of India’ on Tuesday for providing continued help to the crisis-hit i
PHILIPPINES KEEPS TIER 1 STATUS, BUT EFFORTS TO ADDRESS TRAFFICKING LACKING — US REPORT MANILA — The Philippines continued to fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking, but failed to report vigorously probing labor trafficking crimes and
MARCOS INVITES FILIPINOS TO LISTEN TO FIRST SONA MANILA — President Marcos has invited Filipinos to listen to his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 25, where he will discuss his key policies and priorities as the country’s 17th Chief Executive. &n
MARCOS INVITES FILIPINOS TO LISTEN TO FIRST SONA MANILA — President Marcos has invited Filipinos to listen to his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 25, where he will discuss his key policies and priorities as the country’s 17th Chief Executive. &n
SUNAK 4TH IN CONSERVATIVE POLL Indian-origin Rishi Sunak was pushed to fourth place as Conservative top choice to succeed Boris Johnson as UK PM in a poll of party members that gave wild card candidate Kemi Badenoch, a former equalities minister, the lead. It could be a setb
CARPIO: CHINA’S CONSENT NOT NEEDED TO ENFORCE SOUTH CHINA SEA RULING MANILA — China does not need to recognize The Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration ruling on the West Philippine Sea (WPS) for the Philippines to enforce sovereignty in the area, retired s
SRI LANKA'S PM RANIL WICKREMESINGHE SWORN IN AS SRI LANKA’S INTERIM PRESIDENT Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been sworn in as acting president after the speaker of the parliament accepted a resignation letter sent by embattled President Gotab
US HOUSE AGREES TO BLOCK AID TO PNP UNTIL PH MEETS BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS MANILA — The House of Representatives of the United States has agreed on an amendment to a defense spending measure blocking aid, including equipment and training, to the Philippine Nationa
GOTABAYA RAJAPAKSA RESIGNS; PARLIAMENT TO CONVENE President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has submitted a letter of resignation to the speaker of Sri Lanka’s parliament, a spokesperson for the speaker said, hours after he fled to Singapore. Rajapaksa arrived in Singapore earlier
