RUSSIA FACES SANCTIONS AFTER PUTIN MOVE Russia faced the prospect of harsh new sanctions on Tuesday after President Vladimir Putin recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine and ordered the deployment of troops there, deepening Western fears of a major war in Europe
MAYORS RECOMMEND ALERT LEVEL 1 FOR NCR BEGINNING MARCH MANILA - Metro Manila mayors have urged the inter-agency task force (IATF) to place the capital region under the loosest Alert Level 1 beginning March 1, as new COVID-19 cases continue to drop, the Metropolitan Manila De
‘GOVERNMENT ACTING ON EUROPE PARLIAMENT CONCERNS’ MANILA — The government is acting on the issues on human rights and extrajudicial killings raised by the European Parliament, Malacañang said yesterday, as it accused critics of supposedly using the c
MACRON, PUTIN AGREE TO WORK FOR EASTERN UKRAINE CEASEFIRE French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Sunday agreed to work for a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, Mr. Macron's office said.
MORE THAN 21,000 FOREIGN TRAVELERS VISIT PHILIPPINES: DOT MANILA – More than 21,000 fully vaccinated foreign travelers have arrived in the Philippines since the country opened its doors to them earlier this month, Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said Monday.
WEST ISSUES STERN WARNINGS AS RUSSIAN MILITARY DRILLS STOKE TENSIONS Russia and Belarus have started 10 days of joint military drills amid ongoing fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. France called the drills - believed to be Russia's biggest deployment to Belaru
COMELEC DIVISION JUNKS DISQUALIFICATION SUITS VS MARCOS MANILA — A division of the Commission on Elections dismissed the disqualification petitions against presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., clearing the former senator of two more suits blocking his
BIDEN SAYS EUROPEAN PIPELINE WILL END IF RUSSIA INVADES UKRAINE U.S. President Joe Biden said a crucial European gas pipeline, Nord Stream 2, will not go forward if Russia invades Ukraine, as high-level diplomatic efforts took place Monday to try to prevent an invasion, with
DUTERTE IGNORES SENATE PROBE REPORT ON PHARMALLY MANILA — President Duterte has brushed aside the recommendations of the Senate Blue Ribbon committee on the government’s allegedly overpriced COVID-19 supply contracts, but maintained that his administration would
UKRAINE CRISIS: DIPLOMATIC TALKS HELD IN RUSSIA, US TO DIFFUSE STANDOFF International efforts to defuse the standoff over Ukraine intensified Monday, with French President Emmanuel Macron holding talks in Moscow and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Washington to coordinate p
