DUTERTE TAKES RESPONSIBILITY FOR COVID-19 VACCINE SHORTAGE IN PHILIPPINES MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte took responsibility for the shortage in COVID-19 jabs this year as he reiterated that the government has enough funds to buy vaccines for the entire population. &nb
TAIWAN WON’T BOW TO BEIJING’S PRESSURE, SAYS PRESIDENT TSAI Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Sunday Taiwan will not “bow to pressure” and would “resist annexation”, speaking amid rising tensions with China and a day after Chinese Presiden
PH RECEIVES FRESH BATCH OF 918,450 PFIZER COVID-19 VACCINES MANILA - The Philippines on Sunday received nearly a million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine from global alliance COVAX Facility. Some 918,450 doses arrived Saturday at the Ninoy Aquino International
MORE THAN 100 KILLED AND INJURED IN MOSQUE BLAST IN NORTHEASTERN AFGHANISTAN A suicide bomber attacked a mosque in Afghanistan's northeastern Kunduz province on Friday, killing scores of worshippers in the country's third attack this week on a religious institution. Islam
DUTERTE JOINS PDP-LABAN BETS ON LAST DAY OF FILING MANILA— President Duterte yesterday appeared at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) filing venue at the Sofitel Harbor Garden Tent in Pasay City to support eight PDP-Laban senatorial aspirants, mostly his Cabinet secreta
AUS PM SLAMS SOCIAL MEDIA GIANTS AND ANONYMOUS TROLLS Prime Minister Scott Morrison has slammed social media giants for providing a “coward’s palace” for anonymous trolls to abuse people online, as he foreshadowed a further crackdown on the tech industry.  
UN RIGHTS CHIEF URGES PH: PUBLISH DRUG WAR REVIEW FINDINGS UN high commissioner says severe human rights violations continue in the Philippines MANILA — The head of the United Nations (UN) human rights office on Thursday urged the Philippine government to publish th
‘HISTORIC DAY’: WHO GO-AHEAD FOR BROAD USE OF FIRST-EVER MALARIA VACCINE FOR CHILDREN IN AFRICA The first vaccine for malaria, the mosquito-borne disease that kills about 400,000 people each year, is set to be deployed more widely after more than three decades of wor
LENI ROBREDO ANNOUNCES PRESIDENTIAL BID MANILA — Vice President Leni Robredo’s lengthy process of discernment is over and she has come to a decision: She is running for president in the 2022 elections, which she believes is crucial to ending President Rodrigo Duterte
TAIWAN ‘ON ALERT’ AFTER RECORD 56 CHINESE PLANES ENTER ADIZ Taiwan said on it was “on alert” over China’s “over the top” military manoeuvres, after Beijing flew a record 56 fighter planes towards the self-governing island in a third day
