ROBREDO TO MAKE 'IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT' A DAY BEFORE CANDIDACY FILING CLOSES MANILA — Vice President Leni Robredo will make an "important announcement" on Oct. 7, a day before the filing of candidacies for the 2022 elections closes, her office said on Tuesday. &nbs
WORLD LEADERS DENY WRONGDOING AFTER DUMP OF PURPORTED SECRETS Several world leaders have denied any wrongdoing after a huge leak of documents revealed the secret financial dealings of the global elite. The Pandora Papers investigation, which involved a consortium of some
‘TIME FOR A NEW SET OF LEADERS’: DUTERTE EXPLAINS DECISION TO ‘RETIRE FROM POLITICS’ MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte said he will be retiring from politics after his term as president to "give way to a new set of leaders". Duterte, who fir
LAKHIMPUR VIOLENCE: UP GOVT, FARM LEADERS REACH AGREEMENT ON RELIEF, PROBE In signs of truce between the UP govt and farmers over the Lakhimpur Kheri violence that left eight people, including four farmers, dead on Sunday, the state police announced an ex gratia of Rs 45 lakh fo
US CONDEMNS ‘PROVOCATIVE’ CHINESE MILITARY ACTIVITY NEAR TAIWAN US State Department spokesman called on Beijing to cease its ‘military, diplomatic’ coercion against Taiwan. The United States has slammed China’s largest-ever incursion into Taiwan’s air defen
PANDORA PAPERS: DOCUMENT DUMP ALLEGEDLY LINKS WORLD LEADERS TO SECRET WEALTH WASHINGTON — A massive leak of financial documents was published by several major news organizations on Sunday that allegedly tie world leaders to secret stores of wealth, including King Abdullah
BEIJING DELIVERS FIRST BATCH OF $31 MILLION AID TO TALIBAN GOVERNMENT China has delivered the first batch of its USD 31 million humanitarian assistance, comprising emergency supplies such as blankets and jackets, to the Taliban's interim government in Afghanistan.
#HALALAN2022: SCALED DOWN FILING OF CANDIDACY KICKS OFF MANILA — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is set to kick off Friday one of its major Halalan 2022-related activities: the filing of the the certificates of candidacy (COC).
TALIBAN WARN US AGAINST OPERATING DRONES OVER AFGHAN AIRSPACE The Taliban have asked the United States to stop operating drones in Afghan airspace, saying it needs to follow obligations to prevent negative consequences. Terming the US move a breach of national security, T
WITH 4-5 PROMINENT PRESIDENTIAL BETS, 2022 POLL RESULTS MAY BE AS DIVIDED AS 1992 - PULSE ASIA CHIEF MANILA - Pulse Asia President Ronald Holmes on Thursday said the results of the 2022 presidential elections may be as divided as the 1992 elections and the next leader of the cou
