WHO URGES GLOBAL COLLABORATION AFTER CHINA REBUKE The World Health Organization (WHO) called on Friday for all countries to work together to investigate the origins of the coronavirus that caused Covid-19, a day after China rejected plans for more checks on labs and markets in i
HOUSE TO PRIORITIZE 5 BILLS IN DUTERTE AGENDA MANILA — The House of Representatives will prioritize the five remaining bills in the legislative agenda of the Duterte administration when sessions resume next week, after the President delivers his last State of the Nation Ad
ISRAEL APPOINTS COMMISSION TO REVIEW NSO Israel has established a commission to review allegations that the NSO Group’s controversial Pegasus phone surveillance software was misused, the head of Parliament’s Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee said on Thursday. &nb
OVER 560,000 ADDITIONAL PFIZER VACCINE DOSES ARRIVE IN PH MANILA - More than 560,000 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine arrived in the Philippines on Wednesday night, as the country continues to intensify its vaccination efforts amid the detection of the more contagious
FRENCH PROSECUTORS OPEN PROBE INTO ALLEGED PEGASUS MEDIA SPYING French prosecutors announced on Tuesday that they had launched a probe into allegations over the use of the Pegasus spyware to target journalists in the country. This is the first probe to be announced after media outlets
NO HELP FROM CHINA IN 2016 POLLS – DUTERTE MANILA — President Duterte has denied owing his election victory in 2016 to China as ranking Beijing officials had reportedly bragged, saying he didn’t need help from a foreign country to get 16 million votes. In his regular
NO EVIDENCE THAT AFGHAN AMBASSADOR'S DAUGHTER WAS KIDNAPPED: PAK POLICE Pakistan police on Monday said they have found no evidence that the daughter of Afghan ambassador was abducted from the capital city, an incident that has triggered a major diplomatic row between the two neighbouring nati
US DEFENSE CHIEF VISITING PHILIPPINES FOR TALKS WITH SENIOR OFFICIALS — PENTAGON MANILA — US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III will visit the Philippines to reaffirm defense ties and bilateral relations between the two countries, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
SHER BAHADUR DEUBA WINS VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN NEPAL PARLIAMENT Nepal's new Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba sprang a surprise on Sunday by seeking a vote of confidence in the reinstated lower House of Representatives and comfortably won it, averting a general election in the Hi
DUTERTE TOLD: VICE PRESIDENT IS NOT IMMUNE FROM SUIT MANILA - The Vice President of the Philippines is not immune from suit, President Rodrigo Duterte was reminded after saying Saturday he would run for the post in next year’s elections if it means having legal immunity.
