PHILIPPINE MILITARY PLANE CRASH SEES DEATH TOLL CLIMB TO 50 MANILA - Fifty people have died and dozens more have been injured after a military plane crashed in the Philippines. The Lockheed C-130 transport aircraft was carrying 96 people, mostly troops, when it overshot a
CCP 100: XI WARNS CHINA WILL NOT BE 'OPPRESSED' IN ANNIVERSARY SPEECH China's President Xi Jinping on Thursday warned that foreign forces attempting to bully the nation will "get their heads bashed” and hailed a "new world" created by its people as the ruling Communist Par
MAGMA MAY DRIVE 'EXPLOSIVE' TAAL VOLCANO ERUPTION, PHIVOLCS SAYS MANILA — State volcanologists warned Friday that magma rising toward the main crater of Taal Volcano in Batangas could cause an “explosive eruption.”
CHINA’S COMMUNIST PARTY TO TURN 100 ON THURSDAY, EYES SECOND CENTURY IN POWER China’s ruling Communist Party which had a vice-like grip on the destiny of the world’s most populous nation besides diverse influence on international leftist movements and global po
DUTERTE SIGNS ESTATE TAX AMNESTY EXTENSION MANILA — President Duterte yesterday signed Republic Act 11569 extending the estate tax amnesty for another two years or until June 14, 2023. The law amended Section 6 of Republic Act 11213 on the availment of the estate ta
U.S. HOUSE PASSES RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF INDIA’S COVID-19 FIGHT The US House has passed a resolution recognizing the devastating impact of COVID-19 in India and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives to urgently facilitate assistance.
IATF EASES QUARANTINE, SWAB RULES FOR VACCINATED TRAVELERS MANILA — Starting tomorrow, a shorter mandatory quarantine period of seven days in a government-accredited facility will be required for all Filipinos vaccinated in the Philippines regardless of travel history and
MOSCOW, BEIJING EXTEND FRIENDSHIP TREATY BY 5 YEARS Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed on Monday to work together as they extended a 20-year-old bilateral agreement on friendship and cooperation to forge closer ties, amid the US and th
NCR PLUS: METRO MANILA, 6 NEIGHBORING PROVINCES STAY UNDER GCQ TILL JULY 15 Metro Manila and the provinces of Rizal and Bulacan should be under general community quarantine (GCQ) "with some restrictions" until the middle of July, the COVID-19 Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) said
PAKISTAN MINISTER DEFENDS PM IMRAN KHAN, SAYS REMARK ON OSAMA BIN LADEN A 'SLIP OF TONGUE' Pakistan Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry came in defense of Imran Khan when he said that the PM’s statement on former al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, calling him a martyr
