DUTERTE TELLS PUBLIC: GET VACCINATED OR DIE MANILA — President Duterte has advised people who refuse to get vaccinated against COVID to buy their coffins or prepare their cremation plans as they would surely die of the virus.
NATO WARNS OF MILITARY CHALLENGE POSED BY CHINA Nato leaders meeting for a summit in Brussels have warned of the military threat posed by China, saying its behaviour is a "systemic challenge".
POSSIBLE ICC PROBE A BLOW VS IMPUNITY IN 'DRUG WAR' KILLINGS — RIGHTS GROUPS MANILA — A possible International Criminal Court probe into alleged crimes against humanity related to the government's "war on drugs" is a blow against impunity over killings during the Dut
G7 FINAL COMMUNIQUE CALLS FOR NEW COVID ORIGIN PROBE Group of Seven leaders on Sunday scolded China over human rights in its Xinjiang region, called for Hong Kong to keep a high degree of autonomy and demanded a full and thorough investigation of the origins of the coronavirus i
PHILIPPINES, RUSSIA VOW TO BOOST TIES MANILA — The Philippines and Russia vowed to strengthen bilateral ties as they exchanged greetings for their respective national holidays over the weekend. Greeting the Philippines on Saturday’s 123rd Independence Day cele
BIDEN CELEBRATES ‘ENDURING FRIENDSHIP’ BETWEEN FILIPINOS, AMERICANS ON INDEPENDENCE DAY MANILA — US President Joe Biden on Independence Day extended to Filipinos the "enduring friendship" of the American people as he marked two "momentous anniversaries" between
EU LEADERS URGE UNFETTERED PROBE INTO ORIGINS OF COVID-19 EU leaders on Thursday called for an unfettered investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, first identified in central China, amid criticism of an initial World Health Organization probe.
PHILIPPINES GETS 2.28 MILLION MORE PFIZER DOSES MANILA — The Philippines on Thursday night received 2.28 million doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine from the COVAX Facility, marking the arrival of the biggest shipment yet of the jabs in the country.
CITING RAPID SPREAD OF DELTA VARIANT, BIDEN AND FAUCI URGE AMERICAN YOUTHS TO GET THE JAB US President Joe Biden and his Chief Advisor Dr Anthony Fauci have warned that the Delta variant of the novel coronavirus is highly infectious, which is now the dominant strain in the Unite
PH WELCOMES 1 MILLION MORE SINOVAC COVID-19 SHOTS 2.2 million Pfizer jabs set to arrive later Thursday MANILA—The Philippines early on Thursday received 1 million more COVID-19 vaccine doses from China's Sinovac Biotech, just days after the government widened its in
