JOBLESS RATE FALLS IN OCTOBER, UNDEREMPLOYMENT UP MANILA - The Philippines recorded a decline in its unemployment rate in October, reaching 4.2%, down from September's 4.5%, marking the lowest rate since April 2005, as reported by the Philippine Statistics Authority. The number of jobless F
J&K PAID FOR NEHRU’S BLUNDERS, ART 370 WAS ROOT CAUSE OF TERROR: AMIT SHAH IN LS Maintaining that Jammu and Kashmir suffered due to the “blunders” of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and that Pakistan-occupied Kashmir “hamara hai”, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said
ISRAELI FORCES SURROUND KHAN YOUNIS AS UNICEF DEEMS SAFE AREAS INADEQUATE" Israeli forces initiated a major ground assault in southern Gaza, particularly targeting Khan Younis, marking the most intense day of combat in the five-week-long ground operations against Hamas militants. The milita
17 KILLED IN ANTIQUE BUS ACCIDENT Seventeen people, including a Kenyan national, died when a passenger bus careered off a road on a "killer curve" and plunged down a mountain in central Philippines, officials said Wednesday. The bus was travelling in Hamtic municipality in Antique pro
AFTER TMC BATS FOR MAMATA, JD(U) SAYS NITISH FITS THE BILL After the Congress’s poor show in the recent Assembly polls, the JD(U) has renewed its demand to project party supremo and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as probable prime minister face of the INDIA bloc, adding that the pa
HEADING SOUTH IN GAZA, ISRAEL DEPLOYS TROOPS AND TANKS Israel directed Palestinians to evacuate portions of Gaza's main southern city on Monday, coinciding with airstrikes on the designated areas. Concurrently, Israeli forces, including tanks, intensified the ground offensive against H
INFLATION SLOWS TO 4.1 PERCENT IN NOVEMBER MANILA — Inflation eased to 4.1 percent in November amid slower increases in food prices, and lower transport costs as fuel prices fell, the state statistics bureau said on Tuesday. This was slower than the 4.9 percent clip seen in Octo
CYCLONE MICHAUNG BRINGS HEAVY RAIN, POURS MISERY IN CHENNAI At least five people died in rain-related incidents in Chennai on Monday as heavy rain triggered by Cyclone Michaung pounded the city, leaving large parts of it submerged. According to the Chennai Corporation, thousands of people
ISRAEL EXPANDS EVACUATION ORDERS IN GAZA'S SOUTH AMID ESCALATING OFFENSIVE Israel expanded evacuation orders in and around Khan Younis, Gaza's second-largest city, on Sunday, accompanied by intense bombardment. The military offensive shifted to the southern half of the territory, targe
ISLAMIC STATE CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR MASS BOMBING IN MARAWI MANILA — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for an attack on a Catholic mass in Marawi on Sunday, which killed at least four people and injured 50 others. The blast happened during a morning service a