EASING TRANSPORT COSTS TEMPER INFLATION TO 4.1% IN JUNE MANILA — A slower increase in transportation fares tempered inflation in June, a welcome reprieve to consumers still reeling from pandemic-induced economic shocks and giving the central bank enough reasons to sustain
PM MODI OFFERS CO-WIN MODEL TO REST OF THE WORLD Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday offered India’s Co-WIN platform to the world for adaptation to local use. Speaking at the global Co-WIN conclave being attended by health and technology experts from abroad, Modi
TALIBAN SEIZE KEY KANDAHAR DISTRICT Amid the ongoing US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Taliban on Sunday took control of a key district in their former bastion of Kandahar. after fierce night-time fighting with government forces, officials said, just two days afte
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
PAK ACCUSES INDIA OF CARRYING OUT BLAST NEAR LET CHIEF HAFIZ SAEED’S HOME Pakistan on Sunday ended its four-month pause on accusations and attacks against New Delhi, describing the June 23 bomb blast near the home of Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed as “India-sponsor
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.”
VALLEY PARTIES OPEN TO DISCUSSIONS WITH DELIMITATION PANEL With the Delimitation Commission set to visit Jammu and Kashmir next week, key mainstream political parties in the Valley including the National Conference and the People’s Conference are likely to participate in t
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