DUTERTE APPROVES FILING CRIMINAL, ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGES VS MORALES, OTHER PHILHEALTH OFFICIALS MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday approved the filing of criminal and administrative charges against former Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) president Ricardo Morales
BREXIT: INTERNAL MARKET BILL CLEARS FIRST HURDLE IN COMMONS A proposed law giving Boris Johnson's government the power to override parts of the Brexit agreement with the EU has passed its first hurdle in the Commons.
PM MODI SETS TONE, GOVT SKIRTS CHINA, ECONOMY ON DAY 1 OF PARLIAMENT Citing a heavy legislative agenda, the government avoided the Opposition's attempts to raise issues like the India-China border row and economic crisis on the first day of the 18-day Parliament session on Monday.
GLOBAL OIL DEMAND MAY HAVE PASSED PEAK, SAYS BP ENERGY REPORT BP has called time on the world's rising demand for fossil fuels after finding that demand for oil may have already reached its peak and faces an unprecedented decades-long decline.
PETITIONERS TELL SC, OSG: CANCELING ORAL ARGUMENTS ON ANTI-TERRORISM LAW 'DISSERVICE' TO PUBLIC INTEREST MANILA — Progressive groups led by BAYAN and a group of Sangguniang Kabataan leaders urged the Supreme Court to hold oral arguments on the petitions filed against Anti-Terrorism A
PARLIAMENT ALL SET TODAY FOR FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND SESSION Parliament is fully prepared for the 18-day monsoon session from today under the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic with many firsts, including sitting of the two Houses in shifts without any off day, entry only to those having a neg
BAHRAIN BECOMES LATEST ARAB NATION TO RECOGNIZE ISRAEL Bahrain on Friday agreed to normalize relations with Israel, becoming the latest Arab nation to do so as part of a broader diplomatic push by President Donald Trump and his administration to further ease the Jewish state's relative i
DUTERTE INVOKES UNCLOS IN CHINESE DEFENSE MINISTER'S VISIT MANILA - Chinese state councilor and defense minister Wei Fenghe on Friday paid a courtesy call to President Rodrigo Duterte.
HOURS AFTER 5-POINT PLAN TO EASE LAC TENSIONS, CHINA ASKS INDIA TO PULL BACK India and China agreed on a five-point approach that entails further talks to end the tensions on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) following a discussion between their Foreign Ministers that saw both of them tou
XI STRESSES SOLIDARITY, COOPERATION IN GLOBAL VIRUS FIGHT President Xi Jinping reiterated the need for united action and coordination between different countries in the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic as he spoke over the phone with the heads of state of Saudi Arabia and Uruguay
