DUTERTE: 'REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT' TALKS SHOULD BE IN PUBLIC MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday that discussions about the revolutionary government being proposed by a group of his supporters should be in public, and not in secret.
FIRST DIRECT ISRAEL-UAE FLIGHT LANDS IN ABU DHABI AMID DEAL A Star of David-adorned El Al plane flew from Israel to the United Arab Emirates on Monday, carrying a high-ranking American and Israeli delegation to Abu Dhabi in the first-ever direct commercial passenger flight between the tw
INDIA'S GDP GROWTH SUFFERS WORST-EVER CRASH, GOVT SAYS 'ALONG EXPECTED LINES' The Government on Monday put a brave face on the worst-ever crash in the country's GDP for the first quarter of 2020-21, saying that it was along expected lines given the higher stringency with which the lockdo
DUTERTE VISITS SULU AFTER TWIN BLASTS MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday visited Jolo town in Sulu, nearly a week after twin explosions left at least 15 dead and scores wounded, Malacañang confirmed.
NATION REMAINS COMMITTED TO REFORM, OPENING-UP Forty years ago, China created four special economic zones in the southeastern coastal cities of Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Shantou in Guangdong province and Xiamen in Fujian province as part of the country's opening-up drive to encourage foreign inv
BIDEN-HARRIS ADMIN WILL MAKE US A SOCIALIST COUNTRY: TOP REPUBLCIAN LEADERS Making a passionate plea to re-elect Republican Donald Trump at the 2020 Republican National Convention, Top Indian-American politician, Nikki Haley said that the United States President has a "record of strength
PHILIPPINES WON'T CEASE SPRATLY PATROLS DESPITE CHINA CALL VS 'PROVOCATIONS': DFA MANILA -- The Philippines will sustain its patrol of the Spratly islands despite China's call for Manila to stop "illegal provocations" in sending military aircraft near the area, Foreign Affairs Secretary
DAY AFTER, CONG DISSENTERS SAY ISSUES RAISED NEED REDRESSAL A day after the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, where members pledged their loyalty to the Nehru-Gandhi family and targeted the 23 senior leaders for their letter to party chief Sonia Gandhi, some of the signatories sa
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION TOUTS TRUMP, STOKES FEARS IF HE LOSES On Monday, Mr Trump was officially nominated as a formality to be the Republican nominee at his party's convention in the city of Charlotte.
TWIN BLASTS ROCK SULU TOWN PLAZA; AT LEAST 15 KILLED, 75 WOUNDED MANILA - At least seven soldiers, a policeman, and six civilians were killed, while 75 were injured as twin explosions ripped through the town plaza of Jolo in the southern province of Sulu on Monday noon, authorities said.