PHILHEALTH MESS CAN BE TRACED TO PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION’ MANILA — The alleged anomaly in the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) could be traced to policies of the state-run health insurer during the previous administration, a ranking lawmaker has said.
AIR INDIA FLIGHT FROM DUBAI CRASHLANDS IN KOZHIKODE, BOTH PILOTS AMONG 17 KILLED At least 17 people were killed, including the pilot and co-pilot, and around 100 injured when an Air India Express flight from Dubai skidded off the table-top runway in Kozhikode on Friday evening. The aircr
XI CALLS FOR POOLING WISDOM TO DEVISE FIVE-YEAR PLAN President Xi Jinping has stressed the importance of bolstering top-level design and pooling wisdom from the public in devising China's blueprint for development between 2021 and 2025.
TIKTOK: TRUMP SIGNS ORDER TO ADDRESS 'THREAT' OF CHINESE APP US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to ban transactions with TikTok's parent company ByteDance. The executive order says the US "must take aggressive action against the owners of TikTok to protect our nation
LOCSIN, POMPEO DISCUSS US POLICY SHIFT IN SOUTH CHINA SEA MANILA — The top diplomats of the Philippines and the United States discussed Washington's latest policy declaration on maritime disputes in the South China Sea.
INDIA ON UNSC’S J&K MEET: REJECT CHINA INTERFERENCE IN INTERNAL AFFAIRS A day after China raised the issue of the situation in Jammu and Kashmir at the United Nations Security Council at Pakistan’s behest, India on Thursday said that it “firmly rejects” China’s int
XI EXTENDS CONDOLENCES OVER BEIRUT BLAST President Xi Jinping sent a message of condolence to Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Wednesday over explosions in the country's capital, Beirut, that killed more than 110 people.
LEBANON DECLARES 2-WEEK STATE OF EMERGENCY AFTER DEADLY TWIN BLASTS Lebanon's government on Wednesday announced a two-week state of emergency in the country's capital following Tuesday's devastating explosion in Beirut. There were two explosions in Beirut on Tuesday afternoon (local time)
PM MODI LAYS STONE OF RAM TEMPLE IN AYODHYA, SAYS RAM BELONGS TO ALL With a 40-kg silver brick, a sapling and soil from across the nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation for the Ram temple in Ayodhya Wednesday amid chanting of shlokas, declaring that the Ram Janmabhoomi ha
EXPERTS SAY CHINA KEY TO GLOBAL RECOVERY China could emerge from the coronavirus pandemic with a more dominant economy, replacing the United States as the world's largest within the current decade, according to experts.
