LOK SABHA SPEAKER ADMITS CONGRESS'S NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION AGAINST GOVT Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday admitted a motion of no confidence in the council of ministers moved by Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi after more than 50 opposition MPs showed support to the motion by standing in their
ISRAELI LAWMAKERS PASS A KEY LAW TO WEAKEN THE JUDICIARY DESPITE PUBLIC OUTRAGE Israeli lawmakers have passed into law a highly controversial bill despite mass protests which aimed to thwart it. The law removes the power of the Supreme Court to overrule government actions it considers unre
SUMMARY OF PRESIDENT BONGBONG MARCOS' #SONA2023 A year into office, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr. reiterated his administration's gains in the past year, including key progress and updates on public health, infrastructure, education, and agriculture, among others. He addressed
PARLIAMENT LOGJAM ON, OPPOSITION PRESSES FOR PM’S STATEMENT Parliament logjam over the Manipur issue entered the third day on Monday with the Congress-led Opposition rejecting the govt’s offer to commence discussions and sticking to their demand for Prime Minister Nare
VOTE ON JUDICIAL OVERHAUL DRAWS PROTESTERS AND PROPONENTS ON TO STREETS OF ISRAEL Mass demonstrations for and against the government’s judicial overhaul took place in Israel on Sunday night as lawmakers debated the controversial legislation in the Knesset parliament ahead of
SONA TRANSPORT STRIKE TO PUSH THROUGH: MANIBELA MANILA — Transport group Manibela said it would go ahead with a 3-day transport strike from Monday, which would coincide with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s second State of the Nation Address. Around 200,000 jeepney drivers natio
PARLIAMENT LOGJAM PERSISTS: NO COMMON GROUND FOUND OVER THE WEEKEND The standoff between the govt and the Opposition in Parliament on the Manipur violence is likely to intensify as both the sides Sunday signaled they would not back down from their positions. While the govt h
RUSSIA STRIKES UKRAINE GRAIN PORT AFTER PULLING OUT OF EXPORT DEAL Russia struck Ukrainian ports a day after pulling out of a U.N.-backed deal for safe Black Sea grain exports, and Moscow and Kyiv gave vastly different accounts of fighting in northeastern Ukraine on Tuesday. Russia sa
ICC NIXES PH APPEAL, TO RESUME DRUG WAR PROBE; BATO SAYS ‘DEADMA’ The International Criminal Court Appeals Chamber on Tuesday ruled to resume the investigation into the bloody war on drugs during the administration of former President Rodrigo Duterte. ICC Presiding Ju
OPPN FRONT HAS A NAME, INDIA A month after talks first began on putting up a united fight against the BJP, the multi-party front Tuesday gave itself a name – INDIA, or Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance. Behind the name, decided at the Opposition conclave Bengaluru, was
