CENTRE DIRECTS FUEL, ESSENTIALS REACH PEOPLE IN MANIPUR Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday chaired a high-level meeting Monday in which the Centre decided to ensure distribution of essential resources including petrol and cooking gas in Manipur as part of measures to return normalcy in&
NO SURVIVORS FROM MISSING SUBMERSIBLE, SAYS OCEANGATE The five people aboard a missing submersible are thought to be dead, according to the company that owns the vessel, bringing a grim end on Thursday to the massive search for the vessel that was lost during a voyage to the Titan
ARCOS WON’T VETO MAHARLIKA President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has expressed his intention to sign the proposed Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) bill into law once it reaches his office. He emphasized the importance of proper management and independence of the sovereign fund for its success
KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM PM MODI’S ADDRESS TO US CONGRESS Underlining that India and the US come from different circumstances and history, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that this visit is one of the “great positive transformation” and together they will demonstrate
UKRAINE WAR: ZELENSKY ADMITS SLOW PROGRESS BUT SAYS OFFENSIVE IS NOT A MOVIE President Volodymyr Zelensky has acknowledged that Ukraine's military offensive to recapture areas occupied by Russia has been slower than desired. He emphasized that the battle is not like a Hollywood movie and th
GOV’T RAISES NEXT YEAR’S PROPOSED BUDGET TO P5.768 TRILLION—DBM The Marcos administration has raised its proposed budget for 2024 to P5.768-trillion, a 9.5 percent increase from this year’s national expenditure program. However, Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman n
MODI'S YOGA DAY EVENT AT UN CREATES GUINNESS WORLD RECORD Calling for the use of “the power of yoga to build bridges of friendship, a peaceful world and a cleaner, greener sustainable future”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi led a historic Yoga Day event at the United Nations headq
BLINKEN IN CHINA WITH HOPES LOW FOR ANY BREAKTHROUGH U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Beijing for meetings with Chinese officials, marking the first visit by a top American diplomat to China in five years. The visit takes place amid strained relations and low expectations f
ALL 130 SAVED FROM RoRo FIRE OFF PANGLAO ISLAND More than 130 people were rescued from a Roll-on Roll-off (RoRo) vessel that caught fire near Tagbilaran City port in Bohol province. This was the second major ferry fire in the country within three months, following a previous incident that c
MANIPUR REMAINS TENSE, WOMEN OUT ON STREETS TO PROTEST VIOLENCE; CURFEW EASED With tension continuing to prevail in the ethnic violence-hit Manipur, the Army conducted a flag march in the Imphal valley even as hundreds of women in several districts of the state took to the streets late on&n
