PHIVOLCS SAYS 'MORE VIGOROUS' MAYON ERUPTION POSSIBLE; EVACUEES TOP 15,000 MANILA — Mayon volcano in Albay could unleash a "more vigorous" type of eruption, a volcanologist warned on Wednesday, as the number of evacuees topped 15,000. "There is a possibility that it will turn vi
JACK DORSEY SAYS MODI GOVT ARM-TWISTED TWITTER DURING FARMERS’ PROTEST Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, in sensational allegations, claimed the Indian govt threatened to shut down Twitter unless it complied with orders to restrict accounts during farmers' protests, a charge denied by t
WITH EYES ON RUSSIA, NATO PREPARES FOR BIGGEST-EVER AIR DRILL IN ITS HISTORY NATO has started the largest-ever air force deployment exercise in the Western military alliance’s history, a drill being presented as a display of unity among members and partners of the bloc as tensions wit
OVER 13K EVACUATED AS LAVA FROM MAYON REACHES NEARLY ONE KILOMETER FROM CRATER MANILA — Over 13,000 have been evacuated from their homes as the state volcanology and seismology service said Tuesday that lava from Mayon Volcano’s summit crater has reached around 800 to 1,00
GUJARAT BRACES FOR CYCLONE BIPARJOY Authorities in Gujarat Monday began evacuating thousands of people from vulnerable areas and closed schools and ports in coastal districts even as the worsening weather ahead of the landfall of Cyclone Biparjoy led to the death of one person in
VIOLENT RHETORIC BY TRUMP ALLIES DISTURBS EXPERTS Following the federal indictment of former President Donald Trump, there has been a disturbing surge in calls for violence and an uprising among his supporters. Close allies of Trump have portrayed the indictment as an act of war and depicte
MARCOS: PHILIPPINES NEVER AGAIN TO BE SUBSERVIENT TO ANY EXTERNAL FORCE MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. on the celebration of the 125th Independence Day vowed the Philippines would never be subservient again to any external force and reiterated the importance of addressing "u
CENTRE’S ORDINANCE WARNING SIGN FOR OTHER STATES: KEJRIWAL Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, during a rally at Ramlila Maidan over Centre’s ordinance that effectively grants control of running the government to the Centre through the L-G, had a warning for the states ruled b
MARCOS WANTS P5.768-T NATIONAL BUDGET FOR 2024 MANILA — The Marcos Jr. administration on Friday said it would submit to Congress a P5.768-trillion budget proposal for next year. The plan was revealed by Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman. If enacted into law, next year&rsq
BILL IN WORKS, BIG TECH TO PAY FOR NEWS In a major development, the govt has prepared a new draft legislation that seeks to regulate the Internet, prevent online user harm and, in a first, create provisions to make big tech pay news publishers for the content they funnel on their platforms.
