PH, MALAYSIA TO ADOPT NEW TACK TO RESOLVE WPS ISSUE AMICABLY The Philippines and Malaysia have agreed to use “a new level of approach” on the West Philippine Sea issue through the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to achieve an amicable resolution, both countries&rs
US, RUSSIA HARDEN STANDS AHEAD OF G20 FOREIGN MINISTERS’ MEETING TODAY While US Secretary of State Antony Blinken missed the inaugural dinner of the G20 foreign ministers hosted by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday, battlelines were drawn between Washington
PUTIN ORDERS TIGHTENING OF UKRAINE BORDER AS DRONES HIT RUSSIA Regional officials in southern and western Russia reported a string of drone attacks near the border with Ukraine and deep inside the country that resulted in no casualties, as the war with Kyiv trudged on Tuesday. At the
INFLATION LIKELY BETWEEN 8.5 TO 9.3 PCT IN FEBRUARY SAYS BSP MANILA - The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said on Tuesday inflation likely settled between the 8.5 to 9.3 percent range in February. Upward price pressures for the month were from higher LPG prices as well as the elevate
BLINKEN, LAVROV, QIN FOR G20 FOREIGN MINISTERS’ MEETING STARTING TODAY Amid the hardening of positions on the Russia-Ukraine war which entered its second year last week, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will host US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Russian Foreign Minister Ser
COMMUNIST RIFT PLUNGES NEPAL’S COALITION INTO CRISIS Splits within Nepal’s communist-dominated ruling coalition plunged the Himalayan nation into crisis on Monday as a Marxist-Leninist party said it would withdraw support after the Maoist Prime Minister backed an Oppos
FOR FIRST TIME AS PRESIDENT, MARCOS JR. RETURNS TO CEBU TO LAUNCH MULTIPLE PROJECTS CEBU CITY — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday returned to Cebu for the first time after the 2022 national elections, bringing with him a slew of projects for one of the most populous a
EXIT POLLS SHOW BJP SET TO COME BACK IN TRIPURA AND NAGALAND The BJP is tipped to retain Tripura, return to power in Nagaland with coalition partner National Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) and marginally improve its tally in Meghalaya, while the Congress, which once dominated the North
US WARNS CHINA AGAINST PROVIDING LETHAL AID TO RUSSIA The United States warned China of serious consequences were it to provide arms to support Russia's invasion of Ukraine, as Kyiv's top general visited the frontline town of Bakhmut where Ukrainian defenders were holding out against consta
E-GOVERNANCE BILL NOW A STEP CLOSER TO LAW A measure seeking to institutionalize the government’s transition to e-governance is one step closer to being passed into law after hurdling the House Committee on Appropriations last week. The measure aims to boost the use of information an
