CLOCK TICKING FOR RESCUERS AS QUAKE TOLL NEARS 8,000 The death toll in the earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on Monday has soared to at least 7,926, CNN reported citing officials. At least 5,894 people were killed and 34,810 people injured in Turkey, according to Turkish Vi
MARCOS URGES FILIPINOS TO PAY CORRECT TAXES AS BIR VOWS TO RUN AFTER TAX EVADERS MANILA - President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. on Tuesday encouraged Filipinos to pay the correct taxes critical to the government, just as the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) promised to go after tax evad
IN LOK SABHA, RAHUL QUESTIONS ADANI’S RISE UNDER MODI From displaying photographs of Narendra Modi and Gautam Adani together to claim their proximity to listing out business deals the Adani Group has got since 2014, senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi yesterday led the Opposition atta
EARTHQUAKE KILLS MORE THAN 4,300 IN TURKEY, SYRIA HATAY, Turkey — Rescuers in Turkey and Syria dug with their bare hands through the freezing night Tuesday hunting for survivors among the rubble of thousands of buildings felled in a series of violent earthquakes. The confir
UN RAPPORTEUR ON EJK ARRIVES IN PHILIPPINES TO TRAIN DOCTORS MANILA — Forensic expert and United Nations (UN) special rapporteur Morris Tidball-Binz has arrived in the Philippines to lead a "capacity-building" activity with doctors, officials, and other experts from the Department of
SEVERE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY AND SYRIA Three big earthquakes – of 7.8, 7.6 and 6.0 magnitude – hit Turkey yesterday killing more than 4,000 people and injuring thousands. The deaths and destruction are in Turkey and neighbouring Syria. The last two earthquakes hit hours after the
CHINA EXPRESSES 'STRONG DISSATISFACTION' OVER US SHOOTING DOWN BALLOON China's foreign ministry has expressed "strong dissatisfaction and protest" against the United States' shooting down of its balloon. China’s Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng lodged a “solemn representation&rdqu
CHINESE COAST GUARD VESSELS SHADOW PH NAVY WARSHIP NEAR MISCHIEF REEF: PH COAST GUARD MANILA - Two Chinese Coast Guard vessels and two Chinese Maritime Militia "fishing vessels/boats" shadowed a Philippine warship near Mischief Reef in the West Philippine Sea, the Philippine Coast Guard rep
CHINESE COAST GUARD VESSELS SHADOW PH NAVY WARSHIP NEAR MISCHIEF REEF: PH COAST GUARD MANILA - Two Chinese Coast Guard vessels and two Chinese Maritime Militia "fishing vessels/boats" shadowed a Philippine warship near Mischief Reef in the West Philippine Sea, the Philippine Coast Guard rep
PERVEZ MUSHARRAF PASSES AWAY Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf, remembered in India as the architect of the Kargil war, died in a Dubai hospital Sunday after a long illness. He was 79. In 1999, when General Musharraf ousted the then Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif,
