SANDIGAN ORDERS BANK TO PAY P373M IN MARCOS ILL-GOTTEN WEALTH MANILA — Sandiganbayan has ordered Royal Traders Holding Co. Inc. to pay the government at least P373.49 million that the anti-graft court found to be part of the ill-gotten wealth of the late dictator Ferdinand
AN UPSET SIDHU QUITS AS PUNJAB CONGRESS CHIEF Navjot Singh Sidhu on Tuesday quit as the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee chief, triggering other resignations and plunging the party into a fresh crisis just months ahead of the assembly elections.
AFGHANISTAN WILL NOT ADDRESS UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY AFTER DISPUTE Afghanistan will not have anyone address the UN General Assembly on Monday, in a last-minute reversal following a dispute about which official — from either the Taliban or the ex-government — should be al
AFGHANISTAN WILL NOT ADDRESS UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY AFTER DISPUTE Afghanistan will not have anyone address the UN General Assembly on Monday, in a last-minute reversal following a dispute about which official — from either the Taliban or the ex-government — should be al
DUTERTE SAYS STATE CAN USE POLICE POWER TO COMPEL VACCINATION MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said the government can invoke the police power of the state to compel COVID-19 vaccination on those who refuse to do so. According to Duterte, the state can use its authority to compel
DIGITAL HEALTH IDS FOR ALL; MEDICAL FILES TO BE PASSÉ Decks were cleared for the generation of digital health IDs of all Indians with PM Narendra Modi launching the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission yesterday. The initiative would facilitate maintenance of patients’ r
GERMAN ELECTIONS: CENTRE LEFT TAKE NARROW LEAD IN TIGHT VOTE Germany's centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) are edging towards election victory, as projected results look increasingly bleak for the party of outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel.
PSG DENIES PROTECTING EX-DUTERTE ADVISER MANILA — The Presidential Security Group (PSG) yesterday denied rumors that it is protecting Chinese businessman Michael Yang at the Dusit Hotel in Davao City. “Personally, I do not know Michael Yang. I do not know his
ENSURE NONE IS LEFT OUT OF VACCINE SAFETY CIRCLE: PM ON MANN KI BAAT Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged people to keep following Covid protocol and ensure that no one is left out of vaccination’s “circle of safety”. In his monthly “Mann K
AUKUS PACT: FRANCE AND US SEEK TO MEND RIFT President Joe Biden spoke for the first time Wednesday with French President Emmanuel Macron after a major diplomatic crisis exploded between the two longtime allies over a deal to equip Australia with nuclear-powered submarines.  
