SHASHI THAROOR: NO NEED FOR JPC INTO PEGASUS, IT PANEL WILL DO ITS DUTY Ruling out a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into alleged surveillance using the Pegasus spyware, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, who heads the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Techn
FRENCH PROSECUTORS OPEN PROBE INTO ALLEGED PEGASUS MEDIA SPYING French prosecutors announced on Tuesday that they had launched a probe into allegations over the use of the Pegasus spyware to target journalists in the country. This is the first probe to be announced after media outlets
NO HELP FROM CHINA IN 2016 POLLS – DUTERTE MANILA — President Duterte has denied owing his election victory in 2016 to China as ranking Beijing officials had reportedly bragged, saying he didn’t need help from a foreign country to get 16 million votes. In his regular
MONSOON SESSION DAY 2 ALSO DISRUPTED: OPP SEEKS SC JUDGE PROBE INTO PROJECT PEGASUS The row over an alleged surveillance operation using the Pegasus spyware rocked Parliament Tuesday as the Opposition and some parties friendly to the ruling coalition, seeking answers from the government, disr
NO EVIDENCE THAT AFGHAN AMBASSADOR'S DAUGHTER WAS KIDNAPPED: PAK POLICE Pakistan police on Monday said they have found no evidence that the daughter of Afghan ambassador was abducted from the capital city, an incident that has triggered a major diplomatic row between the two neighbouring nati
US DEFENSE CHIEF VISITING PHILIPPINES FOR TALKS WITH SENIOR OFFICIALS — PENTAGON MANILA — US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III will visit the Philippines to reaffirm defense ties and bilateral relations between the two countries, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
CORNERED, GOVT TRASHES PEGASUS REPORT The report of the alleged use of spyware Pegasus to snoop on journalists, politicians and other personalities generated much political heat on Monday with the government dismissing the issue as “sensationalism” and the Opposition seeking the r
SHER BAHADUR DEUBA WINS VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN NEPAL PARLIAMENT Nepal's new Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba sprang a surprise on Sunday by seeking a vote of confidence in the reinstated lower House of Representatives and comfortably won it, averting a general election in the Hi
DUTERTE TOLD: VICE PRESIDENT IS NOT IMMUNE FROM SUIT MANILA - The Vice President of the Philippines is not immune from suit, President Rodrigo Duterte was reminded after saying Saturday he would run for the post in next year’s elections if it means having legal immunity.
OPPOSITION PARTIES OBJECT TO PM’S JOINT ADDRESS ON COVID TO MPs AT PARLIAMENT ANNEXE Opposition parties on Sunday objected to the government’s offer for a joint address to all MPs by the prime minister on Covid at the Parliament annexe, saying this will be “highly irregular&
