HOUSE PRIORITIES: BAYANIHAN 3, LEONEN IMPEACHMENT MANILA — The impeachment complaint against Supreme Court Justice Marvic Leonen and the proposed P405.6-billion economic stimulus package Bayanihan 3 will be among the priority measures of the House of Representatives when i
WEEKLY COVID CASES FALL FOR FIRST TIME IN 2ND WAVE For the first time during the course of the second Covid wave, India logged fall in cases in the week ended Sunday as the infection eased in many parts of the country. On Sunday, daily cases reported in the country fell below th
PALESTINIANS SEE VICTORY IN GAZA TRUCE AS ISRAEL WARNS HAMAS Thousands of displaced Palestinians started returning to their bomb-shattered homes after a ceasefire took effect in the latest Gaza war, with many viewing it as a costly but clear victory for the Hamas resistance and
DUTERTE TELLS GLOBAL POWERS: REFRAIN FROM PURSUING INTERESTS 'AT EXPENSE OF SMALLER COUNTRIES' MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday urged global powers to refrain from pursuing their interests "at the expense of smaller countries" and urged nations to resolve dispu
PM NARENDRA MODI PAYS EMOTIONAL TRIBUTE TO COVID VICTIMS Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday paid an emotional tribute to over 2.91 lakh Indians who have succumbed to Covid-19.
DUTERTE, JAPAN'S SUGA TALK ABOUT COVID-19 AID, WEST PHILIPPINE SEA DISPUTE IN CALL MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte spoke with Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide in a phone call on Wednesday night, where the two discussed about a ¥20-billion aid to Manila's COVID
INDIA WILL BE IN POSITION TO VACCINATE ALL ADULTS BY YEAR END: CENTRE The union Health minister, Dr. Harsh Vardhan said yesterday that 51 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses will be made available by July and 216 crore more between August and December.
WORLD POWERS URGE TRUCE AS ISRAEL CONTINUES BOMBING IN GAZA European Union foreign ministers called on Tuesday for a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas and boosted humanitarian aid for Gaza, but failed to reach the unanimity that might give the EU
HOUSE RESUMES DELIBERATIONS ON ECONOMIC CHA-CHA MANILA — The House plenary resumed yesterday deliberations on proposed amendments to restrictive economic provisions in the 1987 Constitution and set them for approval possibly next week.
1.8% OF INDIA AFFECTED BY COVID, 98% STILL VULNERABLE: GOVT India's reproduction value (R) for COVID-19, which shows how fast the infection is spreading, is below one now which means that the pandemic is shrinking, the government said on Tuesday even as it cautioned that 98 per
