DUTERTE, ROBREDO URGE FILIPINOS TO EMULATE BONIFACIO'S COURAGE IN COVID-19 FIGHT MANILA President Rodrigo Duterte and Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday urged Filipinos to emulate the courage of the father of the Philippine Revolution Andres Bonifacio, as the country wrestled with
TRUMP MAY BE COMING TO TERMS WITH LOSS HE WON'T ACKNOWLEDGE President Donald Trump still won't bring himself to concede the election he decisively lost to President-elect Joe Biden. But he's now acknowledging he will leave the White House if Biden's win is affirmed by the Electoral Colle
HOUSE PASSES BILL REGULATING E-COMMERCE MANILA The House of Representatives has passed the bill providing stronger regulation of the P350-billion e-commerce industry in the country. Congressmen voted 232-6 in plenary session earlier this week to pass on third and final reading House B
PROTESTERS ALLOWED TO ENTER CAPITAL'S OUTSKIRTS Thousands of farmers from Punjab and Haryana, seeking repeal of newly enacted farm laws and assurances from the Centre on the MSP regime and the mandi system, reached the gates of Delhi Friday where police used tear gas, water cannons and l
PHILIPPINES SIGNS DEAL TODAY WITH UK VACCINE MAKER MANILA An agreement for the purchase of two million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from British-Swedish pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca is scheduled to be signed today, the chief implementer of the governments pandemic policy said. &nbs
POLICE STOP FARMERS' MARCH TO DELHI AT HARYANA, U.P. BORDERS Tens of thousands of farmers are planning to storm Delhi on Friday to protest against the Centre's new farm reform laws. With the Delhi Police moving to prevent their entry, the alliance of farmers groups demanding the repeal o
TRUMP ACCEPTS TRANSITION TO BIDEN MUST BEGIN Donald Trump has accepted a formal US transition should begin for President-elect Joe Biden to take office. The president said the federal agency overseeing the handover must "do what needs to be done", even as he vowed to keep contesting his
TRUMP'S PROMISE: US TURNS OVER WEAPONS TO PHILIPPINES MANILA - The United States government on Monday turned over precision-guided munitions worth P868 million ($18 million) to the Philippines. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said the latest donation fulfills the promise tha
REFORM MOMENTUM SHALL CONTINUE: FM NIRMALA SITHARAMAN Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday the government will continue the momentum on economic reforms that has gathered pace during the times of the Covid-19 pandemic. She said the financial sector is being professionalized
PENNSYLVANIA JUDGE TOSSES OUT TRUMP ELECTION FRAUD CLAIMS With a withering opinion, a federal judge on Saturday threw out President Donald Trump's last remaining legal challenge seeking to invalidate Pennsylvania's election results, all but ensuring the state will finalize its vote tally
