HOUSE TO SEEK ADDITIONAL P5 BILLION IN 2021 CALAMITY FUND MANILA - The House of Representatives will seek to hike the calamity fund for 2021 by at least P5 billion, which will be used for the reconstruction of areas devastated by the recent string of typhoons.
NEW WORRY AS STATES WITH FEWER CASES SEE COVID SPURT Even as states with relatively smaller caseloads have been reporting a spurt in Covid cases, the Centre has dispatched high-level teams to Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to help them tackle the spread of the disease. While
TRUMP CAMPAIGN DROPS MICHIGAN ELECTION SUIT; BIDEN'S COVID ADVISERS WARN ON STALLED TRANSITION President Donald Trumps re-election campaign said on Thursday it was withdrawing its lawsuit disputing vote results in Michigan, in another faltering legal attempt to challenge the Nov. 3 vic
DUTERTE TO JOIN TRUMP, XI, PUTIN IN VIRTUAL APEC MANILA President Duterte joins other world leaders including United States President Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) virtual summit tonight.
WILL CONTINUE DIALOGUE: MEA ON LADAKH BORDER STANDOFF WITH CHINA India on Thursday said it will continue dialogue and communication through military and diplomatic channels with China on the border standoff in eastern Ladakh and that both sides have agreed to hold another round of talks
UN-DESIGNATED TERROR GROUP JAISH-E-MOHAMMED THREATENS FRENCH PRESIDENT MACRON UN-designated terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) has warned French President Emmanuel Macron and "others like him" that they will be targeted by those ready to be "sacrificed for the honour of the Prophet", sa
DUTERTE WARNS ROBREDO OF 2022 NIGHTMARE MANILA - President Duterte has threatened that things will not be easy should Vice President Leni Robredo decide to run for president in the 2022 elections as he would be her "nightmare."
LEADERS UNHAPPY WITH CONGRESS FUNCTIONING FREE TO LEAVE: ADHIR Congress Lok Sabha leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Wednesday slammed party colleague Kapil Sibal over his Bihar poll debacle introspection remark, saying those unhappy with the party's functioning are free to leave instead o
PENTAGON TO WITHDRAW TROOPS FROM AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ IN TRUMP'S WANING DAYS Pentagon outlines plans to reduce number of US forces in Afghanistan from approximately 4,500 to 2,500 by mid-January. Acting Secretary of Defense Chris Miller said about 2,000 troops would be pulled out of Afghani
DUTERTE THREATENS TO DEFUND UP AMID STUDENTS' PROTEST VS DISASTER RESPONSE, PANDEMIC HANDLING MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to stop funding the University of the Philippines (UP) following calls from students for an academic strike against the alleged negligence of the cu
