TAAL 'HAZARDOUS ERUPTION' LIKE 'ATOMIC BOMB' BUT WON'T CARRY SAME ENERGY: PHIVOLCS MANILA - A hazardous eruption of Taal Volcano will look like an "atomic bomb explosion" but will not carry the same energy, a state seismologist said Monday.
DROP NPR WORK, CONG-LED OPPN DIRECTS NON-BJP CMS Upping the ante on the Citizenship Amendment Act, the Congress-led Opposition yesterday adopted a resolution against the CAA, National Register of Citizens and National Population Register and urged 13 non-BJP Chief Ministers to st
XI SENDS MESSAGES TO OMAN'S NEW SULTAN President Xi Jinping sent two messages on Sunday to Haitham bin Tariq al-Said, the new sultan of Oman — first a congratulatory message about his succession as sultan and second a message of condolence over the death of Sultan Qaboos bin Said.
CHINA SAYS WON'T CHANGE POSITION ON TAIWAN AFTER LANDSLIDE ELECTIONChina will not change its position that Taiwan belongs to it and the worldwill only ever recognise that there is "one China", Beijing said on Sundayafter President Tsai Ing-wen won re-election and said she would not submitto Chi
TAAL SPEWS LAVA FOUNTAINSA volcano near Manila spewed lava fountains Monday after belching a massivecloud of ash that drifted across the Philippine capital on Sunday, forcingthe cancellation of flights and closure of schools and government offices asauthorities warned of a possible "explosive e
PM ON CAA: PAK WILL NOW HAVE TO ANSWER FOR OPPRESSING MINORITIESAmid the ongoing protests, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said somesections were trying to "misguide" the youth on the Citizenship (Amendment)Act (CAA) which, he said, is "a law to provide citizenship, not snatch itawa
IRAN ADMITS IT SHOT DOWN PLANE IN ERROR, APOLOGISES AFTER DENIALSIran announced on Saturday that its military "unintentionally" shot down theUkrainian jetliner that crashed earlier this week, killing all 176 aboard,after the government had repeatedly denied Western accusations that it wasr
CHINA URGES INT'L COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE ADHERING TO ONE-CHINA PRINCIPLE The foreign ministry on Sunday urged the international community to continue abiding by the one-China principle after the Taiwan leadership election.
1ST BATCH OF 14 OFWS FROM IRAQ HEADED HOMEMANILA - Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana disclosed yesterday that thefirst batch of 14 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are now at the Philippineembassy in Baghdad, Iraq and would be processed as part of the government'songoing mandatory repatriation oper
CWC PASSES RESOLUTION ASKING GOVT TO STOP NPR, WITHDRAW CAAThe Congress Working Committee (CWC) on Saturday passed a resolutiondemanding a rollback of the Citizenship Amendment Act, which was notified bythe Home Ministry on January 10, and stopping the process of updating theNational Popul
