PHILIPPINES JOINS PUSH TO PROTECT AT LEAST 30% OF PLANET'S LAND, OCEANS MANILA — Environmentalists lauded the biodiversity-rich Philippines for joining the coalition that aims to protect and conserve at least 30% of the planet’s land and oceans by 2030.
FREEDOM OF RELIGION DOES NOT INCLUDE RIGHT TO CONVERT OTHERS, GOVT TELLS SC The Centre told the Supreme Court on Monday that religious freedom does not include a fundamental right to convert other people to a particular religion and that it certainly does not embrace the rig
PROTESTS ACROSS CHINA, AS ANGER MOUNTS OVER ZERO-COVID POLICY Shanghai/Beijing : Hundreds of demonstrators and police clashed in Shanghai on Sunday night as protests over China’s stringent Covid restrictions flared for a third day and spread to several cities in the wa
HOUSE TO PRESS BUDGET REVISION TO HIKE FUNDS FOR SOCIAL SERVICES The House of Representatives to the bicameral conference committee will push P77 billion in institutional amendments to the proposed P5.268-trillion national budget bill to augment the funds for education, heal
EGYPT'S PRESIDENT SISI TO BE CHIEF GUEST AT REPUBLIC DAY CELEBRATIONS Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will be the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations in January, the ministry of external affairs said on Sunday. "This is the first time that the President of th
PAKISTANI PM NAMES EX-SPY MASTER ASIM MUNIR TO BE NEW ARMY CHIEF Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has named the country’s former spy chief as head of the military, the Information Minister said on Thursday, ending months of speculation about the new appointment.
US ‘CONCERNED’ OVER DEBRIS ROW Washington has expressed concern over the confrontation between Filipino and Chinese personnel near Pag-asa Island over the weekend, Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel Romualdez said Thursday.
INDIA UPSET AT US MENTION OF MODI WHILE DISCUSSING IMMUNITY FOR SAUDI CROWN PRINCE India is upset at a reference to Prime Minister Narendra Modi by a US state department official while defending the immunity it had extended to Saudi Arabian ruler Mohammad bin Sultan, who is
PAKISTAN GOVT RECEIVES NAMES OF SENIOR GENERALS FOR NEXT ARMY CHIEF ISLAMABAD: The clouds of uncertainty around the appointment of Pakistan's new army chief began to clear on Wednesday after the government announced on Wednesday that it has received the names of six senior g
PHILIPPINES 'SEEKS CLARIFICATION' FROM CHINA ON ‘FORCEFUL’ RETAKING OF ROCKET DEBRIS MANILA — The Philippines is “seeking clarification” from China on the reported “forceful” seizure of rocket debris by the Chinese Coast Guard from t
