President Duterte renewed his call for "climate justice" from developed nations during the second plenary session of the 13th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit on Friday, Nov. 26. President Rodrigo Duterte speaks to his fellow Heads of State during the 13th Asia-Europe Meeting on Nov. 25, 2021...
Aerial photo taken on March 11, 2021 shows the eighth Cambodia-China Friendship Bridge across the Mekong River, connecting Kampong Cham province and Tboung Khmum province in southeastern Cambodia. (Shanghai Construction Group/Handout via Xinhua) PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- Post-COVID-19 socio-economic...
Malacañang has welcomed the Supreme Court's (SC) junking of the latest petition for mandamus against the Duterte administration in connection with the West Philippine Sea (WPS) issue. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) "We welcome the decision of the Supreme Court dismissing the...
Editorial Thirty years after becoming a dialogue partner of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), China has called for a summit on Nov. 22, 2021 to upgrade its status to being a comprehensive strategic partner. China’s partnership level ties with countries and regional blocs are...
President Duterte brought up the Ayungin Shoal incident during the country’s participation in the ASEAN-China Special Summit on Monday, Nov. 22. ASEAN stands for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), of which the Philippines is a founding member. Regional power China is a dialgue...
The Ayungin Shoal Incident will serve as the backdrop for the Philippines's participation in the ASEAN-China Special Summit on Nov. 22. This, after Malacañang confirmed in a statement on Saturday night, Nov. 20, President Duterte's participation in the event, which would commemorate the 30th...
To further underscore the importance of rights-based education especially at a time of a pandemic, the Department of Education (DepEd) will hold the Third National Summit on the Rights of the Child in Education next week. (Photo from DepEd) The DepEd Central Office, through the newly created Child...
EDITORIAL Responsibility and respect were the watchwords in the virtual summit held earlier this week between the leaders of the world’s rival superpowers: US President Joseph Biden and China’s leader Xi Jinping. China had just elevated President Xi to the same preeminent status as erstwhile...
A virtual meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden kicked off on Tuesday morning (Beijing Time). (Xinhua) BEIJING, China -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called for developing a sound and steady China-U.S. relationship during a virtual meeting with US...
JG Summit Holdings, Inc., one of the country’s largest and most diversified conglomerates, core net income declined 21 percent to P948 million in the first nine months of 2021 from the P1.2 billion earned in the same period last year weighed down by its airline business unit. In a disclosure to...
House Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda has called on world leaders attending the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to help secure the lives and livelihoods of Filipinos affected by the global climate crisis. "It’s COP season again....
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong; International Monetary Fund (FMI) Managing director Kristalina Georgieva; Director General, World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez; Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi; Australian Prime Minister...
