YANGON, Myanmar – Families of detained Myanmar protesters had their hopes dashed Sunday after political prisoners were not included in some 1,600 people released by the junta to mark the Buddhist new year. The Southeast Asian country has been in turmoil since Aung San Suu Kyi's civilian...
(UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippines is still finalizing some arrangements after it pledged to donate Covid-19 vaccines to Myanmar and Papua New Guinea, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said. "We are still negotiating with Myanmar... Iyong PNG pinag-uusapan pa (With PNG, it is...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday, April 5, said the Philippines will be donating Covid-19 vaccines to Myanmar and Papua New Guinea soon. DOH Spokesperson Maria Rosario S. Vergeire said they are now coordinating with the two countries to successfully donate some of the country's Covid-19...
Presidential candidate Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said the Philippines has an obligation to call for an end and join other countries in condemning the repression in Myanmar due to its own experience under Martial Law. Lacson pointed this out when he and other presidential bets were asked...
YANGON, Myanmar -- Detained former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has skipped three days of her trial in a junta court after Covid-19 was detected among her staff and she was placed in quarantine, a source with knowledge of the case said Monday. The 76-year-old's civilian government was ousted in...
NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar -- Myanmar's junta will "annihilate" coup opponents, army chief Min Aung Hlaing said Sunday as the military staged a show of force on the anniversary of its bloodiest crackdown so far on democracy protests. The Southeast Asian country has been in chaos since a putsch in February...
WASHINGTON, United States -- The United States and Britain on Friday announced new sanctions against the Myanmar military that are intended to coincide with the anniversary of a bloody crackdown on protests following last year's coup d'etat. The new measures came days after Washington said it has...
WASHINGTON, United States – The United States has determined that the violence against the Rohingya minority committed by Myanmar's military amounted to genocide and crimes against humanity, an official told AFP Sunday. Hundreds of thousands of the mostly Muslim Rohingya community have fled...
YANGON, Myanmar – Myanmar will resume international passenger flights from April 17, the military said Saturday, lifting a two-year ban on foreign tourists. The Southeast Asian nation closed its borders to visitors in March 2020 at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in an attempt to...
(UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippines is planning to donate some of its Covid-19 vaccines to other nations in a bid to help ramp up their vaccination activities, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Thursday, March 10. DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III said they are eyeing to donate the...
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Myanmar's junta has revoked the citizenship of several members of an opposition government dominated by Aung San Suu Kyi's toppled administration, it said Saturday. Ousted lawmakers formed the "National Unity Government" weeks after the military's power-grab last year, and have...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Sunday, Jan. 16, condemned the sentencing of Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi to four years in prison, saying the Philippines will work with its ASEAN colleagues in finding measures to ease the situation of the people in Myanmar. Foreign...
