Ukraine has called anew on states to continue making all possible efforts to force Russia to stop violating the ceasefire agreement so population from besieged cities can safely seek refuge to safer borders. Demonstrators hold signs reading “Putin is bombing Ukraine” and “Stop Putin Now”...
Senatorial candidate Gilbert "Gibo" Teodoro is the latest personality to call for the "unbundling" of domestic fuel prices, which for the entire year have been on an upward trajectory. (Ali Vicoy/ MANILA BULLETIN) Teodoro said that price unbundling is the oil companies' act of itemizing or breaking...
The government’s top economic managers are crafting measures to cushion the impact of Ukraine-Russia war on the domestic economy, particularly on the prices of basic goods and commodities. While Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III believes the impact of the geopolitical crisis in Eastern...
Balanga Bishop Ruperto C. Santos, vice chairman of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines- Episcopal Commission on Migrants and Itinerant People (CBCP-ECMI) and promoter of the Stella Maris Philippines expressed support for the idea of providing refuge to the affected Ukrainian...
Mandatory evacuation of all Filipinos in Ukraine has been enforced by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) due to the "rapidly deteriorating security situation" in the war-stricken country. Filipinos from Ukraine to arrive in Manila on Tuesday night, March 1, 2022. (Photo courtesy of the DFA)...
JK Rowling (AFP) LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling on Monday promised to match donations up to £1 million ($1.3 million, 1.2 million euros) to a charity she co-founded to help children in Ukraine. The writer set up Lumos in 2005 "to end the systematic...
BEIJING, China – China stressed on Monday that the friendship between Beijing and Moscow was still "rock solid", despite international condemnation of Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine, as Beijing said it was open to helping mediate peace. China has refused to condemn its close ally...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Russia declined to attend a hearing at the UN's top court on Monday at which Ukraine is asking for an immediate order to halt the conflict, the head judge said. "The court regrets the non-appearance of the Russian Federation in these oral proceedings," International Court...
MOSCOW, Russia – Russia detained more than 5,000 people protesting President Vladimir Putin's attack on Ukraine in dozens of cities Sunday -- an unprecedented number as Moscow clamps down on anyone opposing the Kremlin's military assault on the country. OVD-info, which monitors arrests...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Monday, March 7 called on the government to start the "immediate" and "efficient" distribution of fuel subsidies to the transport, agriculture, and fisheries sector amid the continuous fuel price hikes. The fuel price surge is being attributed to the easing of Covid-19...
The looming fuel crisis could have been averted if the Department of Energy (DOE) had the foresight to stabilize oil prices by creating buffer stocks on gasoline and diesel at the onset, presidential aspirant Senator Manny Pacquiao said on Monday. The standard bearer of the Partido ng Demokratikong...
The Bureau of the Treasury failed anew to secure borrowings from the domestic market for a second consecutive week as banks continued to demand higher interest rates amid Russia’s escalating war in Ukraine. On Monday's auction, March 7, the national government rejected all bids for the...
