DAKAR, Senegal -- Senegalese President and current Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Macky Sall on Wednesday held a phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on securing a "lasting ceasefire" in Ukraine. Sall later said in a tweet that as president of the AU, he is delighted...
ANTALYA, Turkey – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba on Thursday began talks in Turkey in the first such high-level contact since Moscow invaded its neighbour, officials from both sides and their hosts said. A handout picture obtained from the...
More than 250 Filipinos in Ukraine are now out of danger, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Thursday afternoon, March 10. Filipinos from Ukraine to arrive in Manila on Tuesday night, March 1, 2022. (Photo courtesy of the DFA) A total of 259 Filipinos have been taken out of Ukraine, DFA...
Demonstrators hold signs reading “Putin is bombing Ukraine” and “Stop Putin Now” during a protest against Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, in Barcelona on February 26, 2022. (AFP) Over 160 academics, researchers, and professionals across the nation condemned Russia’s invasion of...
Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno is proposing an excise tax freeze on petroleum products in view of the soaring fuel prices that resulted from the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno (Photo from Diokno’s campaign team) Diokno, a senatorial aspirant, cited the law allowing the...
The Department of National Defense’s (DND) procurement of 17 units of Russian-made Mil Mi-17 heavy lift helicopters will push through even amid the latter’s ongoing military invasion in Ukraine. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana (Photo courtesy of Department of National Defense) DND Secretary...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday, March 10, proposed a review of the country’s minimum wage, which has not moved since 2019, to “cushion” the blow of the rising fuel prices arising from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Vice President Leni Robredo (VPLR Media...
Former Senator Rodolfo Biazon, a retired chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), likened Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to the territorial disputes between the Philippines and China over the resource-rich West Philippine Sea (WPS). Former Senator Rodolfo Biazon is the guest...
Ninety Filipinos have already returned home from war-stricken Ukraine, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. HOME AT LAST-- Filipino seafarers of MV Global Aglaia pose for a photo with Philippine Ambassador to Budapest Frank R. Cimafranca before flying back to the Philippines on March 9,...
KYIV, Ukraine – At least 35,000 civilians were evacuated from besieged Ukrainian cities on Wednesday, President Volodymyr Zelensky said. In a video address late Wednesday, the Ukrainian leader said three humanitarian corridors had allowed residents to leave the cities of Sumy, Enerhodar and...
KYIV, Ukraine – A total of 1,207 civilians have died during a nine-day siege by Russian forces of Ukraine's port city of Mariupol, its local authorities said Wednesday. The first nine days of the Russian siege saw "1,207 peaceful Mariupol residents dying", the authorities of the southeastern...
Disrupted supply chains, capacity constraints, plus deteriorating economies, slowed down the growth of global air cargo markets in January 2022, according to the latest data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Global demand, measured in cargo tonne-kilometers (CTKs), was up 2.7...
