The United Print & Multimedia Group (UPMG), the country's premier organization of print media and publication companies, recently honored top advertisers and ad agencies for 2022 in appreciation of their unwavering support to the print industry through its HeADliners Awards program. Held during...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) disclosed on Thursday the possibility of including other countries in the Philippine-United States joint patrol in the West Philippine Sea. This came as Ma. Teresita Daza, DFA spokesperson, also confirmed that the Philippine government is already in the...
GENEVA, Switzerland - UN rights chief Volker Turk on Friday slammed the human cost of Russia's "senseless" year-old war in Ukraine and urged greater efforts to ensure justice for victims. Turk said the civilian toll was "unbearable", with his office verifying that at least 8,006 civilians had been...
MIAMI, United States – A pregnant woman charged with murder and jailed in Florida wants out of prison on the grounds that her unborn baby is innocent and "held unlawfully," a lawyer said Thursday. Photo: Raul Arboleda, AFP "The child didn't have a seat at the table when...
UNITED NATIONS, United States – The United Nations voted overwhelmingly Thursday to demand Russia "immediately" and "unconditionally" withdraw its troops from Ukraine, marking the one-year anniversary of the war with a call for a "just and lasting" peace. In the UN General Assembly, 141...
GENEVA, Switzerland -- The United Nations rights chief on Saturday warned that recent advances in artificial intelligence posed a grave threat to human rights and called for safeguards to prevent violations. This week more than 60 nations including the United States and China called for regulating...
(From L, first row): Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh, Republic of Congo's President Denis Sassou Nguesso, Ethiopia’s Prime Minster Abiy Ahmed, Senegal's President and outgoing Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Macky Sall, Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the (AU) Commission,...
LONDON, United Kingdom - A former security guard at the UK's Berlin embassy, who admitted spying for Moscow, was on Friday jailed for over 13 years under the Official Secrets Act. David Ballantyne Smith, 58, was caught in a sting operation after passing sensitive material to the Russian embassy in...
The laser-pointing incident in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) is not a basis to invoke the mutual defense treaty (MDT) between Manila and Washington. The US flag, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Unsplash, MANILA BULLETIN) In fact, doing so could be downright ill-advised, according to the...
LONDON, United Kingdom - UK police said on Wednesday that two teenagers have been charged with the weekend murder of a 16-year-old transgender girl, in a case that has drawn national concern. Brianna Ghey was fatally stabbed in Warrington, northwest England, on Saturday. Members of the public found...
GENEVA, Switzerland - The United Nations said Wednesday that $5.6 billion was needed this year to provide humanitarian aid in Ukraine and to the millions who have fled the war-ravaged country. Nearly a year after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion, the need for aid was "enormous," with some...
The Philippine government must enter into a Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with other nations, as it has with the United States, to pave way for defense and security cooperation, a Mindanao lawmaker said on Wednesday, Feb. 15. President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. (left) and Cagayan de Oro...
