Ninety-one individuals were arrested in 63 anti-drug operations conducted by authorities during the last week of May, Malacañang said on Thursday, June 5, as it reaffirmed President Marcos’ directive to intensify the campaign against illegal drugs. (Photo from PDEA Top Stories/Facebook) In a...
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military said Tuesday that three of its soldiers were killed in the Gaza Strip, in what appeared to be the deadliest attack on Israel 's forces since it ended a ceasefire with Hamas in March. The military said the three soldiers, all in their early...
ISTANBUL (AP) — Representatives of Russia and Ukraine met Monday for their second round of direct peace talks in just over two weeks, but aside from agreeing to swap thousands of their dead and seriously wounded troops, they made no progress toward ending the 3-year-old war, officials said. The...
Low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific is closely monitoring the potential fallout from the reimposition of the United States’ new tariff policy on its record ₱1.4 trillion deal to purchase aircraft from European manufacturing giant Airbus SE. In October last year, the Gokongwei-led airline finalized a...
The Prosecution of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and ICC judges Reine Adélaïde Sophie Alapini-Gansou and María del Socorro Flores Liera sought the dismissal of the disqualification request filed by the defense team of former president Rodrigo Duterte against the two judges. Former...
Authorities have arrested five suspects, including three minors, for stealing two brass markers commemorating World War II veterans at a public plaza in Alabang, Muntinlupa. The markers, installed at the Liwasan ng mga Bayani in February 2018, listed the names of veterans from Muntinlupa who...
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Russia and Ukraine are set to hold their first direct peace talks in three years, both countries said Thursday, but hopes for a breakthrough remained dim after Russian President Vladimir Putin spurned an offer by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to meet face-to-face...
The world feels more unstable than it has in decades. One day it’s a new trade war shaking up global markets. The next, a breakthrough in AI makes entire job categories uncertain. Add climate disruptions, geopolitical tensions, and economic volatility, and it’s no wonder people are feeling...
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia said that there 's currently no order to suspend the proclamation of former President Rodrigo Duterte as mayor in Davao City. "Wala naman kasi tayong issue na kahit anong order to suspend proclamation although I think may nafile...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched more than 100 Shahed and decoy drones at Ukraine in nighttime attacks, the Ukrainian air force said Monday, after the Kremlin effectively rejected an unconditional 30-day ceasefire in the more than three-year war, but reiterated it would take part in possible...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday challenged Russia 's President Vladimir Putin to meet him personally in Turkey on Thursday, the latest move in a weekend-long exchange of proposals from both sides on the next steps in the U.S.-led peace effort. Zelenskyy...
The Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) ordered the prosecution to comment on the challenge raised by former president Rodrigo Duterte’s defense team regarding the court’s jurisdiction over his case. Former president Rodrigo Duterte (ICC...
