PARIS, France - French President Emmanuel Macron faced mounting pressure on Friday after violent demonstrations that left more than 400 security forces injured and the centre of major cities shrouded in tear gas and smoke. More than 450 people were arrested Thursday during the most violent day of...
France and the Philippines have conducted joint maneuvers in the South China Sea in a show of possible interoperability between the forces of the two distant countries. According to the French Embassy in Manila, the French Navy frigate FS Prairial (F731) and the Philippine Coast Guard patrol vessel...
House Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro believes that there's "high possibility" that the International Criminal Court (ICC) will issue a warrant of arrest against former president Rodrigo Duterte in connection with his bloody war on drugs. This, after the ICC's...
Allocate the equivalent of at least 6 percent of the Philippines' gross domestic product (GDP) to education. This, according to House Deputy Minority leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro, will help the Marcos administration address the severe classroom backlog and learning crisis...
Militant solons from the Makabayan bloc want full face-to-face plenary sessions to come back in the House of Representatives. For this purpose, the Makabayan led by House Deputy Minority leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro filed House Resolution (HR) No. 859. "It is unfortunate and...
The House Committee on Basic Education and Culture on Monday, March 13, formed a technical working group (TWG) to consolidate House Bills (HBs) 346, 549, and 6940, which would provide protection for teachers from wrongful allegations of child abuse. The three bills—Institutionalizing support...
French President Emmanuel Macron delivers his speech to the French community at the residence of the French Ambassador in Libreveille on March 2, 2023. (Photo by LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP) LUANDA, Angola -- Traversing three capital cities in hours, French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday pursued his...
PARIS, France - The Eiffel Tower was lit in the colours of Ukraine's flag on Thursday in a mark of support for Kyiv on the eve of the first anniversary of Russia's invasion. The tower, one of the world's most visited landmarks, was swathed in blue and yellow light shortly after sundown in the...
SAINT-JEAN-DE-LUZ, France -- A teacher at a school in southwest France was killed on Wednesday in a stabbing attack by a teenage pupil in the middle of a lesson, the regional prosecutor said. The teacher of Spanish, 52, was teaching a class at the school in the seaside town of...
House Deputy Minority leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro sees only the perils of the Marcos government’s plan to enter into a Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with Japan, warning that it would make the country “a magnet for attacks.” President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (2nd...
‘Understanding the Middle East in 30 minutes’ and other global affairs for the YouTube generation By Baptiste Dedieu GEOPOLITICS FOR DUMMIES French Youtuber Gildas Leprince known as Mister Geopolitix, poses in Asnieres-sur-Seine Paris (Thomas Samson) Donning khaki and adjusting the camera,...
Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro on Saturday, Feb. 4, warned against the planned expansion of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA), and called on Filipinos to guard the country’s freedom and sovereignty against foreign excursions. ACT Teachers...
