WASHINGTON, United States -- The United States and Britain on Friday announced new sanctions against the Myanmar military that are intended to coincide with the anniversary of a bloody crackdown on protests following last year's coup d'etat. The new measures came days after Washington said it has...
WASHINGTON, United States – The United States has determined that the violence against the Rohingya minority committed by Myanmar's military amounted to genocide and crimes against humanity, an official told AFP Sunday. Hundreds of thousands of the mostly Muslim Rohingya community have fled...
YANGON, Myanmar – Myanmar will resume international passenger flights from April 17, the military said Saturday, lifting a two-year ban on foreign tourists. The Southeast Asian nation closed its borders to visitors in March 2020 at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in an attempt to...
(UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippines is planning to donate some of its Covid-19 vaccines to other nations in a bid to help ramp up their vaccination activities, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Thursday, March 10. DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III said they are eyeing to donate the...
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Myanmar's junta has revoked the citizenship of several members of an opposition government dominated by Aung San Suu Kyi's toppled administration, it said Saturday. Ousted lawmakers formed the "National Unity Government" weeks after the military's power-grab last year, and have...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Sunday, Jan. 16, condemned the sentencing of Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi to four years in prison, saying the Philippines will work with its ASEAN colleagues in finding measures to ease the situation of the people in Myanmar. Foreign...
Ayala Corporation is investing a total of $237.5 million for the acquisition of minority stakes in two firms with extensive business interests in Myanmar: Singapore-listed Yoma Strategic Holdings Inc. (YSH) and First Myanmar Investment Public Co. Ltd. (FMI). In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock...
YANGON, Myanmar -- The number of COVID-19 cases has increased to 529,613 in Myanmar after 110 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the past 24 hours, according to a release from the Ministry of Health on Sunday. With three new deaths, the death toll rose to 19,254 on Sunday, the release said. A...
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has imposed a total ban on the deployment of Filipino migrant workers to Ethiopia due to the current conflict there. (Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) POEA Administrator Bernard P. Olalia said the suspension came after the Department...
President Duterte prodded the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to prove that it isn't all talk when it comes to addressing the escalating internal conflict in Myanmar. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) "The lack of progress in Myanmar has put ASEAN’s credibility into...
President Duterte reiterated during the virtual plenary session of the 39th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit the Philippines' willingness to accept refugees coming from conflict-torn Myanmar. (Saw Wunna/ Unsplash) "We call on all parties to ensure the continued provisions of...
President Duterte is prodding the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to "stand with Myanmar", which according to some observers is in the middle of an escalating civil war. (Photos from Malacañang/ Unsplash) A statement from Malacañang Tuesday night, Oct. 26 said Duterte made the...
