Former three-term Senator Loren Legarda has called on the country’s economic managers to ensure food security by helping Filipino farmers and fisherfolk. Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda This, as the current House deputy speaker from Antique cited possible repercussions of a looming shortage of...
LONDON, United Kingdom -- Western officials on Friday named seven Russian generals they said had so far been killed, and another who had been sacked, during the war in Ukraine. The latest to die, Lieutenant General Yakov Rezanstev, was a commander of Russia's 49th Combined Arms Army in its southern...
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will ask Russian leader Vladimir Putin to be an "architect of peace" and stop the war in Ukraine, Turkish media reported Friday. Erdogan, who has been trying to broker peace between Moscow and Kyiv, made the comments while returning from a...
GENEVA, Switzerland -- Dozens of Ukrainian officials, journalists and activists have been detained or forcibly disappeared by invading Russian forces, the UN said Friday, warning that some cases resembled "hostage-taking". Since Russia invaded Ukraine just over a month ago, the United Nations...
Manila Archbishop Jose Cardinal Advincula on Friday, March 25, led the consecration of Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary at the Manila Cathedral in Intramuros. Cardinal Jose Advincula leads act of consecration of Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary at the Manila...
Aspiring president Vice President Leni Robredo believes that the Philippines must take a stand and should not remain neutral over Russia's invasion into Ukraine. Vice President Leni Robredo (VPLR Media Bureau) During the "Kandidatalks" presidentiables series, Robredo said it is crucial for the...
BRUXELLES, Belgium -- US President Joe Biden will travel to a town near the Polish-Ukrainian border Friday, trying to signal Western resolve against a Russian invasion that has increasingly turned to a grinding war of attrition. Air Force One will jet into the eastern Polish town of Rzeszow --...
BRUSSELS, Belgium -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday there is a "real" threat that Moscow will use chemical weapons in Ukraine, accusing Russia of having already used phosphorus bombs against civilians in the country. "The threat of full-scale use by Russia of chemical weapons...
UNITED NATIONS, United States -- The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday adopted by an overwhelming majority a non-binding resolution that demands an immediate halt to Russia's war in Ukraine. At the global body's headquarters in New York, 140 countries voted in favor, 38 abstained and just...
MOSCOW, Russia -- The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross on Thursday said he and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had discussed the need to protect civilians during Moscow's operations in Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and International Committee of the...
BRUXELLES, Belgium -- Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky pleaded Thursday with NATO leaders to send weapons "without restrictions" as the alliance sought to bolster Kyiv and strengthen its eastern flank in the face of Russia's war. The United States said allies were discussing sending anti-ship...
BEIJING, China -- Beijing on Thursday accused the NATO chief of "spreading disinformation" with claims that China has backed Russia's war against Ukraine, amid growing international pressure to distance itself from Moscow. China has refused to condemn close ally Russia over the bloody invasion of...
