Senatorial candidate and incumbent Sorsogon Governor Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Sunday urged the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to prepare for humanitarian flights that would help bring back some 380 Filipino nationals working in Ukraine. Escudero noted other nations have been prompting...
Partido Reporma standard-bearer Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Sunday said the government to take all the necessary measures to protect Filipinos in Ukraine and any other possible effects on the country’s economy should Russia invade Ukraine. Lacson noted there are some 380 Filipinos who...
Russia's UN ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said Monday that his country has no plans to invade Ukraine. "This deployment of Russian troops in our own territory is getting our Western and U.S. colleagues to say that there's going to be a planned military action and even an act of aggression ... A...
PEACE MAKER Former Speaker of the House Jose C. De Venecia Jr. As of this writing, tensions between Russia and the United States and its NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)allies are rapidly escalating, following reports of a massive Russian military build-up in the Russia-Ukraine border and...
WASHINGTON, United States — US President Joe Biden on Sunday reassured his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky that Washington "will respond decisively" if Russia moves to invade its pro-Western neighbor, the White House said in a statement. US President Joe Biden (AFP) With a Russian...
Ukraine Ambassador to the Philippines H.E Olexander Nechytaylo acknowledged Ukraine as "the birthplace to one of the world’s first legal documents defining and guaranteeing rights and freedoms of citizens" on the 311th year of the country's Pact of Rights and Freedoms. Constitution of Pylyp...
Grandmaster Wesley So, who now plays for the United States, is on the semifinals with his teammates in the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad. (MB File Photo) Philippine-born Wesley So pulled off a pair of impressive victories on top board as the United States clobbered Ukraine with a two-match sweep...
