Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Friday called on the government to formulate measures aimed at cushioning the possible impact of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine on the country’s oil prices. “As oil pundits would say about oil prices - it's 80 percent speculation and 20 percent actual...
KIEV, Ukraine - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday that Kiev decides to sever diplomatic relations with Moscow after Russia launched military operations in Donbass, the government-run Ukrinform news agency reported. "Ukraine is defending itself," Zelensky said in a televised...
KIEV, Ukraine - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday declared martial law in the country after Russia started a military operation against Ukraine. In a video address, Zelensky said his country is under attack. According to the Interior Ministry, military depots and airfields in the...
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion urged the government to strengthen the Philippine economy so the country can weather the effects of the Ukraine-Russia conflict. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion (Photo from Go Negosyo Facebook...
The ongoing full-scale invasion by Russia of neighboring Ukraine is a “cause of concern” because of some 320 Filipino workers there, most of whom refused to be repatriated, and the economic impact on the prices of oil and goods, Vice President Leni Robredo said on Thursday, Feb. 24. Vice...
ATME, Syria – US special forces hunted down high-ranking jihadists in a rare airborne raid in northwestern Syria on Thursday, killing 13 people in an operation the Pentagon described as "successful". The operation was thought to be the biggest of its kind by US forces in the...
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...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Monday, Nov. 22, called on public and private sectors to work together towards the promotion and protection of children at risk (CAR) and children in conflict with the law (CICL). DSWD Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista (Screengrab from...
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) expressed its support to the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) following recent calls to cut the budget and defund the anti-insurgency task force. TESDA SECRETARY ISIDRO LAPEÑA (MANILA BULLETIN) In...
For this year, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has so far provided assistance to more than 3,700 former rebels (FRs) and their families. REBEL RETURNEES — Surigao del Sur Gov. Alexander T. Pimentel (2nd from right) receives the automatic rifles surrendered by former New...
A Christian students' group is calling anew for the abolition of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) after its budget was cut by the Senate Finance Committee from P28 billion to P4 billion. (Photo from SCMP) In a statement on Tuesday, Nov. 9, the Student...
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...
