Demonstrators hold signs reading “Putin is bombing Ukraine” and “Stop Putin Now” during a protest against Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, in Barcelona on February 26, 2022. (AFP) Over 160 academics, researchers, and professionals across the nation condemned Russia’s invasion of...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday said the next administration is bound to face a “perfect economic storm” with the ongoing record-high budget deficit and high prices of fuel products caused by the crisis between Russia and Ukraine as well as a ballooning debt. “This is a...
Andy Murray (AFP) Former world number one Andy Murray said Tuesday he would donate his prize money from tennis tournaments for the rest of the year to UNICEF's Ukraine appeal. The British player said he was working with the United Nations children's agency to help victims of the conflict following...
The government’s top economic managers are crafting measures to cushion the impact of Ukraine-Russia war on the domestic economy, particularly on the prices of basic goods and commodities. While Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III believes the impact of the geopolitical crisis in Eastern...
The looming fuel crisis could have been averted if the Department of Energy (DOE) had the foresight to stabilize oil prices by creating buffer stocks on gasoline and diesel at the onset, presidential aspirant Senator Manny Pacquiao said on Monday. The standard bearer of the Partido ng Demokratikong...
EJ Obiena dedicates his latest feat to Ukraine, a country that is currently in conflict with Russia. Photo from EJ Obiena's Facebook page “My heart and thoughts are with you,” Obiena wrote on his Facebook post, accompanying it with an emoji of the Ukrainian flag. “Silence never helped the...
"We can’t stop the war in Europe, but we can help the country brace for crisis." Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion (Photo from Go Negosyo Facebook page) This is what Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion had to say as the ongoing...
Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska, wrapped in the Ukrainian national flag, reacts at the end of the WTA 6eme Sens Open semifinal tennis match against Romania's Sorana Cirstea in Lyon, on March 5, 2022. (AFP) Players draped in Ukraine flags, pledges of aid and placards demanding "No War" and "United in...
Ukraine assured the governments of foreign students still trapped in the country that they are extending all necessary assistance to their nationals but said they cannot be safely evacuated unless Russia stops its attacks. Ukraine Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba (Screenshot from MFA of...
Partido Reporma presidential candidate Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said the government should “take a serious look” at its own resources as an alternative source of fuel as the price of oil continues to shoot up driven by the ongoing Ukraine-Russia conflict. In a press briefing on...
As he prays that the conflict between Ukraine and Russia will not get worse, President Duterte reiterated that the Philippines is neutral in the dispute in Eastern Europe but said reality will push the country to pick a side someday. President Rodrigo Duterte (RTVM Screenshot) Duterte made the...
Three days after saying the country should not take a stand on Russia-Ukraine conflict, presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has now joined all other nations in calling on Russia to respect Ukraine's freedom and its citizens' democratic way of life. "I appeal for sobriety to...
