VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Residents of Vilnius were told to take shelter and Lithuania 's president and prime minister were taken to safe locations Wednesday because of an alarm over drone activity near the border with Belarus, underlining jitters on NATO 's eastern flank over...
With so many personalities and institutions already dragged into the Senate gunfire incident, Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa should start to rethink his position of continuously playing hide-and-seek with law enforcement agencies. This was the stand of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)...
When technology fails, the Narcotics Detection Dogs (NDD) comes in barking, delivering and producing remarkable results in major interdiction operations nationwide. From July 1, 2022 to April 30, 2026, the K9 teams of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) were part in 546 anti-drug...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said multilateral development banks (MDBs) are coordinating efforts to help countries manage the economic fallout from the conflict in the Middle East through financing support, policy assistance, private-sector instruments, and technical expertise. In a statement...
The World Bank warned that the Philippines’ broad-based economic slowdown in the first quarter of 2026 could spill over into weaker household incomes and higher food prices as the country grapples with an escalating energy price shock triggered by tensions in the Middle East. In its latest...
Escalating tensions in the Middle East and the resulting spike in global oil prices could trigger broader economic disruptions in the Philippines, worsening inflation, weakening the peso, and raising costs across transportation, food, tourism, and other energy-intensive industries, according to...
It is encouraging when two leaders of the world 's largest economies meet, President Marcos said. He said this when asked for a statement on the high-level meeting between United States President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss economic and trade issues. "Well, I think...
Seven multilateral development banks (MDBs), including the Manila-based Asian Development Bank and the World Bank Group (WBG), pledged coordinated support measures to help countries manage the economic fallout from the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. In a joint statement released in Paris,...
Echoing a previous statement from Senator Robin Padilla, Malacañang urged Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa to come out and face the charges against him. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said Dela Rosa, who used to be the chief of the Philippine National Police...
De La Salle University (DLSU) economists slashed their 2026 Philippine gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast to 3.11 percent from 3.79 percent previously, warning that the economy is facing mounting pressure from the Middle East conflict, elevated inflation, and lingering domestic...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia attacked targeted Ukraine 's capital with a mass drone and missile attack early Thursday morning that killed at least one and injured 33 people, local authorities said. Ukraine’s Air Force said its air defenses shot down or jammed 693 targets overnight,...
Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa said on Wednesday, May 13, he does not regret enforcing the Duterte administration’s war on drugs despite the possibility of being arrested in connection with the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) investigation into the campaign. In an interview, Dela...
