Trump officials asked over a dozen senior career diplomats to step aside,...
WASHINGTON, USA – President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team has asked more than a dozen senior career diplomats to step down from their roles, two US officials familiar with the matter said, as...
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Trump sworn in a second time, says he was ‘saved by God’ to rescue America
WASHINGTON, USA — Donald Trump pledged to rescue America from what he described as years of betrayal and decline in his inaugural address on Monday, January 20 (early January 21 in the Philippines)...
View ArticleTrump withdraws from Paris climate agreement, again
WASHINGTON, USA – President Donald Trump once again withdrew the United States from the Paris climate deal on Monday, January 20, removing the world’s biggest historic emitter from global efforts to...
View ArticleTrump announces ‘DOGE’ advisory group, attracting instant lawsuits
WASHINGTON, USA – US President Donald Trump has officially announced the creation of an advisory group aimed at carrying out dramatic cuts to the US government, attracting immediate lawsuits...
View ArticleLIVE UPDATES: Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration as US president
Donald Trump will be sworn in as president of the United States on Monday, January 20, ushering in his second term in office and capping one of the most astounding political comebacks in American...
View ArticleTrump revokes Biden executive order on addressing AI risks
WASHINGTON, USA – US President Donald Trump on Monday, January 20, revoked a 2023 executive order signed by Joe Biden that sought to reduce the risks that artificial intelligence poses to consumers,...
View ArticleTrump pardons nearly all charged with January 6 US Capitol riot
WASHINGTON DC, USA – President Donald Trump on Monday, January 20, pardoned nearly everyone criminally charged with participating in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, in a show of...
View ArticleTrump signs executive order withdrawing from the World Health Organization
NEW YORK, USA – The United States will exit the World Health Organization, President Donald Trump said on Monday, saying the global health agency had mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic and other...
View ArticleKadeem Jack saves day as NorthPort survives San Miguel; import-less...
MANILA, Philippines – Count on import Kadeem Jack to save the day for NorthPort when the game is on the line. Unstoppable all game long, Jack sank the game-winning basket for the Batang Pier as they...
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NAIA: ‘Still a third world airport’
The Gokongweis’ airline Cebu Pacific made history last year when it signed with Airbus and Pratt & Whitney an order for 152 A321neo aircraft for US$24 billion or P1.4 trillion, the largest in...
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Quad committee seeks reopening of PNP’s drug war cases
MANILA, Philippines – The House of Representatives quad committee wants a reinvestigation into the cases of thousands of people killed by the police in the name of former president Rodrigo Duterte’s...
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Cigarettes After Sex draws in Manila crowd again with dreamy sound
MANILA, Philippines – If you attended Cigarettes After Sex’s concert at the Mall of Asia Arena last January 14, the first thing you would notice is that everyone around you was wearing black. It...
View ArticleWorld Bank unit inks $130-million partnership with Asialink to boost MSME...
MANILA, Philippines – The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is investing $130 million in Asialink Finance Corporation (AFC) to boost lending for women-led or women-owned micro, small and medium...
View ArticleTrump stirs tariff pot with fresh threats on EU, February 1 China deadline
WASHINGTON, USA – US President Donald Trump on Tuesday, January 21, vowed to hit the European Union with tariffs and said his administration was discussing a 10% punitive duty on Chinese imports...
View Article[OPINION] Trump’s return could harm Philippine climate action
The return of Donald Trump to the United States presidency has been met with polarizing reactions worldwide, depending on political leanings. But with this triumph comes a clear loser: global action...
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FACT CHECK: No plan for ‘Asian dollar’ backed by Marcos gold
Claim: Former president Ferdinand E. Marcos proposed the creation of an “Asian dollar” backed by the Marcoses’ large holdings of gold. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: As of writing, the...
View ArticleTrump pardons Silk Road founder Ulbricht for online drug scheme
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday, January 21, pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who was sentenced to life in prison for running an underground online marketplace where drug dealers and...
View ArticleAfter Gaza ceasefire, Houthis free OFW hostages aboard Galaxy Leader
MANILA, Philippines – After more than a year since taking them hostage aboard their ship, Yemeni Houthi rebels have released the 17 Filipino seafarers aboard the Galaxy Leader ship, President...
View ArticleFirst call: PH’s Manalo, US State Secretary Rubio tackle China’s ‘dangerous,...
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo and his newly-confirmed counterpart, United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio, discussed late Wednesday, January 22, China’s...
View ArticleAt least 4 dead, 12 hurt in Basilan ambush vs troops securing UN mission
MANILA, Philippines – Four people were killed and at least a dozen others wounded in a deadly ambush on Wednesday, January 22, in Barangay Lower Cabengbeng, Sumisip town, Basilan province. The attack...
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