METRO MANILA – Both The Philippines and China agrees at a bilateral meeting that the maritime dispute should be resolve peacefully to keep the stability in the South China Sea. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana met with his Chinese counterpart, Wei Fenghe on Friday to discuss key issues that is affecting the two countries. The two defense chiefs discussed the tensions …

METRO MANILA – The Vatican confirmed today that Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle has been tested positive for Covid-19 upon his arrival in the Philippines. He was tested negative after taking the test in Rome last Sept. 7, Vatican News reported. Vatican Press Office Director Matteo Bruni said that he tested positive from the COVID-19 swab test that was conducted in …

The new charter is expected to complete the process of amending the constitution and rendering laws by July 2022. Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam, who is the legal affairs expert of the government, gave a tentative time frame for the charter rewriting process. Mr Wissanu said that while the version of the charter amendment bill from the main opposition Pheu …

It caught an attention when a Buriram United Uzbek player has tested positive for the coronavirus ahead of the Thai League 1 football season resumption. The Ministry of Public Health reported that the infection had been detected in the 29-year-old midfielder during tests before the restart of the season. The Department of Medical Sciences on Tuesday performed 1,115 tests on …

PUTATAN – Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has called on the people of Sabah to make the wise decision on the upcoming state election scheduled for September 26 for them to fully benefit from the state’s growth and development. Muhyiddin said that a wise decision of the people can potentially enable the whole state to forge a relationship with …

PETALING JAYA – Chief Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Shafie Apdal has ordered the Sabah government that foreign nationals in prison be segregated from local detainees to curb the spread of the virus. Shafie said in an emergency meeting and instructed the Sabah police commissioner to segregate foreign detainees who might be a carrier of the coronavirus. He further added that …

The Goods and Services Tax (GST), one of the biggest reforms, if not the largest, by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has run into trouble at the back of the coronavirus pandemic and a contracting economy. The GST, which cut a network of taxes at the federal and state levels, was a huge political victory for Mr. Modi, who pulled …

METRO MANILA – The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) on Thursday, ordered the recall of ABS-CBN’s frequencies, sealing the end of its free broadcast business. NTC said in a seven-page order signed by Deputy Commissioners Edgardo Cabarios, Delilah Deles and Commissioner Gamaliel Cordoba, that the government is mandated to recall the frequencies when the network did not provide a Congressional franchise …

METRO MANILA – Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. posted on his twitter account yesterday that there was no “exchange” in the absolute pardon given by the president to the convicted killer US Army personnel Joseph Scott Pemberton. There is no exchange. I clinched that purely on my charm with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. I insisted that it …

Governor of the Special Region of Yogyakarta (DIY) Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X is worried about the wave of homecomers from Jakarta. This is because the DKI Jakarta Province decided to pull the emergency brake back into implementing strict large-scale social restrictions (PSBB). “We are worried that before the 14th, the Yogya residents in Jakarta might return,” said Sri Sultan HB …