South Korea – South Korea’s new President Yoon Suk Yeol guaranteed an “bold arrangement” to fortify North Korea’s economy in return for denuclearization in his speech. In view of this, Yoon, a considered conservative from the People Power Party, gave the comments after being sworn as the country’s most current president in Seoul, supplanting cordial President Moon Jae-in. Talking before …

In order to enable them to incorporate distance learning modalities, public school teachers will receive an extra P1,500 allowance this year. The Department of Education (DepEd) said the rise in the annual teaching allowance from P3,500 to P5,000 was included in the 2021 budget recently approved by President Duterte. In view of this, They would like to express their appreciation …

The lawmakers sealed their agreement of the second to the last budget of the Duterte administration next year, plotting it on course for a timely passage that is crucial to ensure that new pandemic recovery initiatives are immediately supported. House and Senate budget leaders in a briefing that the P4.5-trillion proposed spending plan was accepted by their respective contingents, up …

METRO MANILA – Despite the closure of ABS-CBN Corp, the problem may soon be far from over as lawmakers are calling for an investigation into the resumption of operations to air some of its program through a deal with the licensed television station, ZOE Broadcasting Network. New House Minority Leader Joseph Stephen Paduano has called the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) …

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Luo Zhaohui, Chinese Ambassador to ASEAN Deng Xijun with ASEAN Secretary-General Lim Jock Hoi and ASEAN Deputy Secretary-General Kung Phoak takes part in the virtual opening of the ASEAN-China Young Leaders Scholarship (ACYLS) 2020 with the aim of enhancing people-to-people exchanges between the two partners. According to Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Luo the ASEAN-China Young Leaders …

KUALA LUMPUR – Muar MP and Former Malaysian youth minister Syed Saddiq confirmed on Sunday that he has been offered a scholarship placement at the prestigious Lee Kuan Yew’s Senior Fellowship in Public Service program at the National University of Singapore (NUS). Saddiq announced is admittance into the School’s Senior Fellowship in Public Service Programme in a Facebook post. The …

Lead players across the political spectrum have offered a mixed reaction to a senator’s plan to award political prisoners parole in the color-coded wars as part of attempts to build national solidarity. Senator Kamnoon Sitthisamarn introduced the amnesty which claimed that it would forge national unity and curb far-reaching tensions exacerbated by years of political turmoil. The problem was discussed …