US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Photo courtesy of Anadolu. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper on Wednesday and discussed the “urgent need” to restore freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, the US State Department said. The high-level talk coincided with the arrival of King Charles III…
US President Donald Trump. Photo courtesy of Anadolu. US President Donald Trump said Washington was tracking the movement of Iranian military assets and warned that any renewed hostilities would be met with rapid retaliation. He said the United States had identified locations where Iran may have moved lighter military equipment during a ceasefire period and…
Pope Leo XIV . Photo courtesy of Anadolu. The United Nations and Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday called for an immediate halt to attacks on civilians in Colombia, as authorities announced the arrest of the alleged mastermind behind the April 25 massacre that killed 20 people in the southwestern department of Cauca. The Office of…
Japanese yen. Photo by Qing Luo on Pexels.com Japanese financial markets opened lower on Thursday, with the yen, government bonds, and equities all declining after a holiday break, as geopolitical tensions in the Middle East weighed on investor sentiment. The yen slipped to around 160.50 against the US dollar in early trading, its weakest level…
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has ordered the issuance of Letters of Authority to audit Vice President Sara Duterte, her husband Manases Carpio, and several related business entities following a finding of probable cause for a formal tax investigation. The agency said Duterte, Carpio, and nine firms linked to them would undergo scrutiny after…
The National Bureau of Investigation(NBI) said it was looking into the possibility that the alleged assassin cited by Vice President Sara Duterte could be linked to her own security detail. NBI Director Melvin Matibag told a House justice panel hearing on Wednesday, April 29, that investigators were examining members of the Vice Presidential Security and…
Pacifico “Curlee” Discaya II. Photo courtesy of PNA. Detained contractor Pacifico “Curlee” Discaya II was taken out of Senate custody Thursday morning to undergo a medical procedure on his shoulder, according to Senate officials. He was transported by ambulance to a hospital with police escort and was not placed in handcuffs during the transfer, Senate…
Photo by John Escudero on Pexels.com Inflation in April was projected to pick up and move beyond the government’s preferred range, driven by mounting cost pressures tied to global oil developments. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) estimated price growth to fall between 5.6 percent and 6.4 percent for the month, faster than the 4.1…
Batangas Rep. Gerville “Jinky Bitrics” Luistro – Photo courtesy of Congresswoman Atty. Gerville “Jinky Bitrics” Luistro/Facebook. Batangas Rep. Gerville Luistro on Thursday named a mix of returning and potential new members who may form part of the prosecution panel in the impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte. In a radio interview, Luistro mentioned several…
Photo courtesy of Leilanie Adriano/PNA Residents in Ilocos Norte have continued to flock to a government warehouse in Laoag City to purchase subsidized rice under a state-backed program. Daily lines have formed outside the National Food Authority (NFA) facility, where buyers have been able to obtain rice at Php 20 per kilo during weekday selling…