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It was a disaster for Joe Biden, for Democrats, and for anyone around the world dreading another Donald Trump presidency — because the chances of that happening just grew. Biden was desperate to reset the campaign. Instead, his performance prompted chatter about whether he should withdraw from the race.  How …

A top US official on Thursday told a Chinese counterpart that Washington’s defense commitments to the Philippines were “ironclad” after a violent clash in the South China Sea.  Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell “raised serious concerns” about Chinese actions in a call with Executive Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu, …

A health worker holds up a vial of China’s Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine during the first phase of vaccinations for health workers at a hospital in Manila on March 1, 2021. (AFP / Ted Aljibe)  MANILA, Philippines — The Chinese Embassy in Manila has called upon the United States Embassy to …

Former senator Leila de Lima’s acquittal from her drug charges is proof that the justice system of the Philippines is working and the country does not need the intervention of the International Criminal Court, President Marcos said yesterday.  “Maybe this is something we should show the ICC. The judiciary is …

In this Facebook post on May 31, 2024 shows Mayor Alice Guo meeting senior citizens of Bamban, Tarlac. (Facebook / Mayor Alice Leal Guo)  MANILA, Philippines — If a Philippine court convicts her, suspended Bamban Mayor Alice Guo will have to serve her sentence in the country before being deported, …

Businesses are not as optimistic as before when it comes to third quarter outlook as well as in the next 12 months due to lingering uncertainties from El Niño, inflation, high oil prices, and softer demand for goods and services, according to a central bank survey. Based on the Bangko …

Fugitive and expelled Negros Oriental congressman Arnolfo “Arnie” A. Teves Jr. cannot be sent back to the Philippines while his appeal on the extradition order issued by the Timor-Leste court is pending, his lawyer Ferdinand Topacio said on Friday, Jund 28. Topacio had earlier said that Teves will appeal the …

Lawmakers from the European Union (EU) and 23 nations across the globe have condemned China’s aggressive activities in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Their collective condemnation is contained in a statement on “Chinese Coast Guard aggression and provocation” issued by the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), a group of parliamentarians …

Amid elevated consumer prices and slowing economic expansion, many Filipinos are holding back from spending their hard-earned money, resulting in the lowest private consumption growth rate since 2010 during a non-pandemic period, according to the think tank Oxford Economics. “The main culprit is worsening confidence, which has been hit particularly …

President Marcos said that the lives of millions of Filipinos changed for the better because of tourism’s contribution to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), which marked a record-high growth in 2023. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (Arnold Quizol/File)  Marcos said this as he led the opening ceremony of the …