30 areas under ‘dangerous’ heat index classification — PAGASA
MANILA, Philippines — Thirty areas in the Philippines are expected to experience scorching temperatures of up to 47 degrees Celsius (°C) on Monday, state weather bureau PAGASA reported.
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Press Release - Opening statement of Senator Risa Hontiveros during the POGO hearing
Dear colleagues, resource persons, friends. Magandang umaga po sa ating lahat. Just to refresh everyone's memory, sinimulan natin ang hearing na ito noong mayroon po tayong tinulungang isang dosenang Pilipino na makabalik mula sa Myanmar, kung saan sila natraffic sa isang malaking scam hub na malapit sa border ng Thailand.
Press Release - Hontiveros airs concern over POGO's possible connection to hacking, surveillance
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday aired her concern over Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) that have possible connections to surveillance activities and the hacking of government websites.
Adults, not students, are America's problem
America is in knots over the foolishness — or worse — of its campus protesters. But it is adults who are making the biggest dunces of themselves. The role of grown-ups facing student unrest is to keep the peace without sacrificing rights. These include free speech and physical safety. The task requires principled consistency. In practice, adults from all walks — Republicans, Democrats, the media and university administrations — are exhibiting traits of hysteria and dogmatism they deplore in the young. It should come as no surprise that the protests are getting angrier.
US Pacific commander says China is pursuing 'boiling frog' strategy
The commander of US forces in the Indo-Pacific region has accused China of pursuing a «boiling frog» strategy, raising tensions in the region with increasingly dangerous military activity.
Taiwan's everywhere war
Night was falling when sergeant Pa Wen-shan rode his motorcycle up the steep, narrow road that leads home. It had been a long journey. Four hours on the train from Chiayi, then another 45 minutes on the road from the station in Taitung, the only city on Taiwan's remote south-east coast. Once the Pacific fell back behind him and he entered the valley where Jialan, his village, is located, a rush of cool air dried the sweat on his face. The village sits on a slim, slanted plateau. Pa, then 25, passed the baseball field where he played as a boy. The cemetery where his father was buried a month earlier. On the final ascent to his family's home, he saw that the neighbours had started drinking. Sitting around wood fires in front of their one-storey cement houses, they called out to him: «Galawas!»
Campus protests become a political liability for Joe Biden and Democrats
Republicans are seizing on campus turmoil from New York to California as they attack Joe Biden for failing to quell the protests over Israel's war in Gaza and portray America as spiralling out of control under the US president's leadership.
Groups file complaint against Manila Bay reclamation, dredging projects
MANILA, Philippines — Fishers and environmentalists on Monday filed a complaint against the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources over reclamation and dredging projects in Manila Bay.