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RAFAH, Palestinian Territories — UN chief Antonio Guterres warned Gaza risked an "epic humanitarian disaster" Friday as Israel pressed military operations around its far-southern city of Rafah crippling the work of aid agencies.
Sen. Imee Marcos is wary about proposals to allow the National Food Au- thority (NFA) to directly import rice and sell the food staple directly to public markets due to persistent allegations of overimportation, overpric- ing, smuggling, missing barge-loads of rice, kickbacks, favoritism and other types of questionable and corrupt practices against the agency through the years.
CLIMATE change can exact a heavy toll on the national economy, and one mechanism to come up with funding that can mitigate its adverse consequences is the Climate Damages Tax (CDT). Implementation would entail collecting annual fees from fossil fuel companies; about $720 billion is expected to be raised by the end of the decade to support the world's most vulnerable locations facing climate damage, including the Philippines.
MANILA, Philippines: National Security Adviser Secretary Eduardo Año joined Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. in calling on the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to take action against individuals in the Chinese embassy who claim to have recorded an alleged phone conversation between a Chinese diplomat and a military official.
FOREIGN Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo met with Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly on Wednesday, in Ottawa, during the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Philippines and Canada.
SEN. Imee Marcos expressed reservation over the proposal to expand the powers the National Food Authority (NFA) to include direct importation and retailing of rice.
(UPDATE) POLICE authorities have filed serious cases of illegal detention and various violations of anti-trafficking laws against 26 Chinese people before the Department of Justice (DoJ).
MANILA, Philippines — Chinese diplomats in Manila should be expelled for their “repeated acts of engaging and dissemination of disinformation, misinformation and malinformation,” National Security Adviser Eduardo Año said yesterday.