A United States senator from President Donald Trump's Republican Party on Wednesday lumped the Philippines' President Duterte with a group of world leaders—led by Trump—who had attacked the press in what the lawmaker said was “authoritarian impulse reasserting itselfRead more
Subic-BlogPhilippine Investigators Summon Boss of News Site Derided by Duterte … MANILA (Reuters) – A Philippine law enforcement agency has summoned the head of Rappler, a news site known for challenging President Rodrigo Duterte, to answer a complaint relatedRead more
Subic-BlogMANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Bureau of the Treasury on Thursday announced the launch of its 10-year global bond offer that seeks to provide budgetary support for the Duterte administration. The bureau made the announcement in a statement postedRead more
Subic-BlogIt will be up to us to resist any return to dictatorship in the Philippines.” … MANILA — Journalists and press freedom advocates are calling on all citizens to join the #BlackFriday protests amid the intensifying attacks on pressRead more
Subic-BlogMANILA (Reuters) – Opposition members of the Philippine Congress raised concern on Wednesday that China Telecom Corp Ltd, which may enter … Two U.S. lawmakers introduced a bill this week that bars the U.S. government from using or contractingRead more
Subic-Blog“The SEC's kill order revoking Rappler's license to operate is the first kind in history – both for the Commission and for Philippine media,” it said, calling the move a “pure and simple harassment.” “We intend not only toRead more
Subic-BlogBut the Philippines case especially worries rights advocates, who fear it signals a further step toward strongman rule. “The Commission is ordering us to close shop, to cease telling you stories, to stop speaking truth to power, and toRead more
Subic-BlogBEIJING — Asian stock markets were mostly higher Tuesday following a holiday for U.S. markets as investors looked ahead to American corporate earnings. KEEPING SCORE: The Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.3 per cent to 3,420.80 and Tokyo's Nikkei 225Read more
Subic-BlogEchoing US President Donald Trump's cry of "fake news," governments have been forcing independent media outlets to close, or jailing, harassing, censoring or subjecting to violence journalists in Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia and Myanmar. The PhilippineRead more
Subic-Blog“They invest, but they don't own,” it said, in a letter to its readers. “Rappler remains 100 per cent Filipino-owned. “The Commission is ordering us to close shop, to cease telling you stories, to stop speaking truth to power,Read more
Subic-BlogMANILA, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) — The French pharmaceutical company Sanofi Pasteur said on Monday that it will refund to the Philippines 1.4 billion pesos (27.8 million U.S. dollars) for the unused anti-dengue vaccine. "Sanofi Pasteur has responded positively toRead more
Subic-BlogTrump made good on his promise to withdraw the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement and to reopen the North American Free Trade Agreement in search of a better deal. …. But Trump has lavished praise on selectRead more
Subic-BlogMANILA, Jan 14 (Reuters) – A magnitude-5.1 earthquake hit the Philippines on Sunday, about 40 miles west-southwest of Batangas on the island of Luzon, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology measured the quakeRead more
Subic-BlogMagnolia registered back-to-back wins after a wire-to-wire victory over NLEX, 105-94, in the 2018 PBA Philippine Cup Sunday at Smart Araneta … “This is good for us. At least in our first two games in the new year, theRead more
Subic-BlogHawaii U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz tweeted the false alarm was “totally inexcusable.” “There needs to be tough and quick accountability and a fixed process,” he wrote. “This false alert is detrimental to the integrity and trust of the emergencyRead more
Subic-BlogThe Philippine president, who promised the shift to federalism during the campaign to bring peace to the southern Philippines, further said he will form in a few days a consultative body to review the nation's constitution. He has repeatedlyRead more
Subic-BlogHis last commander was Silvestre Liwanag, alias Linda Bie, according to declassified Hukbalahap files of the Philippine Archive Collection (PAC) from the US National Archives. Liwanag, speaking on behalf of Huk leader Luis Taruc in 1979, attested that RamosRead more
Subic-BlogMANILA (Reuters) – An active volcano in central Philippines spewed ash into the air on Saturday, prompting the country's disaster agency to order the … The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said it was closely monitoring theRead more
Subic-BlogMANILA, Philippines – Up to 86% of Filipinos believe news reports are accurate while 78% say journalists cover politics fairly, according to a new survey by US-based Pew Research Center. The Philippines ranks second among 38 countries in termsRead more
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