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MANILA, Philippines — The heads of 10 multilateral development banks (MDBs) agreed to expand their financing capacity to help developing countries like the Philippines weather mounting economic pressures from geopolitical conflicts and increasingly severe climate disasters. In their first-ever meeting in the country on Saturday, the bank leaders pledged to strengthen cooperation in mobilizing p...
Israel’s Ambassador Dana Kursh on building bridges beyond diplomacy The Manila Times
Trump waives new Russia sanctions as Kyiv ties slump The Manila Times
Trump’s misguided war against effective altruism The Manila Times
Three Days to Go: Four Core Highlights of the 2026 iCAUR International User Summit The Manila Times
How Fast Will Charging Be in the Future? 2026 OMODA & JAECOO International User Summit to Unlock Next-Gen Smart Energy Experience The Manila Times
COTABATO CITY — The Basilan provincial office of the Bangsamoro Human Rights Commission (BHRC) has asked the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to investigate the death of a Basilan woman who was killed when a military cargo truck driven by a Marines soldier hit her motorcycle in Manila last week. In a statement issued on
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — Oriental Mindoro is celebrating the fourth top-ranking examinee in this year’s Physician Licensure Examination (PLE), who has family roots in Calapan City. A graduate of the University of the Philippines College of Medicine, Dr. Israel Miña Aguba, who placed fourth in the exam with a 94.75 percent rating, is the
Clan war erupts in Ampatuan The Manila Times
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s plan to summon Chinese Ambassador Jing Quan over his remarks that the Philippines could easily lose in a conflict with China topped INQToday’s afternoon newscast. Also in the lineup were the expected rollback in gasoline prices and a slight hike in diesel prices next week, as well as
Russia strikes 9 Ukrainian regions amid Zelenskyy-Trump tensions The Manila Times
The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefed on the matter. The officials said leaders at the Defense Department received a message that the SpaceX Starshield service for the Ukrainian military needed to be slowed. The officials, who spoke o...
WASHINGTON/TOKYO — The US and Myanmar’s military-backed government held talks in Tokyo last week, people familiar with the matter said, their second meeting in a month as Washington steps up re-engagement with the generals it shunned after their 2021 coup. Earlier talks in Myanmar’s capital Naypyitaw in mid-September focused on securing the release of an American businessman and shutting down s...
SEOUL — South Korea is reviewing an expansion of its military operations in the Middle East, the Kyunghyang Shinmun newspaper reported on Thursday, as the US ally faces pressure from President Donald Trump to provide support for the war in Iran. Seoul is weighing expanding the operational area of its Cheonghae anti-piracy unit, which was dispatched to the Gulf of Aden in 2009, to include the Gu...
MANILA, Philippines – The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-Elcac) said over 16 million Filipinos residing in areas formerly controlled by communist rebels have benefited from development projects under the Barangay Development Program (BDP). These individuals reside in about 5,638 villages formerly controlled by the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s
The Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) on Friday named JG Summit Holdings, Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer Lance Y. Gokongwei and Phinma Corp. President and Chief Operating Officer Chito B. Salazar as the two recipients of the MAP Management Person of the Year 2026 award. In a statement, the MAP said it chose Mr. Gokongwei “for his business leadership and management qual...
MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court will begin rolling out digital notarization on Oct. 19, allowing accredited notaries to provide services regardless of their physical location and easing public access to legal services. The launch of electronic notarization, or e-notarization, marks a shift from traditional notarial services, which are restricted to a notary public’s territorial
WASHINGTON, USA – Israeli digital advertising agency Discover-Tech spied on internet users through a sprawling network of online ads that it used to track targets and help hack their devices, two research groups said on Thursday, October 15. Its services gave Israel’s Candiru — a spyware company blacklisted by the US government — as well as other Israeli surveillance firms access to advertising...
MANILA — The Philippines has chided China’s ambassador for what it interpreted as a “thinly veiled threat” of force, after Beijing’s envoy said his country would prevail in a confrontation between them. The Philippine foreign ministry said ambassador Jing Quan’s remarks to journalists on Thursday were a “poor choice of words” and unhelpful given their complicated bilateral ties. Mr. Jing had sa...
The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao is holding its first parliamentary elections on September 14, 2026, after being postponed at least four times: first in May 2022 , then in May 2025 , October 2025 , and again in March 2026 . The historic polls are seen as a pivotal moment in the decades-long peace process in a region that was mired in conflict and socioeconomic and political c...
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations has become too risk-averse and its next leader must be prepared to bear the cost of diplomatic failure and try again, Rebeca Grynspan, the frontrunner to be the next UN chief, told Reuters on Thursday. She spoke ahead of another Security Council poll on Friday to gauge support for a new secretary-general to succeed Antonio Guterres, whose second five-year ter...
WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun about the confiscation of hundreds of kilograms of explosives from Hezbollah, a US State Department official said on Thursday. Mr. Rubio urged Mr. Aoun to hold accountable those who ordered, financed and directed the shipment, and “underscored that returning explosives to (Hezbollah) should be out of the qu...
TACLOBAN CITY — The military has intensified operations against an estimated 40 remaining members of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) in Northern Samar following reports from residents of armed rebels’ presence and alleged gatherings in mountainous communities, particularly in geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas. The intensified campaign comes amid continuing efforts by governm...
BACOLOD CITY — The Police Regional Office Negros Island Region (PRO NIR) has deployed security troops and equipment on Wednesday, Oct. 14, to guarantee a safe and orderly celebration of Negros Oriental’s Buglasan Festival 2026 in Dumaguete City . The send-off ceremony took place at Camp Lt. Col. Francisco C. Fernandez Jr. in Barangay Agan-an,
Sometimes, everything that an industry needs to springboard to prosperity is a world in crisis. Similar to how the industrial revolution catapulted economies into a new era of steel and mechanized production, the global energy crisis, exacerbated by the war in Iran, and the already dire concerns over climate change have accelerated the shift toward electric vehicles (EVs) to a breaking point, p...
Japan denies spying after Russia arrests journalist The Manila Times
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — A Philippine National Police (PNP) non-uniformed personnel recalls a tense meeting over eight years ago between key police officials in Northern Mindanao and then-PNP chief Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa. “I remember when Sir Bato visited here in 2018; he was so mad that there were only a few drug suspects
By Francessca S. Abalos THE PHILIPPINE government should have emergency powers to regulate fuel prices during supply disruptions and other crises to protect consumers from excessive increases, senators said on Thursday, as the prolonged Middle East war puts pressure on global energy markets. Senate President Sherwin T. Gatchalian proposed amending Republic Act No. 8479 or the Downstream Oil Ind...
SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), through the Eastern Mindanao Command (EastMinCom), will mount Exercise Surigao Sentinel 2026 from October 20 to 25 across Surigao City and Dinagat Islands, marking a pioneering territorial defense drill on the country’s eastern seaboard and the first of its kind in the
COTABATO CITY — The military has encouraged the public in Maguindanao del Sur to continue supporting the government’s campaign against loose firearms, with civilians surrendering at least 34 unlicensed guns anew in the province. Lt. Col. Loqui Marco, commander of the 90th Infantry Battalion, facilitated the surrender and turnover on Wednesday of the firearms to
Discover Surprising Southern Taiwan: Taiwan Tourism Administration Teams Up with Airlines & Travel Platforms with Multi-Million Rewards for International Travelers The Manila Times
New bridge between China, North Korea opens The Manila Times
What does it mean for a business to do good? Is it enough to create jobs, donate to communities, or support social causes? Or should we examine something more fundamental: how a business earns, whom it serves, and what its success makes possible for others? These questions were at the heart of the Business as a Force for Good (BFG) Summit 2026, held on October 9 at Makati Shangri-La. The discus...
539 drug war victims’ kin to take part in Duterte ICC trial The Manila Times
