Filipinos have ‘poor’ trust for China, ‘excellent’ for US — SWS survey

07/19/2019

MANILA, Philippines — Filipinos’ trust for China is now described as “poor,” while the United States gets “excellent,” the recent Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey revealed Friday. From -6 percent or “neutral” rating in March, Filipinos’ trust rating…

‘I’m calling now America’: Duterte invokes defense pact with US

07/17/2019

MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said he is now invoking the Philippines’ Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) with the United States amid the country’s maritime dispute with China in the West Philippine Sea. “I’m calling…

Huawei calls on US to lift export restrictions

07/13/2019

SHENZHEN, China — The chairman of Huawei said the Chinese tech giant has yet to see any benefit from President Donald Trump’s promise to allow U.S. companies to sell some components to the company and called on…

Duterte dares US: Declare war on China and we will join you

07/07/2019

  MANILA, Philippines — In another rant against the United States and critics of his handling of the maritime dispute between Manila and Beijing, President Rodrigo Duterte dared Washington to declare war on China. He lambasted his…

Duterte dares US to declare war with China

07/06/2019

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday dared the United States, a longtime ally of the Philippines, to send “all their armaments” to the South China Sea and stop Beijing’s militarization in the disputed sea. “Let…

Iran says talks with US impossible; US says it wants talks

06/25/2019

UNITED NATIONS –  Iran’s U.N. ambassador warned Monday that the situation in the Persian Gulf is “very dangerous” and called talks with the U.S. impossible in the face of escalating sanctions and intimidation, while the U.S. envoy…

Jailed ex-CIA employee threatens to wage ‘info war’ vs US unless freed

06/19/2019

NEW YORK  — An ex-CIA employee must be kept isolated in prison after claiming he was waging an “information war” against the United States, prosecutors said Tuesday. Prosecutors made the comment in papers filed in Manhattan federal…

US closes Manila field immigration office in July

06/06/2019

MANILA, Philippines — The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that it will be permanently closing its field office in Manila on July 5. In an advisory recently posted on its website, the USCIS …

US now seeking social media details from all visa applicants

06/04/2019

WASHINGTON — The State Department is now requiring nearly all applicants for U.S. visas to submit their social media usernames, previous email addresses and phone numbers. It’s a vast expansion of the Trump administration’s enhanced screening of…

Mayor Reluya: We turned down US offer of political asylum; my son will be my running mate

Micah Sophia C. Marcellones 03/30/2019

SAN FERNANDO, Cebu, Philippines — Mayor Lakambini “Neneth” Reluya claimed during her campaign kickoff on Friday, March 29, that she and her family turned down a US government offer of political asylum so that they could continue to…

Execs to nat’l agencies: Help us

Inquirer.net 12/30/2018

WORST N. SAMAR FLOODING IN 30 YEARS TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines – Local officials of Northern Samar are seeking immediate assistance from national agencies as the province struggles with its worst flooding in 30 years. “We are appealing…

Report: Cyber-attack hits US newspaper deliveries

AFP 12/30/2018

LOS ANGELES, United States — A malware attack that appears to have originated outside the US delayed the hardcopy distribution of several major newspapers, according to a report. The LA Times said Saturday that the attack, which…

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