PHILIPPINES BREAKING NEWS

WASHINGTON, USA – The US military has spent over $47 billion so far to prosecute the war in Iran , more than 25% higher than the Defense Department’s estimate in July, according to Pentagon data obtained by Reuters. The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment on its estimate,…

When a household opens a higher electricity bill, it is also confronting a currency problem. The peso’s slide creates a stark divide across the country: extra cash for families receiving dollars, but steeper costs for those earning pesos. Yet even that apparent windfall carries an invisible tax.…

JERUSALEM, Israel – Israel’s wartime election appeared deadlocked on Tuesday, October 27, exit polls showed, a potential setback for veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if the projections hold, with neither side having a clear path to power but rival Gadi Eisenkot’s larger bloc potentially…

MANILA, Philippines – The government approved the creation of over 3,000 teaching positions in Sulu as the province’s education office transitions to the jurisdiction of the Department of Education (DepEd). The DepEd announced on Tuesday, October 27, that the Department of Budget and Management…

After the split in the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) in 1993, many doubted that the communist insurgency waged by the CPP and its New People’s Army (NPA) would ever recover. But it did, even surpassing the peak armed strength achieved in the 1980s, first in 2005 then again in 2017. Since…