MANILA – The Philippine government has ordered video streaming company Netflix to remove parts of the Australian drama series “Pine Gap” on its platform for “violating Philippine sovereignty” and featuring a map of the nine-dash line, an invisible demarcation used by China to refer to its claim in the South China Sea.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has formally awarded a P535-million contract for the 2022 polls to F2 Logistics, a company linked to one of the top donors to President Rodrigo Duterte’s 2016 campaign, bilyonaryo Dennis Uy.
by Natsuko FUKUE The suspect in a Halloween stabbing and fire attack on a Tokyo train expressed admiration for infamous comic villain the Joker, Japanese
As the official death toll of Covid-19 reaches five million, several world leaders and officials are under fire for their management of the pandemic, with some facing charges and legal investigations.
Some call it “experimental”, some don’t trust the government, some even buy fake certificates — as their country sees a record coronavirus surge, Russians are proving stubbornly resistant to the country’s Sputnik V vaccine.
From tackling the virus to dealing with geopolitical threats and working on Japan’s climate goals, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will have plenty on his plate as he begins a new term as leader of the world’s third-largest economy.
Senators Panfilo Lacson and Vicente “Tito” Sotto II continue to touch base with local politikos as they seek to expand their network of supporters for the 2022 elections.
A Cambodian court sentenced an autistic teenager to eight months in prison on Monday, with part of the term suspended, for sending Telegram messages that were deemed insulting to the government, his mother said.
Singapore has banned a book on censorship over “offensive images”
including controversial cartoons of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed,
authorities said Monday.
A court in Batangas has quashed the search warrant against Bayan member Erlindo Custodio who was among those arrested during the so-called “Bloody Sunday” operations conducted by the police and military in Calabarzon against suspected communist rebels.
