[WATCH] Inside Track: Marcos’ 2025 national budget is so bad
The 2025 national budget of the Marcos administration is so bad, according to everyone who knows what they’re talking about when it comes to budget, except for those who passed it of course. The...
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[Free to Disagree] The errors, disinformation and cynicism of Project Dalisay
There is a video going around decrying the comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) provision of a proposed law that addresses our high rates of teenage pregnancy. The video, featuring several talking...
View ArticleLIVE UPDATES: Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration as US president
Donald Trump will be sworn in as president of the United States on Monday, January 20, ushering in his second term in office and capping one of the most astounding political comebacks in American...
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Trump sworn in a second time, says he was ‘saved by God’ to rescue America
WASHINGTON, USA — Donald Trump pledged to rescue America from what he described as years of betrayal and decline in his inaugural address on Monday, January 20 (early January 21 in the Philippines)...
View ArticleTrump withdraws from Paris climate agreement, again
WASHINGTON, USA – President Donald Trump once again withdrew the United States from the Paris climate deal on Monday, January 20, removing the world’s biggest historic emitter from global efforts to...
View ArticleTrump announces ‘DOGE’ advisory group, attracting instant lawsuits
WASHINGTON, USA – US President Donald Trump has officially announced the creation of an advisory group aimed at carrying out dramatic cuts to the US government, attracting immediate lawsuits...
View ArticleTrump revokes Biden executive order on addressing AI risks
WASHINGTON, USA – US President Donald Trump on Monday, January 20, revoked a 2023 executive order signed by Joe Biden that sought to reduce the risks that artificial intelligence poses to consumers,...
View ArticleTrump pardons nearly all charged with January 6 US Capitol riot
WASHINGTON DC, USA – President Donald Trump on Monday, January 20, pardoned nearly everyone criminally charged with participating in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, in a show of...
View ArticleTrump orders US exit from the World Health Organization
NEW YORK, USA – The United States will exit the World Health Organization, President Donald Trump said on Monday, saying the global health agency had mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic and other...
View ArticlePhilippines’ balance of payments surplus slips to $609 million in 2024
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines posted a balance of payments (BOP) deficit of $1.5 billion in December 2024, reversing its $642 million surplus in the same period in 2023, the Bangko Sentral ng...
View ArticleTrump launches sweeping border crackdown, mass deportation push
President Donald Trump on Monday, January 20, kicked off his sweeping immigration crackdown, tasking the US military with aiding border security, issuing a broad ban on asylum, and taking steps to...
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Trump signs TikTok order delaying ban of app
WASHINGTON, USA – US President Donald Trump on Monday, January 20, signed an executive order seeking to delay by 75 days the enforcement of a ban of popular short-video app TikTok that was slated to...
View ArticleWorld Bank unit inks $130-million partnership with Asialink to boost MSME...
MANILA, Philippines – The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is investing $130 million in Asialink Finance Corporation (AFC) to boost lending for women-led or women-owned micro, small and medium...
View ArticleTrump stirs tariff pot with fresh threats on EU, February 1 China deadline
WASHINGTON, USA – US President Donald Trump on Tuesday, January 21, vowed to hit the European Union with tariffs and said his administration was discussing a 10% punitive duty on Chinese imports...
View Article[OPINION] Trump’s return could harm Philippine climate action
The return of Donald Trump to the United States presidency has been met with polarizing reactions worldwide, depending on political leanings. But with this triumph comes a clear loser: global action...
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FACT CHECK: No plan for ‘Asian dollar’ backed by Marcos gold
Claim: Former president Ferdinand E. Marcos proposed the creation of an “Asian dollar” backed by the Marcoses’ large holdings of gold. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: As of writing, the...
View ArticleTrump pardons Silk Road founder Ulbricht for online drug scheme
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday, January 21, pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who was sentenced to life in prison for running an underground online marketplace where drug dealers and...
View ArticleEpiscopal bishop makes case for immigrants, LGBTQ+ youth during prayer...
WASHINGTON, USA – President Donald Trump began his first full day in office attending a prayer service at the Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday and got a sermon he may not have been expecting:...
View ArticleTrump announces private-sector $500-billion investment in AI infrastructure
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday, January 21, announced a private sector investment of up to $500 billion to fund infrastructure for artificial intelligence, aiming to outpace rival nations in the...
View ArticleTikTok owner ByteDance plans to spend $12 billion on AI chips in 2025 – report
ByteDance is placing a big bet on artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure as the TikTok parent plans to spend more than $12 billion on AI in 2025, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, January...
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