Manila sent two strikingly different messages to Beijing on October 13. At the Malacanang Palace, a presidential spokeswoman reaffirmed Manila’s commitment to sustaining diplomatic and economic ties with China, saying “China needs the Philippines, and the Philippines needs China”. That same day, Philippine Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jnr rejected a call for military-to-military communication with China, a move that received public support from the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Teodoro...
Allegations of cartel or collusion must be assessed based on facts, evidence - ministry DG.
Palangka Raya, a city on Indonesian Borneo, is running free buses fitted with oxygen tanks to help residents choking on haze from the country's most intense forest fires in more than a decade.
'Those wearing a badge seem to be beyond reproach.’
CID chief says case probed under Section 331 of the Penal Code.
State govt says many Sarawakians work in the peninsula, Singapore, and Sabah, and may face difficulties travelling.
A tide peaking at 1.75 m flooded many streets in Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday evening, stalling vehicles and snarling rush-hour traffic.
Singapore’s ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) has retained its core executive team in what is seen as a cautious approach despite pledges of renewal, with observers pointing to ministerial promotions as a better indication of leadership plans. The PAP emerged from an internal election on Sunday with an unchanged slate for the Central Executive Committee (CEC), its highest decision-making body, as rising ministers Jeffrey Siow and Jasmin Lau failed to secure seats, though four remaining co-opted...
PARLIAMENT | Minister says they should negotiate with debtors to form payment plan instead.
A 48-year-old assistant manager at a Bangkok 7-Eleven has gone viral after a TikTok clip showed him speaking fluent English and Chinese, two of the seven languages he says he can use.
Indonesia and Singapore are looking to set up a joint task force to deal with haze from Indonesia’s wildfires, the countries’ foreign ministers said on Tuesday, as they met to reaffirm their ties after weeks of simmering tensions. The visit to Jakarta by Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan came amid mounting frustrations in the city state over the transboundary haze generated by Indonesia’s most intense forest fires in 11 years. After a two-hour meeting, Singapore and Indonesia’s top...
A 50-million-peso (US$780,000) bounty for information leading to the arrest of fugitive Philippine senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa has raised questions over the Marcos administration’s ability to enforce the law against high-profile political figures, with analysts warning the move risks making Manila appear weak and reactive. Dela Rosa, who served as national police chief under former president Rodrigo Duterte, faces an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant for alleged crimes...
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