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MOST INFUENTIAL. Lowy Institute executive director Dr. Michael Fullilove (right) hails President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. for emerging among the most influential leaders in Southeast Asia during an event in Melbourne, Australia on Monday (March 4, 2024). Among other aspects, the Australian think tank leader said in the past 18 …

Speaker Martin Romualdez  Speaker Martin Romualdez on Monday expressed deep concern over the reported presence of Chinese vessels “loitering” and conducting research activities within the Philippine Rise, which is well within the country’s exclusive economic zone (EZZ). Romualdez declared that the Philippine Rise is an integral part of the nation’s …

U.S. presidential contender Nikki Haley won the Washington, D.C., Republican primary on Sunday, her first victory in the nominating process and a symbolic win for the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Edison Research said.  Haley, the only challenger to Trump, wins Washington, D.C., Republican primary. U.S. presidential contender …

Israel did not send a delegation to a Sunday ceasefire meeting with Hamas in Egypt due to lingering questions about hostages, an Israeli government official told The Associated Press.  Israeli official tells media Hamas has failed to give ‘clear answers’ about hostages’ welfare ahead of talks. Israel did not send …

Melbourne, Australia—Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Monday he would be “happy to reopen” the search for flight MH370 if “compelling” evidence emerged, opening the door to a renewed hunt a decade after the plane disappeared.  “If there is compelling evidence that it needs to be reopened, we will certainly …

There’s a call centre in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv where employees have one job: to steal the life savings of Canadians through a variety of investment scams, according to a whistleblower who used to work in the industry.  Whistleblower says lax law enforcement makes Canada a convenient target. Every …

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivers a speech before departing for Melbourne, Australia to attend the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit on March 3, 2024./Presidential Communications Office  MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Sunday made his second trip to Australia in just one week to attend a special summit with Association …

Two alleged Chinese research vessels identified as “Haiyang Dishi Liuhao” and “Haiyang Dizhi Shihao” are monitored sailing across the eastern seaboard of Luzon near the Philippine Rise in this satellite image posted on X (formerly Twitter) by American security analyst Ray Powell on March 1, 2024. (Courtesy of Ray Powell …

CRACKED LAND. A 62-year-old farmer, Gaudencio Sico, looks at his crack farmland which used to be a plantation of watermelons in Imus, Cavite on Saturday, March 2, 2024. Danny Pata But no need to place PH under calamity state yet The Office of Civil Defense said it is not yet …

This photo taken on February 15, 2024, shows an aerial view of Chinese vessel identified by the Philippine Coast Guard as “maritime militia” (upper C) , Philippine fishing boats and BRP Datu Tamblot (C) during a Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-led mission to bring supplies and assistance …