There are plans to transform the Philippines’ socioeconomic planning agency, NEDA, into a new Cabinet department. But this ...

I like being with friends and I like the vision of this newspaper” ON FEB. 11, 2025, the Manila Standard will mark its 38th anniversary, and it has its ...

Eight years and five months — or exactly 3,077 days — have passed since I first walked into the Manila Bulletin offices as its Executive Vice President. It was Sept. 1, 2016, and I was stepping into a ...

LAST January, the flagship World Development Report of the World Bank Institute of Economic Development was published in distilled format. The condensed form — courtesy of the Korea Development ...

The president, Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos, whose father in 20 years as a dictatorial president imposed martial law, is ...

Martial law lasted only around six hours before Yoon rescinded the order in the face of opposition from parliament, but it sent shockwaves through Asia's fourth-largest economy and sparked a ...

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed laws extending martial law and mobilisation in Ukraine from 8 February to 9 May 2025. Source: draft law cards 220-IX and 4221-IX Details: On 14 January, ...

South Korea's impeached prime minister told parliament on Thursday that "everyone" in a hastily arranged meeting of ministers expressed concerns about President Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law plan ...

The City Government of Manila clarified Tuesday that a recently released ordinance that requires permits for events or activities in the city does not signify the implementation of “martial law” as ...

South Korean Military Officer Says He Believed Yoon's Martial Law 'Legitimate' By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) - A top South Korean military commander said on Tuesday he trusted President Yoon Suk ...