Iran tensions Chamber of commerce chief suggests tapping Russian oil to ease shortage concerns Anindya Bakrie, chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, suggested temporarily raising the country’s legal fiscal deficit ceiling from 3% to 4%-5% during an interview with Nikkei Asia in Tokyo on March 30. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi) ERWIDA MAULIA and AKITO TANAKA … Read more
THE Commission on Human Rights (CHR) calls for stronger measures to protect journalists and media workers as the country marks National Press Week from Feb. 8 to 14. The commission stresses that the public’s right to truth cannot be upheld while journalists continue to face threats, harassment, violence, and legal intimidation. A free and independent … Read more
THE Commission on Human Rights (CHR) joins the nation in observing the 30th National Awareness Week for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation on Feb. 8–14, 2026, as declared under Proclamation 731. For three decades, this observance has affirmed the State’s duty — anchored in Republic Act 7610, or the Special Protection of … Read more
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has rejected calls to declare Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Jing Quan as persona non grata, Malacañang said Friday, amid an escalation in the dispute between Manila and Beijing over the West Philippine Sea. “The President’s answer is no … When it comes to such issues, the President said: no,” Palace … Read more
NUEVA Vizcaya Gov. Jose Gambito has urged the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to conduct comprehensive public consultations with Indigenous Cultural Communities (ICCs) whose ancestral domains may be affected by the P67.4 billion Dalton Pass East Alignment Road Project (DPEARP). The governor emphasized that this major infrastructure initiative aims to transform transportation, agriculture … Read more
Archyde Nelson Man Receives Intensive Supervision Over ‘Extremely Unusual’ Offending Table of Contents 1. Nelson Man Receives Intensive Supervision Over ‘Extremely Unusual’ Offending 2. What happened 3. Key facts 4. Context… You can read the full story here: Judge Calls Repeat Offender an “Absolute Menace” as Barlow Receives Intensive Supervision for Sexualised Phone Harassment and … Read more
Ilia Topuria is taking shots at Islam Makhachev. Both Topuria and Makhachev were focal points in Dana White’s big announcement earlier this week, revealing Makhachev is vacating the lightweight belt to challenge new welterweight titleholder Jack Della Maddalena later this year. Topuria faces former champ Charles Oliveira for the vacant lightweight championship in the main … Read more
Paul Hughes got back in the win column and did it in a big way. On Saturday, Hughes returned to action, taking on Bruno Miranda in the main event of PFL Belfast at SSE Arena in Belfast. It was Hughes’s first time since his razor-close decision loss to Usman Nurmagomedov in their Bellator lightweight title … Read more
Cory Sandhagen is best known as a knockout artist but he showed off his grappling skills on Saturday after scoring a reversal on the ground that resulted in Deiveson Figueiredo suffering a gruesome knee injury to end the UFC Des Moines main event. There was nothing accidental about the move that stopped the fight as … Read more
Joe Rogan has seen a lot of crazy stuff happen in the octagon, but a fight at UFC 314 may have taken the cake. The final preliminary bout of the evening saw featherweights Dan Ige and Sean Woodson engaged in a competitive three-round contest… or at least it might have gone three rounds were it … Read more