Several leaders of the House of Representatives on Sunday rallied behind Speaker Martin Romualdez, saying Vice President Sara Duterte’s latest tirades were a “desperate attempt” to divert the public’s attention from issues surrounding her offices’ use of confidential funds. In a statement, Senior Deputy Speaker Aurelio “Dong” Gonzales Jr., House Deputy Speaker David “Jay-jay” Suarez, […]
Detained media mogul Jimmy Lai wanted to “explain” the thinking behind protesters’ storming of the legislature in 2019 through his newspaper Apple Daily to ensure the movement’s survival, the tycoon’s national security trial has heard. Lai, whose defence questioning expected to take 15 days, took the stand for the second day on Thursday. Under defence […]
6 Mexico will continue pursuing measures to stop migrants from reaching its northern border with the United States, its top diplomat said on Friday, November 8th, just a couple of days after Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election vowing a new crackdown on illegal immigration. Foreign Minister Juan Ramon de la Fuente stressed that […]
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