MEMBERS of the Honor Guard attend a rising ceremony of Ukraine's biggest national flag to mark the Day of the State Flag, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Aug. 23. — UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE/REUTERSWASHINGTON/KYIV — The United States is privately encouraging Ukraine

RESIDENTS line up for nucleic acid tests during a lockdown in Shanghai, China, April 17. — REUTERSBEIJING — China on Sunday reported its highest number of new COVID-19 infections in six months, a day after health officials said they were sticking with strict coronavirus curbs,

REUTERSLONDON — Nurses in Britain will go on strike, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said on Saturday, an action that will add to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s challenges during an economic crisis.The prospect of up to 300,000 nurses walking out and the subsequent canceled

FRANCISCO DE GOYA’s La maja vestida in Museo del Prado, Madrid. — EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORGMADRID — Climate activists glued their hands to the frames of two world-famous paintings by Spanish master Francisco de Goya in Madrid’s Prado museum on Saturday, the latest in a string of

STOCK PHOTO - Pixabay.comDUBAI — Iran’s Revolutionary Guards tested a new satellite-carrying rocket on Saturday, state media reported, a move the United States called “unhelpful and destabilizing”.Washington fears the same long-range ballistic technology used to put satellites into orbit could also be used to launch

FABRIKASIMF-FREEPIKWe need to change our Constitution. We need to change it because it has failed.The failure is self-evident: 35 years after the 1987 Constitution, nearly 80% of the people consider themselves poor or near-poor. Since its promulgation, our economy has fallen farther behind its neighboring

FREEPIKIn last week’s Yellow Pad column (“Scanning the health legislative agenda,” Oct. 30), we tackled the Executive’s legislative agenda for health. This time, we dwell on the measures exuded from the President’s priorities but which we nevertheless believe are as important and which the Department

FREEPIKForeign debt can be a boon or a bane for any economy. In the Philippines, it has been both.As we all know, foreign debt can be used to finance infrastructure and social development projects which can accelerate economic development and improve people’s lives. But it

PARTYSTOCK-FREEPIKASIA’s strong economic rebound early this year is losing momentum, with a weaker-than-expected second quarter. In the latest Regional Economic Outlook for Asia and the Pacific* of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), we have cut growth forecasts for Asia and the Pacific to 4% this