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Myanmar junta ends state of emergency in election run-up

YANGON – Myanmar’s junta ended its state of emergency on Thursday, ramping up plans for a December election that opposition groups pledged to boycott...

Philippine bets win pageant for married women in Myanmar

The Philippines’ representatives emerged victorious in the Mrs. Grand International and Mrs. Supranational pageants, with more than forty contestants from across the globe, held...

ASEAN meeting to decry violence in Myanmar

KUALA LUMPUR – A meeting involving top diplomats from Southeast Asia, China, Russia and the United States will condemn violence against civilians in war-torn...

Cash incentive for humanitarian work

Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. senior vice president for security Raul Villanueva (2nd from right) hands over a P6.9-million facsimile check to Lt. Col....

Myanmar junta chief confirms year-end poll

YANGON – Myanmar’s junta chief said the country plans to hold elections in December and January, state media reported Thursday, pressing ahead with polls...

Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi marks 80th in jail on corruption charges lasting 27 years

YANGON—Myanmar’s deposed democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi marked her 80th birthday in junta detention on Thursday, serving a raft of sentences set to...

Myanmar junta extends truce again after quake

YANGON — Myanmar’s junta has extended a post-earthquake truce, after the expiry of a previous humanitarian ceasefire it was accused of flouting with a...

Southeast Asian leaders meet to talk tariffs, truce and East Timor

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia—Southeast Asian leaders meet Monday for their first summit since Donald Trump's tariff policies upended global economic norms, with the trade-dependent nations expected...

Malaysia calls for Myanmar truce extension, pushes for peace deal

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia—Malaysia called Sunday for the extension and expansion of a post-earthquake ceasefire in Myanmar, as it ramped up calls for the long-awaited implementation...

Marcos to support Myanmar ceasefire call during ASEAN Summit — DFA

President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is expected to express support for a ceasefire in Myanmar during the upcoming 46th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur,...

Myanmar quake victims’ ashes to arrive in Negros Oriental next week

The cremated remains of four overseas Filipino workers (OFWs)—including two from Negros Oriental province—who tragically perished in the Myanmar earthquake last March, are set...

No bidders

An auction official reads a statement outside the gate of the family house of detained Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon...

Army honors troops back from Myanmar

THE Philippine Army on Monday saluted its troops who were deployed to Myanmar early April. The mission was part of the Army’s 525th Combat Engineer ‘Forerunner”...

Warm welcome

Members of the Philippine Inter-Agency Humanitarian Contingent (PIAHC), led by Lieutenant Colonel Erwen S. Diploma, pose for a photo after returning home following a...
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