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Iran hails nuclear talk ‘progress’ but Raisi insists US sanctions end
by Tim Witcher Agence France-Presse DOHA, Qatar (AFP) – Iran Monday signalled “significant progress” in talks on reviving a stalled accord on its nuclear programme but President Ebrahim Raisi, on his first visit to a Gulf state, again insisted that Washington must lift its crippling sanctions. Iran’s ultraconservative president, a personal target of the US sanctions, spoke out ahead of a summit of natural gas exporting nations in Qatar. The summit will take place against […]
KBP Presidential candidates’ forum: 6 bets invited in live event, but only 5 attend after BBM declines
All 5 bets present take their oath or “Panata sa Bayan,” pledging their commitment for clean and peaceful polls, as well as to rid the country of corruption and prioritize nat’l interest in case of victory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10XhhNmV81A (Eagle News) — Six presidential candidates of the country were invited in the “Panata sa Bayan,” the presidential candidates’ forum of the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) on Friday, February 4, 2022 scheduled from 9 […]
94-year old Malaysian PM Mahathir again hints he could stay on beyond 2020
DOHA, Qatar (AFP) — Malaysia’s 94-year-old Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad again raised the prospect on Saturday that he could stay in office beyond 2020, declining to give a definitive pledge to step down. Mahathir returned to power last year after dealing a historic election defeat to the corruption-plagued coalition that he once led and which had been in power for six decades. Mahathir led Malaysia for more than two decades before his retirement in […]
Philippines’ first ‘Islands of Good Governance’ to be named in October forum
MANILA, Oct. 15 — Twelve public sector institutions will be named the Philippines’ first ‘Islands of Good Governance’ (IGG) on October 20-21, in recognition of real reforms that have resulted from their dedicated undertaking of transformative and sustainable good governance programs. Preparations for the recognition began in 2013, when several national government agencies, government-owned and controlled corporations, and local government units pledged to deliver breakthroughs that would represent the visible impact of good governance on institutions, […]
Palace condemns physical attack on Abad
Malacañang has strongly condemned an attack on Budget Secretary Butch Abad after a forum in the University of the Philippines.
