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Crisis-hit Sri Lanka expands cabinet, but no finance minister

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 20 07:12 PM

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka appointed 9 more ministers to an 'all-party government' tasked with trying to steer the country out of its economic crisis. Read more »

Shoot-on-sight orders in Sri Lanka after violence

Amal Jayasinghe, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 11 11:40 AM

Sri Lankan authorities issued shoot-on-sight orders to quell unrest that has seen buildings and vehicles set ablaze. Read more »

3 security guards shot dead at Buluan polling station

Ferdinandh Cabrera with Cecil Morella in Manila, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of May 09 04:41 PM

Three security guards were killed Monday when gunmen opened fire at a polling station in a restive region of the southern Philippines, police said. Read more »

Temporary aid can offset inflation hit to families: IMF official

Heather Scott and Delphine Touitou, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 20 09:42 AM

Faced with surging inflation that is hitting poor families especially hard, which has sparked unrest in some countries, policymakers should take immediate steps to offset the pain with targeted and temporary relief, IMF chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas said. Read more »

Sri Lanka protesters defy curfew, protest econ crisis

Amal Jayasinghe, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 03 05:26 PM

Armed troops in Sri Lanka blocked an opposition march staged in defiance of an emergency curfew to protest the island nation's worsening economic crisis. Read more »

Phivolcs reports another 'phreatomagmatic burst' at Taal Volcano

Benise Balaoing, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 31 01:18 PM

The Taal Volcano in Batangas province had another phreatomagmatic burst on Thursday, Phivolcs said. Alert Level 3 continues to prevail over the volcano. Read more »

19 schools closed in Batangas amid Taal unrest

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 30 01:10 PM

The Department of Education has suspended classes in 19 schools in Batangas amid Taal Volcano’s unrest. Read more »

DOLE to give emergency employment amid Taal unrest

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 30 12:39 PM

The labor department will give emergency employment to residents affected by last week's eruption of Taal Volcano. Read more »

Supply, prices 'stable' despite Taal unrest: DTI

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 30 11:07 AM

The prices of basic and prime commodities remain stable in Batangas province despite the recent eruption of the Taal volcano, the DTI said. Read more »

U.S. receives documents for probe on Capitol attack

Patricia Zengerle, Reuters
Posted at Sep 10 12:50 PM

A congressional committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol received thousands of documents before the deadline to submit them. Read more »

32 Pilipinong inilikas sa Afghanistan nasa Qatar na

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 17 03:43 PM

MAYNILA - Umabot na sa 32 mga Pilipino ang nailabas na mula sa gitna ng kaguluhan sa Kabul, Afghanistan at ngayon ay nasa Doha, Qatar na. Read more »

Economy of coup-wracked Myanmar to contract 18 percent: World Bank

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 26 03:54 PM

Myanmar's economy is expected to shrink by 18 percent in 2021, the World Bank said Monday, as a result of massive unrest following a military coup and a resurgent coronavirus outbreak. Read more »

Some PBA teams switch venues due to Taal unrest

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 07 02:05 PM

Three PBA teams -- the Magnolia Hotshots, Phoenix Super LPG, and Blackwater -- had to leave their usual training venues in Batangas due to the activity of Taal Volcano.   Read more »

Tourists in high-risk areas near Taal Volcano told to evacuate

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 02 01:27 PM

MANILA - Tourists near the rumbling Taal Volcano were advised to evacuate Friday after Phivolcs raised the warning to alert level 3 the day earlier because of a phreatomagmatic explosion, the Department of Tourism said Friday.   Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: May 24, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 03:23 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Taal Volcano's increased unrest

Val Cuenca, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 24 10:30 AM

A fisherman paddles as Taal Volcano generates plumes early Monday morning.  Read more »

At Miss Universe pageant, Myanmar's contestant pleads 'our people are dying'

Reuters
Posted at May 17 12:28 PM

Myanmar's Miss Universe contestant, Thuzar Wint Lwin, used the pageant on Sunday to urge the world to speak out against the military junta, whose security forces have killed hundreds of opponents since it seized power in a Feb. 1 coup. Read more »

‘Deeply concerned’ world powers call for calm after Israel unrest

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 11 04:02 AM

US State Department spokesman Ned Price condemned the rocket attacks by Hamas as an "unacceptable escalation" and renewed calls for calm in Jerusalem. Read more »

President Bolsonaro asks Brazil military about troops to quell possible unrest

Lisandra Paraguassu, Reuters
Posted at Apr 08 05:06 AM

Critics fret that Bolsonaro, a far-right former army captain, aims to marshal the army and police as a political force ahead of a fraught 2022 election. Read more »

Pandemic sharpens inequalities and could fuel unrest, warns IMF

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 02 09:11 AM

Poorest families have been hit particularly hard, and the damage to education could last for years, the International Monetary Fund said in a report. Read more »