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March 6, 2025Albania shuts down TikTok for a year amid concerns over violence among children
March 6, 2025South Korean jet drops bombs by accident, resulting in civilian injuries
March 5, 2025In the Philippines, bloggers file libel charges against Surigao del Norte 2nd District Representative Robert Ace Barbers before the Quezon City prosecutor’s office after he asked the NBI to probe them for their alleged connection to illegal drugs and POGOs.
March 5, 2025In the Philippines, the Supreme Court summons Marikina 2nd District Representative Stella Quimbo for oral arguments on April 1 regarding a petition seeking to declare Republic Act 12116, or the 2025 General Appropriations Act (GAA), unconstitutional.
March 5, 2025China to raise defense budget to over $245B
March 4, 2025China has warned the US it is ready to fight “any type of war” after hitting back against President Donald Trump's mounting trade tariffs.
February 28, 2025China vows ‘all necessary countermeasures’ over latest US tariffs
February 28, 2025North Korea launches missiles in ‘counterattack’ drills
February 28, 2025President Xi Jinping says China’s economy ‘faces numerous difficulties’ ahead of major political meeting in Beijing.
February 24, 2025President Marcos Jr. administers the oath of office to Jay Ruiz and Atty. Claire Castro as PCO secretary and undersecretary.
February 20, 2025Senate President Francis Escudero orders offices in the upper chamber to prepare for the impending impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.
February 19, 2025Cesar Chavez resigns as the head of the Philippines's Presidential Communications Office (PCO).
February 24, 2011Philippine President Benigno Aquino III appoints Salim conglomerate’s executive Albert del Rosario as foreign affairs secretary.
February 22, 2009In a note verbale, China protests the issuance of Service Contract No. 72 by the Philippine Energy Department. A similar protest is issued on May 13.
February 10, 2009Philippine Energy Department issues to Forum Energy, a firm of the Salim conglomerate (known as the First Pacific group) Service Contract No. 72 to extract gas and oil in the Reed Bank.
January 20, 2009US President Barack Obama assumes power and undertakes the “Pivot to Asia” policy, interpreted by many as intended to contain China’s rise as an Asian superpower.
March 3, 1995Philippine President Fidel V. Ramos signs into law RA 7941 or the “Act Providing for the Election of Party-List Representatives through Party-List System.”
January 2, 1963Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer succeeds Gen. Lauris Norstad as head of U.S. and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces in Europe.