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The United Nations Secretary General urges the world’s biggest economies to address the inequity in the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. As Don Tagala tells us, the U.S. is among those seeing racial disparity in its inoculation...

While President Rodrigo Duterte’s call for universal COVID-19 vaccine access at the United Nations General Assembly was welcomed by many, protesters outside UN Headquarters said Duterte has mishandled the pandemic and continues to put lives at...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte defends his controversial war on drugs at the most important forum for world leaders—the United Nations General Assembly. He also pushed for universal access to a COVID-19 vaccine. Dwight De Leon has...

NEW YORK — He stood in silence for 3 hours. But this solo protester’s message reverberated in Twitter feeds and Facebook posts. Enzo Manzano wants the world to know that the Philippine government keeps coming up with...

Black Lives Matter protests across the U.S. continued for the third week since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. In San Francisco, a caravan of vehicles stopped traffic for roughly 2 hours on Oakland Bay...

Just hours after Philippine lawmakers approved an anti-terrorism bill that critics said would allow warrantless arrests and wiretapping of government “suspected terrorists” – the United Nations Human Rights Office released a scathing report that details what...

(Cover photo: Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference on the situation of the coronavirus in Geneva, Switzerland, February 28, 2020. Reuters/Denis Balibouse/File) As President Trump directed a halt...

The battle against the novel coronavirus continues all over the world, in at least 196 countries and territories. As of March 26, confirmed cases have risen to almost 500,000. More than 22,000 people have died, while...

Safe haven panel and Quezon’s game In observance of the International Holocaust remembrance day, the Philippine Mission to the United Nations and B’nai Brith International held a panel discussion on how the Philippines became a safe...

by Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News Amidst questions raised by supporters of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte about the U.S.’ entry ban against Philippine government officials behind the arrest and detention of Senator Leila de Lima. A confirmation...