DELAYED MARAWI REHAB MAY FUEL VIOLENT EXTREMISM, WATCHDOG WARNS MANILA The ongoing delay in the rehabilitation of Marawi City, which was reduced to rubble during a 5-month war against Islamic State-inspired homegrown terrorists, can fuel resurgence of violent extremism, a peacebuildin
CHINESE SCIENTISTS DISCUSSED WEAPONISING SARS CORONAVIRUSES 5 YEARS BEFORE COVID PANDEMIC: REPORT A document written by Chinese scientists and health officials before the pandemic in 2015 states that SARS coronaviruses were a "new era of genetic weapons" that could be "artificia
DUTERTE SEES XI AS 'PERSONAL PROTECTOR' VS MUTINY - CARPIO MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte sides with China because he thinks of Chinese President Xi Jinping as his personal protector, retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said Monday.
WHO GIVES EMERGENCY APPROVAL TO SINOPHARM, FIRST CHINESE COVID-19 VACCINE The World Health Organization (WHO) approved for emergency use a COVID-19 vaccine from China's state-owned drugmaker Sinopharm on Friday, bolstering Beijing's push for a bigger role in inoculating the worl
CHINESE COVID-19 VACCINE SINOPHARM GETS WHO EMERGENCY APPROVAL Recommends Sinopharm for all ages above 18, in two doses GENEVA - The World Health Organization (WHO) approved a COVID-19 vaccine from China's state-owned drugmaker Sinopharm for emergency use on Friday, a boo
MORE NATIONS SUPPORT EASING PATENT RULES ON COVID-19 VACCINES Several world leaders have praised the US call to remove patent protections on COVID-19 vaccines to help poor countries obtain shots. But the proposal faces a multitude of hurdles, including resistance from the pharma
1.5M MORE DOSES OF SINOVAC COVID-19 VACCINES ARRIVE IN PH The Philippines on Friday welcomed 1.5 million more doses of the COVID-19 vaccine that it purchased from Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac.
US RELENTS, SAYS IT WILL SUPPORT PATENT WAIVERS ON COVID-19 VACCINES The US has thrown its support behind an initiative at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to waive intellectual property protections for coronavirus vaccines.
DUTERTE CALLS PHILIPPINE ARBITRAL VICTORY VS CHINA A PIECE OF 'PAPER' THAT LED TO NOTHING MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday likened Manila's arbitral victory that invalidated China's sweeping claims to the West Philippine Sea to a piece of "paper", which he s
AUSTRALIA WALKS BACK 'RACIST' INDIA BAN AFTER BACKLASH Australia's prime minister fended off accusations of racism and having blood on his hands Tuesday, as he retreated from a threat to jail Australians trying to escape Covid-wracked India.
