MANILA - The Philippines' gross domestic product contracted anew in the fourth quarter shrinking 8.3 percent to bring the full year 2020 growth to -9.5 percent, the state statistics agency said Thursday. In contrast, the Philippine economy grew 6.7 percent in the fourth quarter of 2019, and post
US SETS NEW DAILY RECORDS OF 3,700 COVID DEATHS, 250,000 CASES The United States set a double record on Wednesday registering more than 3,700 deaths and over 250,000 new Covid-19 cases in just 24 hours, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University. With the new reported fatalities,
ASEAN PARLIAMENTARIANS URGE DUTERTE ADMIN TO 'END RED-TAGGING' OPPOSITION LAWMAKERS MANILA - Parliamentarians from Southeast Asia on Thursday called on President Rodrigo Duterte to end the dangerous campaign of red-tagging opposition lawmakers which is allegedly an attempt to silence his
FARMERS' PROTEST, DAY 21: NO MEETING GROUND BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar Wednesday said that the ongoing protest by farmers at Delhi borders was an "exception" and "limited to one state". "The ongoing protest is an exception and the agitation is l
GOP LEADER MCCONNELL FINALLY ACKNOWLEDGES JOE BIDEN ELECTION WIN; OATH TO TAKE PLACE OUTSIDE CAPITOL A top member of US President Donald Trump's Republican Party, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, has congratulated Joe Biden on winning the presidential election last month. Senator
'SOMEBODY DROPPED THE BALL' 10 million Pfizer vaccine Doses MANILA - The country was assured of getting 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer by January until "somebody dropped the ball," Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said yesterday. The vaccines, he said, wer
ELECTORAL COLLEGE CONFIRMS BIDEN WHITE HOUSE VICTORY WASHINGTON Joe Biden was confirmed as the next US president on Monday as the Electoral College formalized his victory over Donald Trump, all but closing the door on the incumbent's efforts to overturn the result of the 2020 election
IRAN EXECUTES FRENCH-BASED DISSIDENT JOURNALIST CAPTURED LAST YEAR Iran has executed a journalist who was accused of using a messaging app to stir up dissent. Ruhollah Zam was hanged on Saturday after the supreme court upheld a death sentence against him, state television reported. Zam,
ASTRAZENECA OKS MORE COVID-19 VACCINES FOR PHILIPPINES MANILA - Private firms from the Philippines are set to buy a second batch of vaccines from British pharmaceutical group AstraZeneca, to add to the 2.6 million doses it had contracted previously, a presidential adviser said on Monday.
US PANEL ENDORSES WIDESPREAD USE OF PFIZER COVID-19 VACCINE A US government advisory panel endorsed widespread use of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine Thursday, putting the country just one step away from launching an epic vaccination campaign against the outbreak that has killed close to 30
