PUBLIC SCHOOL LEARNERS RESUME STUDIES THROUGH DISTANCE LEARNING MANILA - Some 22.5 million students in public schools in the Philippines finally resumed their studies on Monday through distance learning, which is being implemented on a nationwide scale for the first time due to the pande
U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND FIRST LADY TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 With just over a month to go for the Presidential election, U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump announced that they had tested positive for the coronavirus. The news will mean a dramatic reduction i
VELASCO ALLIES BEING EASED OUT OF POSTS Mikee Romero removed as deputy speaker MANILA — The speakership war in the House of Representatives has claimed its first casualty.
US ELECTION DEBATE 2020: A NATIONAL EMBARRASSMENT It was a debate unlike any other in American presidential history. In fact, it was not much of a debate at all, with President Donald Trump coming out of the starting blocks intending to talk over anyone else on stage, including Democrati
NO LUNETA 'TRASLACION'? QUIAPO CHURCH EYES CHANGES IN BLACK NAZARENE FEAST AMID PANDEMIC How will the Catholic Church celebrate the Feast of the Black Nazarene in the time of COVID-19? Fr. Douglas Badong, vicar of Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene, said the church's procession commit
HOLIDAY TROUBLEMAKERS WARNED IN HK The central government's liaison office in Hong Kong warned on Tuesday against reported plans for unlawful activities on National Day, stressing zero tolerance for what it called reckless acts now that the National Security Law is in force.
JOE BIDEN-TRUMP EXCHANGE ATTACKS AT US PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE The first presidential debate between President Trump and Joe Biden featured a chaotic series of bitter exchanges and name-calling, with the president repeatedly speaking over his Democratic rival and the moderator struggling to
HARDENING STANCE, CHINA REJECTS LADAKH UT, RAISES 1959 CLAIM LINE Pushing its old claim line in Ladakh and hardening its position on the situation there, Beijing Tuesday said it does not recognise the Union Territory of Ladakh and is opposed to the construction of Indian infrastructure t
SC MOVES FORWARD ON POLL PROTEST, ORDERS COMMENT ON MARCOS' BID FOR NULLIFICATION OF MINDANAO ELECTIONS MANILA — The Supreme Court, sitting as Presidential Electoral Tribunal, has moved forward on former Sen. Bongbong Marcos’ poll protest against Vice President Leni Robredo and o
CHINA HOLDS SIMULTANEOUS MILITARY DRILLS IN FOUR SEAS China has begun five military exercises simultaneously along different parts of its coast, the second time in two months it will have such concurrent drills against a backdrop of rising regional tensions.
