METRO MANILA GCQ EXTENDED UNTIL JUNE 30; CEBU CITY PUT ON ECQ MANILA — Metro Manila will remain under a general community quarantine until the end of June, two weeks after the GCQ was announced to help restart the country's economy.
BEIJING SWIFT TO CURB NEW COVID CASES Beijing is taking swift steps to curb a new cluster of local COVID-19 infections that has led to more than 50 new cases in the past four days, including shuttering a major wholesale market linked to all new infections, imposing a partial lockdown in its
FRENCH LEADER REJECTS RACISM BUT SAYS COLONIAL-ERA STATUES WILL STAY; REOPENS ECONOMY TO QUICKEN VIRUS RECOVERY French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed on Sunday to stand firm against racism but also praised police and insisted that France wouldn't take down statues of controversial,
RAPPLER CHIEF MARIA RESSA FOUND GUILTY OF CYBER LIBEL MANILA - Rappler CEO Maria Ressa was on Monday found guilty of cyber libel over a 2012 article that linked a businessman to alleged illegal activities.
BEIJING CLOSES PRODUCE MARKET OVER NEW VIRUS CASES Beijing reported four new confirmed cases of COVID-19 from 4 pm to 12 pm on Friday - totaling seven confirmed cases on Thursday and Friday, with all having close connection with the just closed Xinfadi agricultural products wholesale market
PRITI PATEL CLASHES WITH LABOUR MPs OVER EXPERIENCES OF RACISM Home Secretary Priti Patel has clashed with a group of Labour MPs who have accused her of "gaslighting" black people's experience of racism.
PHILIPPINES TO GET VACCINE PRIORITY, XI TELLS DUTERTE DAVAO CITY – On the eve of the 122nd anniversary of Philippine Independence Day, Chinese President Xi Jinping called President Duterte to congratulate and assure him that Filipinos would be prioritized in the distribution of a vac
XI HAILS STRENGTHENED TIES IN PANDEMIC FIGHT China and the Philippines should make innovative efforts to gradually resume the exchange of necessary personnel on the basis of implementing disease control measures, President Xi Jinping said on Thursday.
XI: PRIORITIZE LIVELIHOODS, ECOLOGY Local governments should make efforts to overcome the effects of COVID-19 and prioritize the work of bolstering employment and improving people's livelihoods, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday.
CHINAÂ’S XI CALLS DUTERTE DAVAO CITY — President Duterte received a call from Chinese President Xi Jinping last night, leading to a conversation lasting several minutes. Malacañang did not provide details of the phone conversation between the two leaders. The call was made
