CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING MEETS PLA, URGES BATTLE PREPAREDNESS Chinese President Xi Jinping on May 26 called on the military "to think about worst-case scenarios" and "scale up battle preparedness". He made the remarks during his annual meeting with the People's Liberation Army's (PLA
AUGUST 24 SCHOOL OPENING A GO, ENROLLMENT STARTS JUNE 1: PALACE MANILA — The school year opening will push through on Aug. 24, 2020, Malacañang said Wednesday, following President Rodrigo Duterte's rejection of face-to-face classes without a vaccine against the novel coronaviru
XI'S CALL TO FUEL GROWTH BOOSTS CONFIDENCE Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, attends a panel discussion of national political advisers from the economic sector on May 23, 2020 in Beijing.
OIL-STARVED VENEZUELA CELEBRATES ARRIVAL OF TANKERS FROM IRAN Venezuelan authorities celebrated on Monday as the first of five Iranian tankers loaded with gasoline docked in the South American country, delivering badly needed fuel to the crisis-stricken nation that sits atop the world's
PHILIPPINES SENDS HOME 4,000 STRANDED OFWS MANILA - A government plan to bring home 24,000 repatriated migrant workers to their home provinces met half of its daily target on the first day, the labor department said Tuesday.
XI CALLS FOR REFORMING PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEMS China will reform its disease prevention and control system to improve the capabilities in pandemic monitoring and emergency response, President Xi Jinping said on Sunday.
U.S. PUSHING RELATIONS TO THE BRINK OF A NEW COLD WAR: CHINA China on Sunday accused the US of pushing the bilateral ties to the brink of a "new Cold War" by spreading "lies" about the coronavirus and said it was open to international efforts to identify the source of the deadly virus. F
PHILIPPINES MEETS GOAL OF 30,000 DAILY COVID-19 TESTS: PALACE MANILA - The Philippines has achieved its target of increasing its coronavirus testing to 30,000 per day, Malacañang said Monday. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said the government even exceeded its goal last May 20
NATION FOCUSES ON QUALITY DEVELOPMENT China's decision not to set a GDP growth target this year does not mean it has attached less importance to economic growth, but instead shows the authorities are paying greater attention to high-quality development, economists said after Premier Li Keqiang deli
POMPEO: CHINA MEASURE A ''DEATH KNELL'' FOR HONG KONG AUTONOMY Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday condemned China''s effort to take over national security legislation in Hong Kong, calling it “a death knell for the high degree of autonomy" that Beijing had promised the territory
