IMF FEARS WORST RECESSION SINCE 1930S With the International Monetary Fund predicting on Tuesday the worst global downturn since the 1930s, China has deployed an additional policy response to address the slowdown caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic and facilitate economic recovery thro
PH RECORDS MORE COVID-19 RECOVERIES; 230 NEW CASES REPORTED MANILA - New coronavirus disease or COVID-19 recoveries in the Philippines reached another record-high, with 58 new recoveries announced Wednesday. This brings the number of COVID-19 recoveries in the country to 353, the Departm
CHINA HID TRUTH ABOUT COVID-19 PANDEMIC FROM ITS PEOPLE FOR ALMOST A WEEK In the six days after top Chinese officials secretly determined they likely were facing a pandemic from a new coronavirus, the city of Wuhan at the epicenter of the disease hosted a mass banquet for tens of thousand
XI URGES JOINT EFFORT IN VIRUS FIGHT China will prioritize efforts to restore and raise the production capacity of medical supplies and epidemic containment materials to further contribute to international cooperation in halting the spread of the novel coronavirus and stabilizing global eco
TRUMP HALTS WHO FUNDING OVER HANDLING OF CORONAVIRUS; ‘NOT THE TIME’, SAYS UN CHIEF President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he has instructed his administration to halt funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic while his administr
DUTERTE URGES ASEAN COUNTERPARTS TO ACT COLLECTIVELY, SUPPORT EACH OTHER President Rodrigo Duterte highlighted four major areas wherein ASEAN members can support each other in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, IATF spokesperson Karlo Nograles said. In a virtual meeting with his Southeas
XI CALLS FOR RENEWED FRIENDSHIP WITH INDONESIA President Xi Jinping called on Monday for solidarity between China and Indonesia to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and enrich the bilateral comprehensive strategic partnership as the two countries celebrate the 70th anniversary of the establishmen
CORONAVIRUS | NEW YORK GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO SAYS 'WORST IS OVER' The coronavirus outbreak could reach its peak in the United States this week, a top U.S. health official said on Monday as New York Governor Andrew Cuomo declared "the worst is over" for his state, the U.S. epicenter of the
DUTERTE SAYS LIKELY TO LIFT LUZON LOCKDOWN IF PH GETS ANTIBODY TREATMENT VS COVID-19 MANILA -- President Rodrigo Duterte late Monday said that he is likely to lift the lockdown in Luzon if the country can get an antibody treatment for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). "Kung nandi
AMBASSADOR CHALLENGES CLAIMS CHINA HID VIRUS COUNT China's top diplomat in the United States refuted the claims that his country has underreported the number of COVID-19 cases and related deaths, suggesting instead that the accusers usually have things under their "dirty carpet". A
