PH, US EYE 'IMPROVED' VFA - ENVOYMANILA - The Philippines and the United States are in talks for the crafting of an "improved" Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) after Manila moved to abrogate the military pact this month, the country's top diplomat inWashington said Friday.
MAHATHIR: DECISION LIES WITH PARLIAMENTMalaysia's interim leader Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday said Parliament willpick a new Prime Minister next week following the collapse of the rulingalliance and that snap elections will be called if the vote ends in animpasse.
DUTERTE FORMALLY BANS VAPING IN PUBLIC PLACESMANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an executive order whichprohibits vaping or the use of e-cigarettes in public places in an expansionof his earlier nationwide smoking ban.
HIGH-TECH COMPANIES RESUME PRODUCTION IN CHINA High-tech companies have resumed work and are turning the challenges brought by novel coronavirus pneumonia into new opportunities.
SRI LANKA NOTIFIES UN ABOUT RIGHTS RESOLUTION WITHDRAWALSri Lanka on Wednesday formally notified the UN Human Right Council that itwas withdrawing from the UN resolution on post-war accountability andreconciliation.
DUTERTE DECLARES STATE OF CALAMITY IN CALABARZON DUE TO TAAL ERUPTIONMANILA- President Rodrigo Duterte has placed the entire Southern Tagalogregion or Calabarzon under a state of calamity due to the risk posed by TaalVolcano, which erupted last month.
UNCERTAINTY GRIPS MALAYSIA AS MAHATHIR CONSIDERS NEXT MOVEThe political guessing game continues in Malaysia a day after Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad's abrupt resignation, prolonging the atmosphere ofuncertainty in the nation of more than 30 million people.
DUTERTE: DEFEND LEGACY OF EDSA REVOLTMANILA — President Duterte stressed the importance of defending the legacyof the country’s bloodless revolution that toppled the late dictatorFerdinand Marcos and installed Corazon Aquino as president.
NOVEL HEROES: IRANIAN BARISTA DOES HIS PART IN WUHAN Sina Karami from Iran is a barista at a café named Wakanda in Wuhan, Hubei province.
UN CHIEF ISSUES 7-POINT 'CALL TO ACTION' ON HUMAN RIGHTSThe head of the United Nations issued a "call to action" on Monday tocountries, businesses and all people to help renew and revive human rightsacross the globe, laying out a seven-point plan amid concerns about climatechange, conflict
