PH AIMS TO VACCINATE 300,000 DAILY WHEN BULK OF COVID-19 JABS ARRIVES MANILA - The Philippines aims to vaccinate some 250,000 to 300,000 citizens against COVID-19 every day when the bulk of its vaccine supply arrives this year, an official said Wednesday. The countr
US FOR INDIAN ROLE IN AFGHAN PEACE PROCESS US Secretary of State Tony Blinken has suggested that the involvement of India in a UN-convened conference to discuss a unified approach to supporting peace in Afghanistan, the Afghan media has reported. Blinken, in a lette
PFIZER/BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE NEUTRALIZES BRAZIL VARIANT IN LAB STUDY NEW YORK - The COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE was able to neutralize a new variant of the coronavirus spreading rapidly in Brazil, according to a laboratory study published in the New
UPROAR OVER RISING FUEL PRICES, AS PARLIAMENT REOPENS FOR SECOND PART OF BUDGET SESSION The opposition’s persistent protest over rising fuel prices led to adjournment of both Houses of Parliament without transacting any legislative business on Monday. Both Houses met y
NEPAL SUPREME COURT SCRAPS RULING NCP The Supreme Court of Nepal on Sunday scrapped the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) and revived the two original parties that had joined hands in 2018 to form the ruling party. With this decision, the original ruling alliance between th
ADDITIONAL 38,400 DOSES OF ASTRAZENECA VACCINES ARRIVE IN MANILA MANILA - An additional 38,400 doses of COVID-19 vaccines from British-Swedish drug firm AstraZeneca arrived in Manila Sunday night. The second batch of AstraZeneca vaccines from the COVAX Facility arri
AT KOLKATA, RALLY, MODI’S SHARP ATTACK AGAINST MAMATA For over an hour at a massive election rally in Kolkata on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi targeted Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over her nephew’s alleged corruption, her govt’s policies, and her
PAKISTAN ELECTION PANEL REJECTS IMRAN’S ALLEGATION OF CORRUPTION IN SENATE POLLS The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday rejected the narrative of Prime Minister Imran Khan and his cabinet members that the electoral body was responsible for protecting corru
COVID-19 VACCINATION ROLLS OUT IN PROVINCES MANILA — Inoculations against COVID-19 were conducted in more provinces yesterday after the delivery of Sinovac vaccines donated by China. Philippine Airlines carried 10,580 doses to Iloilo; 17,480 to Cebu; 6,600 to
PAKISTAN PM TO SEEK VOTE OF CONFIDENCE ON SATURDAY AFTER SENATE SETBACK Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Imran Khan, said he will seek a vote of confidence from parliament on Saturday after the finance minister lost his bid for a Senate seat. Khan and his government
