HOUSE OKs ‘NEW NORMAL’ BILL MANILA — The House of Representatives has passed the bill setting public rules and protocols for the “new normal” in workplace and public spaces while the country continues to battle the COVID-19 crisis.
LOWER DEATH RATE TO 1%, STRESS ON TRACING: PM MODI TO WORST-HIT STATES Containment, contact tracing, and surveillance are the "most effective weapons" in the battle against Covid-19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said to the chief ministers of 10 states that are currently the w
CPC GUIDANCE LEADS NATION TO PROSPERITY Some officials in the United States have been ganging up on the Communist Party of China, but they are turning a blind eye to the fact that the CPC leadership has enabled China to grow into the world's second-largest economy without resorting to warfa
LEBANESE GOVERNMENT QUITS AMID FURY OVER BEIRUT BLAST Lebanon's government resigned Monday as the fallout from last week's deadly explosion deepened a political crisis in the country's blast-ravaged capital.
BAYANIHAN 2 APPROVED ON FINAL READING MANILA — Voting 262-6, the House of Representatives approved yesterday on third and final reading the Bayanihan 2 or the “We Recover as One Act,” providing a P162-billion fund for government to carry out a roadmap for economic recovery am
'DE-ESCALATION MAY TAKE LONGER, ARMY PREPARED' Top brass of the Indian military including Chief of Defence Staff general Bipin Rawat informed a committee of lawmakers on Monday that the de-escalation in Ladakh, where Chinese troops transgressed in June, forcing India to deploy heavily al
CHINA URGES US TO AVOID MISJUDGMENT China's senior diplomat, Yang Jiechi, urged Washington on Friday to avoid strategic miscalculation about China-US relations and work with Beijing to bring bilateral ties back to the right track.
DUTERTE TO ADDRESS NATION TODAY DAVAO CITY - President Duterte is set to address the nation from his home city today where he has been staying since Aug. 3.
EMBARGO ON IMPORT OF 101 DEFENCE ITEMS, FOCUS ON SELF-RELIANCE: RAJNATH Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday announced a list of 101 items that the Defence Ministry will stop importing. It essentially means that the Armed Forces-Army, Navy and Air Force-will only procure all of these
LEBANON SEES POSSIBLE 'EXTERNAL INTERFERENCE' IN PORT BLAST LebanonÂ’s president said an investigation into the Beirut port warehouse explosion was looking at whether it was caused by negligence, an accident or possible external interference, his office cited him as telling local media
