DUTERTE PUTS METRO MANILA, NEARBY PROVINCES UNDER MECQ MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the imposition of Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine in Metro Manila, Laguna, Cavite, Rizal and Bulacan as recommended by members of the Cabinet.
XI UNVEILS BEIDOU FULL-SCALE COVERAGE President Xi Jinping announced on Friday that China's Beidou Navigation Satellite System has been completed and has started providing full-scale global services that day.
LOCSIN: FILIPINOS LEAVING SABAH SHOULD NOT BE CALLED REPATRIATES MANILA - Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Friday said Filipinos leaving Sabah due to the COVID-19 pandemic should not be called repatriates.
TRUMP NOW SAYS HE DOESN'T WANT TO POSTPONE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN NOVEMBER President Donald Trump has walked back his controversial suggestion to delay the November 3 elections in the face of fierce opposition from even Republicans.
EID MUBARAK, DEAR READERS ILLICIT LIQUOR BLAMED FOR 41 DEATHS IN 3 PUNJAB DISTRICTS, CM ORDERS PROBE At least 41 people have died in three districts of Punjab's Majha region allegedly after consuming spurious liquor in the last two days. As death toll mounted on Friday, Punjab CM
XI DECLARES START OF BEIDOU'S FULL-SCALE GLOBAL SERVICE President Xi Jinping announced on Friday morning that China's Beidou Navigation Satellite System has been completed and started providing full-scale global services on the day.
DONALD TRUMP RAISES POSSIBILITY OF DELAYING THE ELECTION US President Donald Trump on Thursday raised the possibility of delaying the nation's November 3 presidential election, though the Constitution bestows that power on Congress, not the president.
GCQ IN METRO MANILA EXTENDED UNTIL AUG. 15 DESPITE INCREASE IN COVID-19 CASES MANILA -- President Rodrigo Duterte has extended the general community in Metro Manila to Aug. 15 despite the rising number of COVID-19 infections in the country.
DISENGAGEMENT AT LOC: INDIA SAYS PROCESS NOT YET COMPLETED Reacting to China's statement that troops had "disengaged in most localities" in eastern Ladakh, the Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said even though some progress had been made, the disengagement process had not been co
PRESIDENT PROMOTES PLA OFFICER TO RANK OF GENERAL President Xi Jinping promoted Xu Zhongbo, political commissar of the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force, to the rank of general on Wednesday.
