ANTI-TERRORISM LAW TAKES EFFECT TODAY MANILA — Denounced on several fronts and challenged before the Supreme Court, the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 takes effect today – even in the absence of implementing rules and regulations.
INDIA'S HEALTHCARE SYSTEM ENSURED ONE OF BEST COVID RECOVERY RATES IN THE WORLD: PM MODI Declaring that India has "one of the best Covid recovery rates in the world", Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday credited grass-root health care system in fighting the coronavirus crisis, which has
XI HAILS EXECS' FAITH IN GROWTH, PLEDGES REFORM China will keep deepening reform and expanding opening-up and provide a better business environment for the investment and business development of Chinese and foreign enterprises, President Xi Jinping said in a letter of reply to representativ
U.K., U.S., CANADA ACCUSE RUSSIA OF HACKING COVID-19 VACCINE TRIALS The US, UK and Canada have accused Russia of trying to steal coronavirus vaccine research as the pandemic surges across the world, with Brazil announcing it has surpassed two million confirmed cases.
DUTERTE TO PHYSICALLY DELIVER 5TH SONA IN BATASANG PAMBANSA AMID PANDEMIC: SOTTO MANILA — For the first time, President Duterte will deliver his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) at the Batasang Pambansa with a limited number of lawmakers and an empty gallery in an effort to p
ARMY AND GOVT SAY DISENGAGEMENT PROCESS INTRICATE, COMPLEX Suggesting that the standoff with Chinese troops along the Ladakh frontier could continue for a while, the Indian Army Thursday said while the two sides remain "committed to the objective of complete disengagement", this "process
XI SAYS FUNDAMENTALS OF CHINA'S LONG-TERM GROWTH WILL NOT CHANGE The fundamentals of China's long-term sound economic growth have not changed and will not change, President Xi Jinping said Wednesday in a reply letter to global CEOs.
LOCSIN MEETS WITH CHINESE COUNTERPART ON SEA ROW MANILA — After a strong Philippine statement declaring the 2016 South China Sea ruling as “non-negotiable,” Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. and Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi agreed to address
TANKER OFF UAE SOUGHT BY US OVER IRAN SANCTIONS 'HIJACKED' An oil tanker sought by the U.S. over allegedly circumventing sanctions on Iran was hijacked on July 5 off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, a seafarers welfare organization said Wednesday.
LATEST LAC TALKS LASTED 15 HOURS A day after XIV Corps Commander Lt General Harinder Singh and South Xinjiang Military Region Commander Major General Liu Lin held talks for nearly 15 hours on disengagement of troops along the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh, sources said the two sides h
