DUTERTE TELLS XI: COVID-19 CRISIS SHOWS 'GREATER SIGNIFICANCE' OF NOURISHING PH-CHINA TIES Duterte assures China's Xi of 'firm commitment' to diplomatic ties MANILA - The COVID-19 pandemic shows the "greater significance" of nourishing the Philippines relationship with China, President R
LAC STANDOFF: MAJ GEN-LEVEL OFFICIALS TO MEET AGAIN, 'SOME PULL-BACK' OF TROOPS BY BOTH SIDES Senior military commanders of India and China are scheduled to meet again at Ladakh today over the existing stand-off along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) even as reports have emerged that tro
XI INSPECTS NORTHWEST CHINA'S NINGXIA Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Monday inspected Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region.
ASYMPTOMATIC COVID-19 SPREAD DEEMED 'RARE,' W.H.O SAYS The spread of Covid-19 by someone who is not showing symptoms appears to be rare, Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization's technical lead for coronavirus response and head of the emerging diseases and zoonoses unit, said d
2 LAWMAKERS CLASH AT ABS-CBN FRANCHISE HEARING MANILA — The House of Representatives continued yesterday its hearing on the franchise renewal application of broadcast giant ABS-CBN even after it adjourned sine die.
DELHI LT GOVERNOR DISMISSES PAIR OF TEAM KEJRIWAL'S COVID-19 ORDERS Two controversial decisions of theAAP government in Delhi on testing only those with coronavirus symptoms and blocking hospitals for residents were overruled by the Lieutenant Governor yesterday, in a revival of the centr
NATION'S COVID-19 FIGHT IN SPOTLIGHT China will fulfill its commitment to assist developing countries in the fight against COVID-19 and work with the international community to resume personnel exchanges to mitigate its negative impact on social and economic development, a senior official s
CHINA EXONERATES SELF IN WHITE PAPER A beleaguered China on Sunday exonerated itself from the global allegations of delay in reporting the Covid outbreak, saying the virus was first noticed in Wuhan on December 27 as a viral pneumonia and human-to-human transmission was discovered on Jan
LACSON HITS ‘DISINFORMATION’ ON ANTI-TERROR BILL MANILA — Sen. Panfilo Lacson yesterday hit what he said were attempts at disinformation on the anti-terrorism bill that he stressed has enough safeguards against abuses and more tools to use against extremists.
CENTRE SLAMS REPORTS CLAIMING EXPERTS NOT CONSULTED FOR COVID-19 RESPONSEAsserting that coronavirus is a "new agent" about which not everything isknown, the govt on Sunday defended the timing of imposition of the lockdownand rejected as "baseless" media reports expressing concerns that it
