A HINT OF DE-ESCALATION: BEIJING SAYS MUSTN'T LET DIFFERENCES SHADOW TIES China sought to dial down tensions yesterday on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and continued quiet diplomacy. The Chinese Foreign Ministry in Beijing as well as Chinese Ambassador to India Sun Weidung underlined t
XI URGES MILITARY COMBAT READINESS President Xi Jinping urged the Chinese military on Tuesday to strive to overcome difficulties created by COVID-19 in order to realize this year's goals and missions given by the Communist Party of China and the Chinese people.
CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING MEETS PLA, URGES BATTLE PREPAREDNESS Chinese President Xi Jinping on May 26 called on the military "to think about worst-case scenarios" and "scale up battle preparedness". He made the remarks during his annual meeting with the People's Liberation Army's (PLA
AUGUST 24 SCHOOL OPENING A GO, ENROLLMENT STARTS JUNE 1: PALACE MANILA — The school year opening will push through on Aug. 24, 2020, Malacañang said Wednesday, following President Rodrigo Duterte's rejection of face-to-face classes without a vaccine against the novel coronaviru
SC TAKES COGNIZANCE OF MIGRANTS' MISERIES; ISSUES NOTICES TO CENTRE AND STATE GOVTS Taking suo motu cognisance of the plight of lakhs of stranded migrant workers across the country, the Supreme Court on Tuesday pointed out the "inadequacies and lapses" in the handling of the crisis and i
XI'S CALL TO FUEL GROWTH BOOSTS CONFIDENCE Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, attends a panel discussion of national political advisers from the economic sector on May 23, 2020 in Beijing.
OIL-STARVED VENEZUELA CELEBRATES ARRIVAL OF TANKERS FROM IRAN Venezuelan authorities celebrated on Monday as the first of five Iranian tankers loaded with gasoline docked in the South American country, delivering badly needed fuel to the crisis-stricken nation that sits atop the world's
PHILIPPINES SENDS HOME 4,000 STRANDED OFWS MANILA - A government plan to bring home 24,000 repatriated migrant workers to their home provinces met half of its daily target on the first day, the labor department said Tuesday.
INDIAN, CHINESE ARMIES APPEAR HEADING TOWARDS BIGGEST FACE-OFF AFTER DOKLAM Indian and Chinese troops remained engaged in an eyeball-to-eyeball situation in several disputed areas along the Line of Actual Control in Eastern Ladakh, signalling that the confrontation could become the bigges
XI CALLS FOR REFORMING PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEMS China will reform its disease prevention and control system to improve the capabilities in pandemic monitoring and emergency response, President Xi Jinping said on Sunday.