TRUMP IMMIGRATION BAN TO LAST 60 DAYS, TARGET THOSE SEEKING PERMANENT RESIDENCY President Donald Trump said on April 21 his new U.S. immigration ban would last for 60 days and apply to those seeking "green cards" for permanent residency in an effort to protect Americans seeking to regain
NO TOTAL LOCKDOWN; DUTERTE DECIDES ON ECQ TOMORROW MANILA — With the end of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) just eight days away, expect no total lockdown to follow, presidential spokesman Harry Roque said yesterday. He said a total lockdown was not among the preferred scenar
CENTRAL TEAMS GO TO 4 STATES, SAY BENGAL NOT HELPING Frosty ties between the Centre and West Bengal were on full display on Tuesday as the two Inter-Ministerial Central Teams that landed in the state to assesses its handling of the COVID-19 situation alleged non-cooperation by the state
MORE POLICIES ANNOUNCED TO BOOST ECONOMY China announced new debt financing plans and additional rate cuts after the quarterly economic contraction in order to limit the effects of the novel coronavirus pandemic and ensure that the economy is better placed to recover, according to officials
US OIL PRICES TURN NEGATIVE AS DEMAND DRIES UP The price of US oil has turned negative for the first time in history. That means oil producers are paying buyers to take the commodity off their hands over fears that storage capacity could run out in May. Demand for oil has all but dried u
TRUMP OFFERS ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE TO DUTERTE MANILA — In a recent phone call with President Rodrigo Duterte, US President Donald Trump offered additional assistance to the Philippines as it deals with the deadly coronavirus disease, which first emerged in China late last year. The
CENTRE STEPS IN: SENDS TEAMS TO MONITOR DISTRICTS, WITH MANDATE TO ISSUE ORDERS A day after it directed Kerala to rectify its lockdown relaxations saying some of the concessions diluted national guidelines, the Centre singled out more states, putting under strain the common exit strategy
REGIONAL COOPERATION VITAL FOR VIRUS RESPONSE The novel coronavirus pandemic could help China and neighboring countries step up nontraditional security cooperation for a stronger community with a shared future as President Xi Jinping has been committed to promoting neighborhood diplomacy ba
CORONAVIRUS DID NOT COME FROM US: WUHAN LAB A laboratory in the Chinese city at ground zero of the global COVID-19 outbreak has rejected U.S. theories that it spawned the pandemic. The denial came as world governments were debating how and when to ease lockdowns that have kept more than
GOVERNMENT EYES PHASED, TARGETED LIFTING OF COVID QUARANTINE MANILA — The government is eyeing a phase-by-phase lifting of the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine as it considers heeding the advice of the World Health Organization (WHO) against abruptly lifting lockdowns around
