CENTRE EASES RESTRICTIONS ACROSS COUNTRY BARRING CONTAINMENT ZONES The union government is easing a number of restrictions currently in place, from today. Barring the containment zones demarcated by the states, people across the country will be able to enjoy certain relaxations while obse
KEY MEETING: GET NATION BACK TO WORK A key Party meeting on Friday pledged greater efforts to expand domestic demand, increase investment and help small and medium-sized enterprises survive the COVID-19 pandemic with normalized containment measures in place.
NO MARTIAL LAW, JUST ITS STYLE OF DISCIPLINE’ MANILA, Philippines — The imposition of martial law would be unlikely without invasion or rebellion in the country, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said yesterday. What President Duterte wants is to impose strict disciplinary procedu
CHINA DENIES COVER-UP AS WUHAN CORONAVIRUS DEATHS REVISED UP 50% In face of international criticism over under-reporting coronavirus data, China Friday denied these allegations made by other countries of covering up the extent of its pandemic outbreak on Friday. A Chinese foreign ministr
LOCKDOWN HAS HELPED SLOW DOWN VIRUS SPREAD, SAYS GOVT With total number of cases at around 14,000, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday that the doubling time of COVID-19 cases — number of days taken for cases to double — has dropped to 6.2 days over the past week, as compare
XI: COOPERATION, SOLIDARITY KEY TO CONTAGION FIGHT As the novel coronavirus pandemic has run rampant globally, President Xi Jinping's unremitting call for solidarity and cooperation to stem the spread of the contagion has greater relevance to coping with the common threat the world is facin
TRUMP UNVEILS HIS 3-PHASE PLAN TO REOPEN A STALLED ECONOMY AMID CORONAVIRUS As Covid-19 continues to spread across the US, President Donald Trump has given governors guidance on reopening state economies in the coming months. The guidelines for "Opening up America Again" outline three pha
INDIA'S COVID-19 TESTING RATIO NOT LOW, SAY ICMR The ICMR Thursday said the government was carrying out 24 tests for one positive case even as the coronavirus cases in India passed the 13,000 mark, including over 400 deaths and 0ver 1700 recoveries. "Japan tested 11.7 people per one posi
DUTERTE WARNS OF ‘MARTIAL RULE’ DISCIPLINE vs VIOLATORS MANILA — With an average of 4,000 quarantine violators being accosted daily, President Duterte warned last night that he would make the police and military enforce social or physical distancing “just like in martial l
IMF FEARS WORST RECESSION SINCE 1930S With the International Monetary Fund predicting on Tuesday the worst global downturn since the 1930s, China has deployed an additional policy response to address the slowdown caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic and facilitate economic recovery thro
