HOUSE EYES REVISIONS ON VAPES REGULATIONMANILA — Lawmakers are looking at revising regulations on e-cigarettes andvapes set in President Duterte’s executive order.Proponents of bills regulating electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS)products in the House said the final consolidated ve
MALAYSIAN TURMOIL TAKES NEW TWIST AS MAHATHIR AND ANWAR ALLY AGAINMalaysia's Mahathir Mohamad will stand for the premiership on behalf of theformer ruling coalition, the interim prime minister said on Saturday, lessthan a week after he quit and plunged the country into turmoil.
PH, US EYE 'IMPROVED' VFA - ENVOYMANILA - The Philippines and the United States are in talks for the crafting of an "improved" Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) after Manila moved to abrogate the military pact this month, the country's top diplomat inWashington said Friday.
TRUMP'S TRIP DEMONSTRATES VALUE US PLACES ON TIES WITH INDIA: POMPEOPresident Donald Trump's just-concluded India trip demonstrated the valuethe United States placed on its ties with New Delhi, Secretary of State MikePompeo said.
MAHATHIR: DECISION LIES WITH PARLIAMENTMalaysia's interim leader Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday said Parliament willpick a new Prime Minister next week following the collapse of the rulingalliance and that snap elections will be called if the vote ends in animpasse.
DUTERTE FORMALLY BANS VAPING IN PUBLIC PLACESMANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an executive order whichprohibits vaping or the use of e-cigarettes in public places in an expansionof his earlier nationwide smoking ban.
INDIA LIKELY TO ATTEND SIGNING OF TALIBAN PEACE PACT WITH USIn its first step towards engaging with the Taliban, India has reportedlydecided to send its envoy to the signing of the peace pact between the USand Taliban in Doha on Saturday.
HIGH-TECH COMPANIES RESUME PRODUCTION IN CHINA High-tech companies have resumed work and are turning the challenges brought by novel coronavirus pneumonia into new opportunities.
SRI LANKA NOTIFIES UN ABOUT RIGHTS RESOLUTION WITHDRAWALSri Lanka on Wednesday formally notified the UN Human Right Council that itwas withdrawing from the UN resolution on post-war accountability andreconciliation.
DUTERTE DECLARES STATE OF CALAMITY IN CALABARZON DUE TO TAAL ERUPTIONMANILA- President Rodrigo Duterte has placed the entire Southern Tagalogregion or Calabarzon under a state of calamity due to the risk posed by TaalVolcano, which erupted last month.
