PM AND BIDEN TALK; FLAG COVID, CLIMATE CHANGE AND INDO-PACIFIC In their first conversation since the results of the US election earlier this month, US President-elect Joe Biden called Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday night, during which the PM congratulated Biden and reiterated New D
MODERNA VACCINE FOUND TO BE 94.5% EFFECTIVE Moderna Inc's experimental vaccine was 94.5% effective in preventing COVID-19 based on interim data from a late-stage trial, the company said on Monday, becoming the second U.S. drugmaker to report results that far exceed expectations.
CEBU IMPLEMENTS 'ODD-EVEN' QUARANTINE PASSES, STRICTER CONTROLS AS COVID-19 CASES RISE MANILA - The local government of Cebu City will reimpose stricter quarantine measures, including border control, due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases.
NITISH KUMAR TAKES OATH AS BIHAR CM FOR FOURTH STRAIGHT TERM Nitish Kumar was sworn in as Bihar chief minister for a fourth straight term on Monday at a ceremony in Patna in presence of Union Home minister Amit Shah and BJP chief Jagat Prakash Nadda even as RJD decided to boycott the eve
TRUMP BLOCKADE THWARTS US PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN AS WORLD RECOGNIZES WINNER The world is moving forward to work with the new president-elect, Joe Biden, even as President Donald Trump refuses to concede. More world leaders have congratulated United States President-elect Joe Biden th
SITHARAMAN UNVEILS DIWALI STIMULUS OF RS 2.65 LAKH CR Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday announced tax relief on select home sale deals, enhanced credit guarantee programme for small businesses and provided incentives for new job creation as the government widened stimulus m
DILG: 14 DEAD, 3 MISSING, MORE THAN 345K IN SHELTERS DUE TO TYPHOON ULYSSES MANILA Typhoon Ulysses, which battered the capital region and parts of Luzon this week, has so far left 14 dead, three missing, and more than 345,000 in evacuation centers, the interior department said Friday.
US EMBASSY WELCOMES EXTENDED SUSPENSION OF VFA TERMINATIONMANILA - The Embassy of the United States in Manila welcomed Thursday thePhilippine government's decision to postpone anew the termination of theVisiting Forces Agreement (VFA) for another six months.
INDIA, CHINA ON VERGE OF REACHING AGREEMENT TO RESOLVE BORDER STANDOFFIndia and China may be on the verge of a breakthrough in resolving the oversix-month-long tense border standoff in eastern Ladakh with both sidesbroadly agreeing on a three-step process on disengagement of troops andwithdrawal of
PHILIPPINES TO BORROW $300 MILLION FOR CORONAVIRUS VACCINE: DUTERTE MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said the Philippines will borrow around $300 million to purchase a coronavirus vaccine.
