METRO MANILA GCQ EXTENDED UNTIL JUNE 30; CEBU CITY PUT ON ECQ MANILA — Metro Manila will remain under a general community quarantine until the end of June, two weeks after the GCQ was announced to help restart the country's economy.
INDO-NEPAL TIES ARE NOT ORDINARY; NO POWER IN WORLD CAN BREAK THEM: RAJNATH Making an overture to Nepal, which is angry with India for making a road to Lipulekh Pass, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said "if there is any misunderstanding among citizens of Nepal we will resolve it
BEIJING SWIFT TO CURB NEW COVID CASES Beijing is taking swift steps to curb a new cluster of local COVID-19 infections that has led to more than 50 new cases in the past four days, including shuttering a major wholesale market linked to all new infections, imposing a partial lockdown in its
FRENCH LEADER REJECTS RACISM BUT SAYS COLONIAL-ERA STATUES WILL STAY; REOPENS ECONOMY TO QUICKEN VIRUS RECOVERY French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed on Sunday to stand firm against racism but also praised police and insisted that France wouldn't take down statues of controversial,
RAPPLER CHIEF MARIA RESSA FOUND GUILTY OF CYBER LIBEL MANILA - Rappler CEO Maria Ressa was on Monday found guilty of cyber libel over a 2012 article that linked a businessman to alleged illegal activities.
NEPAL FAST-TRACKS MAP BILL, BRINGS IT TO UPPER HOUSE AMID CALLS FOR TALKS Nepal fast-tracked Sunday the passage of a constitution amendment Bill to approve the country's new map that includes Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura which figure in Indian maps.
BEIJING CLOSES PRODUCE MARKET OVER NEW VIRUS CASES Beijing reported four new confirmed cases of COVID-19 from 4 pm to 12 pm on Friday - totaling seven confirmed cases on Thursday and Friday, with all having close connection with the just closed Xinfadi agricultural products wholesale market
PRITI PATEL CLASHES WITH LABOUR MPs OVER EXPERIENCES OF RACISM Home Secretary Priti Patel has clashed with a group of Labour MPs who have accused her of "gaslighting" black people's experience of racism.
PHILIPPINES TO GET VACCINE PRIORITY, XI TELLS DUTERTE DAVAO CITY – On the eve of the 122nd anniversary of Philippine Independence Day, Chinese President Xi Jinping called President Duterte to congratulate and assure him that Filipinos would be prioritized in the distribution of a vac
EXPERTS SAY WATCH DEATH TOLL, NOT CASES As Covid cases surge in India, epidemiologists, both within the govt and outside, say the key metric to watch now may be the death toll - a crucial marker both of the course of the epidemic and the success of state govts in tackling it.
