NATION WILL KEEP UP EFFORT ON ALL FRONTS China will continue with unremitting epidemic containment measures, adopt concrete measures to reopen businesses and schools and ensure that its poverty alleviation goals will be met this year, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of
US, CHINA TRADE OFFICIALS PRESS AHEAD WITH 'PHASE 1' DEAL AFTER OVERNIGHT CALL Top US and Chinese trade representatives played down deep differences over the economic wreckage of the coronavirus pandemic and said they would press ahead with implementing their "Phase 1" trade deal after a
METRO MAYORS TO MEET ON QUARANTINE OPTIONS MANILA — Metro Manila mayors will meet again today via video conference to finalize details on what to recommend to authorities – whether to extend or downgrade the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the metropolis to curb the spread
LONG WALK HOME ENDS IN TRAGEDY: GOODS TRAIN MOWS DOWN 16 MIGRANTS Sixteen migrant workers were mowed down by a goods train in Maharashtra's Aurangabad district in the early hours of Friday. The workers, who were walking to Bhusawal from Jalna to board a "Shramik Special" train to return
ROLE OF SCIENCE HIGHLIGHTED IN PANDEMIC FIGHT Science and technology have played, and will continue to play, a decisive role in mitigating the pandemic, whether it is by discovering new features about the novel coronavirus, looking for new treatment or vaccines or offering expertise in psyc
US 'CONCERNED' OVER ABS-CBN SHUTDOWN WASHINGTON - The United States on Thursday voiced concern over the Philippine government-ordered shutdown of the country's top broadcaster ABS-CBN, which has been targeted by President Rodrigo Duterte. "We are concerned by the situation regarding ABS-
GAS LEAK AT CHEMICAL PLANT IN ANDHRA PRADESH, 11 DEAD, 1,000 AFFECTED Toxic gas leak in a multinational chemical plant in Andhra Pradesh has resulted in the death of 11 people and impacted about 1,000, many collapsing to the ground as they tried to escape the toxic vapours. Hundreds of pe
XI: NATION CANNOT AFFORD COMPLACENCY A key Party meeting on Wednesday stressed the need to reform China's disease prevention and control system and bolster its monitoring and early warning capacities for outbreaks in a bid to close the gaps and strengthen weak areas exposed in the COVID-19
CORONAVIRUS | WHO WARNS OF NEW LOCKDOWNS IF TRANSITION NOT MANAGED CAREFULLY The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday warned of the risks of returning to lockdown if countries emerging from pandemic restrictions do not manage transitions “extremely carefully and in
FIRST SINCE 1998: PHILIPPINES GDP SHRINKS DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC MANILA - The Philippine economy shrank in the January to March period, for the first time since 1998, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting lockdown, officials said Thursday.