Credit to Author: Agence France-Presse| Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2020 16:15:28 +0000
Laos: Elephant parks unvisited, curios at markets unsold as tuk-tuks (rickshaws) sit idle: Southeast Asia is facing billions of dollars in losses from a collapse in Chinese tourism since the outbreak of a deadly new coronavirus. From Luang Prabang in northern Laos to Pattaya in Thailand, Hoi An in Vietnam and the Cambodian casino town […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Agence France-Presse| Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2020 16:14:02 +0000
In a popular Catholic church in the Philippines, nearly half of the pews were empty for Sunday Mass. The few hundred worshipers who showed up were asked to refrain from shaking others’ hands or holding them during prayers to prevent the spread of the virus that started in China. In Hong Kong, Cardinal John Hon […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Darwin Pesco| Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 16:12:32 +0000
A Quezon City court on Friday ordered the arrest of former senator Antonio Trillanes 4th and nine others in connection with the so-called “Bikoy” videos that linked President Rodrigo Duterte and his close relatives to the narcotics trade. Metropolitan Trial Court Branch 138 Clerk Maria Carmen Lacson confirmed that arrest warrants were issued by Judge […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Darwin Pesco| Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 16:10:59 +0000
Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Archie Francisco Gamboa has ordered another revamp on some officials of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO). PNP spokesman Brig. Gen. Bernard Banac on Friday said Brig. Gen. Nolasco Bathan received another promotion, this time as the deputy chief for administration, the second highest post in the NCRPO. […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Divina Nova Joy Dela Cruz| Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 16:10:49 +0000
Bigger internal revenue allotments (IRA) for local government units are part of the provisions a House panel is considering in its revised version of proposed amendments to the Constitution. Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, chairman of the House Committee on Constitutional Amendments, said the panel had deferred a committee report, which was supposed to be scheduled for […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Bernadette Tamayo| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 16:20:40 +0000
The US Embassy in Manila on Tuesday said the termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) between the Philippines and the United States will have “significant” implications. “This is a serious step with significant implications for the US-Philippines alliance. We will carefully consider how best to move forward to advance our shared interests,” the embassy […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Bernadette Tamayo| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 16:19:26 +0000
RUSSIAN Ambassador to the Philippines Igor Khovaev on Tuesday said Russian scientists have developed a vaccine against the 2019 novel coronavirus acute respiratory disease (2019-nCoV ARD). “It’s now being tested. We are on the right track. I believe quite soon [there will be cure for nCoV],” Khovaev said during The Manila Times roundtable discussion. He […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Agence France-Presse| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 16:23:25 +0000
WUHAN, China: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday warned all governments to “take action” over the severe acute respiratory syndrome-like virus spreading from China that has killed 170 people and infected around 7,7000 others. The WHO called an urgent meeting for Thursday over whether the viral epidemic should be declared a global health emergency […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Agence France-Presse| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 16:20:21 +0000
HONG KONG: Asian markets fell on Thursday, with tech stocks and airlines among key losers as the World Health Organization called an urgent meeting on whether to declare a global health emergency over a virus, which has killed 170 people and infected more than 7,700. United States Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the 2019 […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Agence France-Presse| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 16:19:55 +0000
BRUSSELS: Britain’s departure from the European Union (EU) was set in law Wednesday (Thursday in Manila), amid emotional scenes, as the bloc’s parliament voted to ratify the divorce papers. After half a century of sometimes awkward membership and three years of tense withdrawal talks, the United Kingdom will leave the EU at midnight Brussels time […]
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