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MANILA (PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – The Philippine Department of Tourism (DOT) will soon launch a pilot study of saliva-based Covid-19 testing for screening…
View More Philippines eyes pilot study of saliva-based Covid-19 test for tourists
MANILA (BLOOMBERG) – The Philippines shortened curfew hours in Manila and eased the stay-at-home order to further reopen its economy. The curfew in most of…
View More Coronavirus: Philippines cuts curfew hours, allows more people to leave homes
“All the world’s a stage,” wrote Shakespeare. “And one man in his time plays many parts.” Tossed between rapacious empires and feckless oligarchs throughout the…
View More Why Duterte's approval rating stands at 91%
MANILA – The Philippines is confident that it can resume searching for oil and gas in the South China Sea unhampered, as China signals it…
View More Philippines expects unhampered oil exploration in disputed waters after lifting of moratorium
MANILA – A simmering row in the Philippine Congress that threatened to stall the country’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic ended on Tuesday (Oct 13),…
View More Philippine lawmakers elect new House Speaker, ending feud that stalled Covid-19 budget
MANILA (REUTERS) – Philippine Airlines Inc (PAL) said on Monday (Oct 5) it is cutting up to a third of its workforce, or around 2,700…
View More Philippine Airlines to cut up to 2,700 jobs due to coronavirus pandemic impact
MANILA (BLOOMBERG) – Unintended pregnancies in the Philippines could spike by almost half to 2.6 million if movement restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic remain…
View More Surprise pregnancies in Philippines surge amid coronavirus curbs
MANILA (BLOOMBERG) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte criticised Facebook Inc for taking down accounts supposedly linked to the military and police, and questioned if it…
View More Philippines' Duterte blasts Facebook after military, police pages taken down
MANILA – Current quarantine restrictions in the Philippine capital Manila and five other urban centres will stay till at least October, as the government heeds…
View More Philippines extends coronavirus curbs for another month to prevent 'Christmas surge'
GoodRx sells shares in IPO above target range – source NYSE president: Pipeline for IPOs, SPACs, and direct listings ‘incredibly strong’ NYSE President Stacey Cunningham…
View More Philippines Reopens Tourism Hotspot Boracay to More Locals
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Facebook said on Tuesday (Sept 22) it had removed a network of inauthentic Chinese accounts that were interfering in Asian and American…
View More Facebook removes Chinese accounts active in Philippine and US politics
MANILA (BLOOMBERG) – The Philippines will meet with Australian manufacturers for a Covid-19 vaccine being developed by the University of Queensland as the Southeast Asian…
View More Philippines widens search for Covid-19 vaccine with Australia talks
MANILA (REUTERS, XINHUA) – An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck 82km east-northeast of General Santos in Mindanao, the Philippines, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said…
View More Earthquake of magnitude 6.3 strikes near Mindanao, Philippines: USGS
MANILA – A Philippine local court has ordered the early release of a US serviceman serving a 10-year jail term for the brutal death in…
View More Philippine court orders early release of US serviceman in gruesome killing of transgender