METRO MANILA – According to Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center, the Philippines has become the country with the 20th highest positive cases of the coronavirus in the world. This came after the Department of Health reported yesterday that the total tally is now at 314,079 cases in the country. The country overtook Pakistan, which has 312,806 cases. While the …

Here’s what’s interesting at the 2020 Denpasar Festival, Bali, some 15 photographers from the local Balinese, national, and international mass media exhibited 40 photographs on COVID-19 handling at the ‘Bali in the center of the COVID-19 Pandemic’ exhibition. From 3 October to 31 December, the photo exhibition will include 15 photographers, including seven from print media companies in Bali, three …

Home Minister Tito Karnavian is upbeat that, amid allegations of candidates breaching health protocols and demands by the public to postpone the case, the campaign paths for the upcoming simultaneous regional elections in December will be free of COVID-19 transmissions. He added that, as the General Elections Commission (KPU) had allowed candidates to use personal protective equipment ( PPE) and …

KUALA LUMPUR – The Selangor government has offered screening for its residents who were returning from Sabah between September 20 and 26. Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari said that due to the spike in positive Covid-19 cases after the state elections, all Selangorians can take the COVID-19 test for free. He added that the screening can be conducted at …

KUALA LUMPUR – Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is expected to chair a special meeting on Covid-19 today, Federal Territories Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa confirmed after the country recorded a record high of 287 cases. Yesterday’s Covid-19 recorded cases is the highest number of infection recorded in a single day since the outbreak started in the country. Umno …

METRO MANILA – Former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) officials in Central Visayas have been convicted of of graft by the Sandiganbayan 6th Division in connection with the decorative lampposts in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, which were installed during the 12th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in 2007. The Sandiganbayan’s Sixth Division sentenced then-DPWH Regional Director Robert …

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia recorded  287 new coronavirus cases on Friday (Oct 2), the highest daily increase since the country started tracking the spread of the virus. The surge of recorded infections comes after people travelled in and out of Sabah for the state election. The total tally now stands at 11,771 cases including 10,014 and 136 deaths. According to …

PETALING JAYA – Umno deputy president Mohamad Hasan said that Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi  must provide guidance and clear directions so the party can keep up the alliances in the wake of the Sabah election. Mohamad said that a political consensus must be provided to calm, avoid dissatisfaction and anger from the members over the way the …

METRO MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte met with House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano after the House of Representatives denied his offer to resign from his post over the speakership fued with Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco. According to Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said the meeting was scheduled two weeks ago, calling it  “a coincidence,” as the Palace denied the lawmaker …

SABTANG, BATANES – The northernmost province of Batanes on Thursday, logged it’s second case of COVID-19  since the onset of the pandemic, the local government confirmed. According to the official facebook page of the Provincial Government of Batanes, the patient is currently asymptomatic and will be under strict isolation at an isolation facility in Sabtang. After the province managed to …