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MANILA – Presidential spokesman Harry Roque reiterated on Thursday that Taiwan is part of China despite mounting protest from Taiwan. The remark drew “strong dissatisfaction and high regret” from Taipei. Roque stood by his position saying the Philippines, like many countries in the world, consider Taiwan as part of China. “We have always had one position with this regard, together …

PHNOM PENH – Up to 130 factories in Cambodia have suspended operations due to massive decline in sales brought upon by Covid-19 pandemic. Labour Ministry secretary of state and spokesman Heng Sour said in a press conference most of these garments are being exported to European countries and the United States as its major markets. “Cambodia has yet to receive …

Metro Manila – Marikina City’s COVID-19 testing laboratory has finally been accredited by The Department of Health (DOH), Mayor Marcelino Teodoro announced on Thursday, April 30. The local government got the approval a month after they first set up its Covid-19 testing lab to help to satisfy the standards required by the Health department.   “It is one of the …

Manila – Budget airliner Cebu Pacific, reported a net loss of nearly P1.2 billion in the first three months of the year as the coronavirus pandemic freezes flights both on domestric and international travel. The airline unit of the Gokongwei Group said the loss is 135.2% lower than the P3.36-billion net income earned in 2019. The total revenue amounted to …

On Wednesday (April 29), The 22-year-old Singaporean was charged and fined $1,500. It was issued via a written order. The case has been filed under the Infectious Diseases Act. Financial adviser Tay Chun Hsien took his breakfast at a neighbourhood shopping mall. He left his flat at around 12am. Deputy Public Prosecutor Norman Yew said confirmed that  Tay has been …

The COVID-19 pandemic has been affected to several industries that have to postpone their projects. The construction of Phase 2A of the MRT railroad project starting from Thamrin to Monas has been eventually postponed. MRT JAKARTA CONSTRUCTION The MRT Jakarta Managing Director, William Sabandar, said the project is delayed for three months, which Jakarta has also been enforcing Large-Scale Social …

SINGAPORE – Customers who plans on visiting shopping malls and supermarkets are urged to bring along their National Registration Identification Cards (NRICs) as part of their contact tracing regime. The public may also be required to enter the NRIC numbers via an online national visitor registration system. Enterprise Singapore said that more malls and supermarkets already implemented enhanced measures such …

MANILA – The Instagram live conversation between John Lloyd Cruz and Bea Alonzo that went viral was, in fact, revealed as an experimental movie. Titled “Love Team,” the so called “Unconfined Cinema” were produced and directed by Antoinette Jadaone. A love story told entirely in Instagram with the idea of “exploring what else cinema could be, freeing our stories to …

Talking about the market capitalization, the FBM KLCI closed 8.1 points or 0.59 percent at 1.380.3 after a wide-ranging purchase as investors balanced factors like higher crude oil prices and Malaysia’s corporate financial results against the COVID-19 pandemic effect on the global economy. At a glance, Malaysian shares seemed to take center stage in international trade minister Datuk Seri Mohamed …

Flag carrier Garuda Indonesia has grounded the majority of its fleet as part of the large-scale social restriction (PSBB) to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. And, the number of air travels is expected to continue to drop in May 2020, especially right through the normally busy Idul Fitri holiday at the end of the month. “We will have salary cuts and …