METRO MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte announced on Tuesday that Metro Manila will remain under the General Community Quarantine status until November 30, even with the local government seeking to revive the battered economy. In a taped speech aired Tuesday morning, President Duterte opposed the possibility of Metro Manila easing to a more relaxed restriction as the mayors in the …

KUALA LUMPUR – Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad appears to retract his claim that he will not be participating in the 15th general election, saying his supporters still want him to continue as a elected official. The 95-year-old said that he may consider leading his newly form party Pejuang Tanah Air in the next election as his supporters ‘want him not …

MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte will announce the new head of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation today, Senator Bong Go confirmed. Senator Go said that Duterte will make the announcement during his weekly address to the nation. Earlier last week, Duterte asked former head Morales to step down due to health conditions. Moralen then filed the resignation, which Duterte accepted. …

President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to make new pronouncements as he meets anew in the country on Monday afternoon with the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on emerging infectious diseases, military and police officials following a continuous increase in cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In a bid to contain the virus, Duterte approved the imposition of Community quarantine on Metro Manila. …