Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission has ordered the closure of Rappler. The news website is owned by Nobel winner Maria Ressa. In January, the SEC cancelled Rappler’s licence for allegedly violating the country’s constitution. Its licence was revoked over foreign ownership of media outlets. The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission has ordered the closure of … Read more
MANILA – The Philippines’ Department of Health (DOH) reported 17,677 new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, raising the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 3,459,646. The DOH said the number of active cases dropped to 247,451 as the country’s positivity rate also dipped to 37.2 percent, for the first time below 40 … Read more
MANILA: The Philippines has lifted a four-year ban on new open-pit mines, an official said on Wednesday, in a bid to revitalise the country’s coronavirus-battered economy slammed by activists as “short-sighted”. The move sees the Philippine government reverse a ban imposed in 2017, when the then-environment minister blamed the sector for widespread ecological damage. Manila has … Read more
MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ordered military and police to airlift Covid-19 vaccines across the country’s provinces to bypass “gridlocks” in jab distribution that he blamed on local governments. While nearly 90 per cent of adults in the capital region are fully vaccinated, only about 35 per cent of adults in the country have had both jabs. … Read more
