Singapore GDP shrinks record 5.8% in pandemic-stricken 2020
Singapore’s economy shrank 5.8% in 2020, making it the worst recession the Republic has faced since independence. Based on advanced…
Category: Asia Pacific
Duterte tells PSG to ignore Congress probe on vaccination
In his address late last night, the President is blocking the plan of some lawmakers to question the PSG. To…
Singapore's PMI expands for sixth straight month in December
Factory activity in Singapore continued to gain momentum, with the Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) expanding for a sixth straight month…
Analyst: Not surprising Sara Duterte topped Pulse Asia survey
The latest Pulse Asia survey shows Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte leads the list of potential presidential bets for the…
India detects six cases of mutated COVID-19 strain in UK arrivals
India has found six cases of a new, more infectious variant of COVID-19 in people who arrived from the UK.…
Govt. adds facilities to prepare for case surge
Researchers are sounding the alarm on the rise of COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila. They say the holiday surge has…
COVID-19: China's Sinopharm says its vaccine is close to 80% effective
China’s state-owned drug maker Sinopharm has said its COVID-19 vaccine is close to 80 per cent effective. It has applied…
Ilang Pinoy positibo ang pananaw sa Bagong Taon
Positibo ang pananaw ng ilan nating kababayan sa pagpasok ng taon base sa isang survey. Pero may ilan ding may…
COVID-19 update, Jan 4: UK begins rolling out Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine
The UK has begun rolling out the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. Britain has already vaccinated around one million people with the Pfizer-BioNTech…
Tokyo raises coronavirus alert to highest level as new cases break record
Tokyo has raised its COVID-19 alert to the highest level, after recording more than 500 new infections. That is a…