Philippine drug regulators on Thursday cleared a U.S.-made COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, the first such approval in a country among the worst hit by… Read More »Philippines Clears Pfizer Vaccine for Emergency Use — BenarNews
The Philippines on Wednesday said that it had detected the presence of the new, highly contagious so-called U.K.-variant of the coronavirus in the country. The… Read More »More Contagious UK Variant of COVID-19 Detected in Philippines — BenarNews
The Philippine National Police has released nine officers who had been in custody for their alleged involvement in the killing of four army intelligence specialists… Read More »Philippine Police Free Officers Jailed for Allegedly Killing Soldiers Last June — BenarNews
A town mayor in the southern Philippines was gunned down with his driver in a roadside attack on Monday, the police said. President Rodrigo Duterte… Read More »Mayor of Town in Southern Philippines Shot Dead — BenarNews
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has quashed attempts to investigate how members of his bodyguard received shots of a Chinese-developed coronavirus vaccine in September and October,… Read More »Philippine Leader Quashes Attempts to Probe COVID-19 Vaccinations Among Guards — Radio Free Asia
By Ruma Paul, Rajendra Jadhav DHAKA/MUMBAI, Jan 5 (Reuters) – Bangladesh’s rice imports are likely to surge to 2 million tonnes in the 2020/21 financial… Read More »Bangladesh’s rice imports could surge to 2 mln T – govt source
Philippine communist guerrillas announced over the weekend that they would revive their urban hit squads, warning of attacks against groups and officers who they said… Read More »Philippine Communist Guerrillas Say They Will Revive Urban Hit Squads — BenarNews
The Philippine government on Tuesday widened an international travel ban to include visitors from 18 countries and a territory in order to keep out new… Read More »Philippines Expands Ban on Foreign Visitors to Ward off New Coronavirus Strains — BenarNews
Perhaps the only positive thing about the COVID-19 pandemic is that it led to a decline in politically motivated violence in South and Southeast Asia… Read More »Thanks to COVID-19, Region Saw Less Violence in 2020 — BenarNews
The Philippines announced Wednesday that it would join other Asian nations in temporarily banning foreign travelers arriving from the United Kingdom after a new strain… Read More »Philippines Joins Other Nations in Banning Visitors from UK — BenarNews