Philippine stocks plunge 24% as trade resumes after virus shutdown
MANILA— The Philippine stock market on Thursday crashed 24% to its lowest in more than eight years after trading resumed following a two-day suspension...
Vico Sotto has been stellar with his proactive COVID-19 initiatives, and Filipinos want him...
The keywords "Pasig," "Vico Sotto" and "Mayor Vico" topped the trending list on local Twitter as constant initiatives of the local chief executive gained...
What ‘flatten the curve’ means in controlling the spread of COVID-19
Local scientists have developed analyses on the importance of controlling the spread of the novel coronavirus epidemic or “flattening the curve” in the Philippines. This...
‘Ambag namin’: Local films, shows and reading materials are made available online as public...
Several local films and a library of reading materials have been released online in light of the monthlong enhanced community quarantine period. A number of...
How celebrities and influencers’ plea to ‘stay at home’ during Luzon quarantine shows class...
Several personalities earned the public's ire on local social media for supposedly downplaying the impacts of the quarantine period to ordinary Filipino workers, particularly...
Politicians and their families get tested for COVID-19, but some people are not having...
President Rodrigo Duterte's partner and his youngest daughter took swab tests to determine if they are infected with the novel coronavirus disease despite the...
Elderly dog dies in Hong Kong after release from precautionary coronavirus quarantine
A 17-year-old dog in Hong Kong, which had been cleared of the coronavirus after initial suspicions of infection were proven unfounded, has died two days after...
Philippines exempts financial markets from coronavirus shutdown
MANILA/SINGAPORE— The Philippines exempted its financial trading platforms from strict coronavirus quarantine procedures on Tuesday, paving the way for the resumption of trading at its stock,...
The lockdown left them behind: Tragic tales from the road after transport shutdown
A report on commuters being forced to run to cross checkpoints following the immediate implementation of the enhanced community quarantine reached Kapamilya actress Bela...
Top-rating ABS-CBN, GMA shows make TV comeback as quarantine halts regular programs
A number of high-rating teleseryes of television networks ABS-CBN and GMA Network are currently returned on Philippine television as these networks halt tapings in...
With transport shut down, Robredo, citizens lead ‘libreng sakay’ effort for COVID-19 frontliners
Vice President Leni Robredo and several concerned citizens offered rides to employees who need to get to work as pubic transportation halted operations following...
A team from UP started designing ‘sanitation tents’ for public use. They are asking...
Filipinos are calling the attention of various local government units to avail of free sanitation tents designed by students and the alumni of the...
Philippines first country to suspend all markets as coronavirus spreads
MANILA/SINGAPORE—- The Philippine Stock Exchange closed indefinitely on Tuesday while currency and bond trading were suspended, the first shutdown of markets worldwide in response...
Vico Sotto temporarily allows tricycles in Pasig for people reporting to work amid quarantine
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto is not completely banning tricycles in the city in consideration of the health workers reporting for duty and those...
‘Test, test, test’: WHO chief’s coronavirus message to world
LAUSANNE/ZURICH— The World Health Organization called on all countries on Monday to ramp up their testing programs as the best way to slow the advance of the coronavirus pandemic,...