Elections have consequences,” President Barack Obama famously asserted in early 2009, and the saying applies equally well in the domain of international relations. Elections have significant strategic …
More think tanks downgrade Philippine growth forecast
International think tanks and credit raters are slashing the economic growth prospects for the Philippines this year amid surging COVID-19 cases and continued delay in vaccine rollout.
Philippines hopeful of exclusion anew in US piracy list
The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines is optimistic the Philippines would be kept off the US government’s upcoming counterfeiting and piracy watchlist or the Special 301 report.
Philippine hotel operators still optimistic about long-term recovery amid pandemic
The Philippines again put up travel restrictions to arrest the … Seasoned owners realize that now is the time to invest in existing hotels, with little displaced business,” JLL Hotels and …
WHO expert in Philippines to study COVID-19 variants
MANILA, Philippines — An expert from World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva arrived in the Philippines last week to assess the extent of the new variants of COVID-19 in the country.
Palace says Philippines unlikely to extend strict lockdown again
THE PHILIPPINES is unlikely to extend the strict lockdown in the capital region and nearby provinces after April 11, according to the presidential palace, even as coronavirus infections breached the …
Asia Today: Philippines extends lockdown as infections spike
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine government extended a lockdown by another week Monday after an alarming spike in coronavirus infections continued to surge and started to overwhelm many …
COVID-19 cases surge in the Philippines
COVID-19 daily cases are surging in the Philippines as hospitals declare themselves overwhelmed. On April 2, the seven-day moving average daily case rate hit 9,021, more than twice the peak of 4,421 …
In the Philippines, Everyone Knows Jordan Clarkson’s Name
He rooted for the Utah Jazz. He had adopted the team as a young boy in the late 1990s because he loved the two-man game of John Stockton and Karl Malone — and because the rest of his family, like many …
Philippines seen to hit 1M COVID-19 cases before end-April —OCTA Research
The Philippines is projected to have more than 1 million COVID-19 cases before the end of April, the OCTA Research group said Monday as the country continues to grapple with a surge in infections. In …