Philippine trash trawlers earn little from surge in plastics caused by coronavirus pandemic
MANILA (REUTERS) – Virgilio Estuesta has picked through trash in the Philippines’ biggest city for four decades, and is noticing an unusually large [...]
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Coronavirus: Philippines denies it has the most cases in East Asia
Philippine officials yesterday disputed data that showed the country had the most Covid-19 cases in East Asia, insisting that previous “hot spot” Indonesia [...]
Philippines investigates reported death of former Wirecard executive
MANILA (BLOOMBERG) – The Philippines is investigating whether a former Asian executive of the disgraced German payments firm Wirecard AG has died, Justice [...]
RPT-UPDATE 1-Philippine economy dives into recession in worst slump on record
(Repeats to fix formatting) * Q2 GDP shrinks 16.5% y/y, contracts 15.2% q/q * Philippines suffers first recession in 29 years * Philippine [...]
Philippines plunges into recession as GDP falls by most ever amid coronavirus pandemic
MANILA (BLOOMBERG) – The Philippine economy suffered its deepest contraction on record in the second quarter amid one of Asia’s earliest and longest [...]
Philippines to update Covid-19 strategy as healthcare workers seek 'timeout'
MANILA (REUTERS) – The Philippines’ health department vowed on Sunday (Aug 2) to update its game plan against Covid-19 within a week and [...]
'I'm not joking': Philippine President Duterte recommends petrol to clean face masks
MANILA (REUTERS) – Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday (July 31) told his people they should use gasoline as a disinfectant for protective [...]
Thousands of stranded Filipinos crammed into baseball stadium amid coronavirus risks
MANILA (REUTERS) – Thousands of Filipinos were crammed into a baseball stadium in Manila on Saturday (July 25), breaking social distancing rules despite [...]
Plunge in student enrolment in Philippines as parents fret over coronavirus, distance learning
MANILA – Millions of students in the Philippines are dropping out of school this year as parents fret over a still raging coronavirus outbreak [...]
Philippines to ramp up coronavirus testing as Duterte warns of arrests
MANILA (REUTERS) – The Philippines said on Tuesday (July 21) it would ramp up testing for the novel coronavirus amid a sharp rise [...]