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China iPhone factory under lockdown boosts bonuses for workers who stay

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 01 05:10 PM

The world's largest iPhone factory in central China told staff Tuesday it would quadruple their bonuses if they remained at the plant after scores of workers fled a Covid outbreak at the facility. Read more »

Shanghai eases COVID curbs in step towards ending lockdown

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 01 12:10 PM

Shanghai eased a range of COVID-19 restrictions in a step towards returning to normal after a 2-month lockdown. Read more »

Patricia Non says 'very uncomfortable' with Remulla at DOJ

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 08:55 PM

Ana Patricia Non expressed her uneasiness with the selection of Cavite Rep. Jesus Crispin 'Boying' Remulla as the next DOJ Secretary. Read more »

Shanghai residents sent out of city during crackdown

Vivian Lin, with Laurie Chen in Beijing, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 02 03:51 PM

Hundreds of thousands of COVID-positive Shanghai residents have been taken to makeshift facilities as China does not allow them to quarantine at home. Read more »

Apple reports solid Q2; warns of $4 to $8-B hit from Covid, supply chain

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 29 08:23 AM

Apple reported better-than-expected profits Thursday amid continued robust consumer demand, but warned that the China Covid-19 lockdown and ongoing supply chain woes would dent June quarter results by $4 to $8 billion. Read more »

Lockdown fears grow in Beijing's biggest district

Kyodo News
Posted at Apr 26 08:14 AM

People in Beijing's biggest district of Chaoyang, where a large number of foreign expats live, tried to stock up on enough food on Monday amid mounting fears about a possible lockdown. Read more »

FACT-CHECK: Sinabi nga ba ni VP Leni na magdedeklara ng martial law si Pangulong Duterte?

ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group
Posted at Jan 17 08:18 AM

Noong January 8 ay kumalat ang isang manipulated o pinekeng video ni Vice President Leni Robredo kung saan may mga bahagi na pinatungan ng isang audio clip ang boses nya. Read more »

US not heading toward COVID lockdown, White House says

Ahmed Aboulenein and David Shepardson, Reuters
Updated as of Nov 25 04:49 AM

The US doesn’t need to shut down its economy to curb infections and will rely on other tools, White House COVID response coordinator Jeff Zients said. Read more »

Police fire warning shots in Rotterdam COVID-19 riots

Jan Hennop and Danny Kemp, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 20 12:17 PM

Dutch police fired warning shots, injuring at least two people, amid a riot over a COVID lockdown in Rotterdam on Friday. Read more »

Fatigue and frustration as China presses strict zero-COVID strategy

Beiyi Seow, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 17 01:33 PM

China's zero-Covid approach is unrelenting -- with border closures, targeted lockdowns and mass testing triggered sometimes by just one case. Read more »

Tonga faces lockdown as first COVID-19 case detected

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 30 07:19 AM

Tonga's Prime Minister warned Saturday that the country's main island Tongatapu faced a possible lockdown after recording its first case of COVID-19. Read more »

3-week COVID-19 lockdown may not be doable: Palace

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 02 03:48 PM

Malacañang on Thursday said it may be hard to pull off a 3-week hard lockdown in some areas to curb record-highs in COVID-19 cases. Read more »

Vietnamese city on lockdown to curb COVID-19 spread

Huu Khoa, AFP
Posted at Jul 09 07:04 PM

Medical workers collecting test samples from residents walk past in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday, the first day of the government imposed two-week lockdown as a preventive measure to stop the spread of COVID-19. Read more »

Kasong COVID sa Cagayan bumababa pero MECQ status, kailangan pa rin: Gov

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 29 01:52 PM

Hindi na iaapela pa ng lokal na pamahalaan ng Cagayan province ang muling pagsasailalim sa kanila sa modified enhanced community quarantine kahit na bumababa na ang kaso ng COVID-19 sa lugar. Read more »

Duterte warns of another lockdown if COVID-19 cases surge again

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 18 11:32 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte said he might impose another lockdown, this time "stricter," if coronavirus infections surge again due to more contagious COVID-19 variants and violations of health protocols.  Read more »

Actress strips at awards show to protest France's COVID-19 strategy

Reuters
Posted at Mar 13 07:51 PM

MOSCOW - Russia on Saturday accused the United States of using IT opportunities to engage in unfair competition and of social media platforms arbitrarily and indiscriminately censoring content. Read more »

COVID-19 in China: City residents vent frustration after more than 40 days in lockdown

Amber Wang in Beijing, South China Morning Post
Posted at Feb 21 08:11 AM

Gaocheng, a district of the Hebei capital Shijiazhuang, went into lockdown in early January after a spike in cases. Many complain that they are still unable to leave their houses despite a fall in cases and an easing of restrictions earlier this month. Read more »

This ace photojournalist calls on everyone to keep documenting their life in the COVID era

BARBARA MAE NAREDO DACANAY 
Updated as of Sep 24 07:50 AM

Edwin Tuyay shot his family and immediate community during the world’s longest lockdown. The results are portraits of resilience and resistance, he says, to death and nothingness Read more »

PH immigration bureau bans foreigner in viral Dasma quarantine scuffle

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 16 01:26 PM

The Philippines' immigration bureau said Tuesday it had permanently banned from entering the country a Spanish national who allegedly violated quarantine measures and later scuffled with police at an exclusive Makati subdivision. Read more »

Has Japan dodged the coronavirus bullet?

Richard Carter and Natsuko Fukue, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 14 11:01 AM

With the world's oldest population and one of the most crowded megacities on the planet as its capital, Japan should have provided a fertile breeding ground for the deadly coronavirus.  Read more »