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Japan snaps 19-month decline in factory activity in Dec

Daniel Leussink, Reuters
Posted at Jan 04 09:08 AM

Japan's factory activity ended a record 19-month run of declines in December as output stabilized for the first time in two years, suggesting manufacturers are shaking off the negative impact from the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: December 16, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 17 12:14 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

QC judge binansagang 'search warrant queen' matapos ang serye ng pag-aresto

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 16 04:34 PM

Si QC RTC judge Cecilyn Burgos-Villavert ang nag-isyu ng search warrants laban sa 6 unyonista at 1 mamamahayag na inaresto noong nakaraang linggo kasabay ng International Human Rights Day.  Read more »

A factory for search warrants?

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 16 01:26 PM

A police officer speaks with protesters as they picket outside the Quezon City Regional Trial Court on Wednesday, calling out the alleged connivance of executive judge Cecilyn Burgos-Villavert and PNP Chief Debold Sinas in issuing several search warrants that lead to the arrests of several activists.  Read more »

Pagawaan ng face mask, PPEs may alok na 500 trabaho

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 12 04:45 PM

Naghahanap ng 500 factory worker ang isang Taiwanese-owned company sa bansa para sa paggawa ng face mask at personal protective equipment. Read more »

Makabayan bloc says Supreme Court should probe 'factory of warrants' vs activists

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 11 04:16 PM

The Makabayan bloc said they will file a resolution to investigate the alleged modus operandi of planting fake evidences to supposedly serve as basis for trumped up charges and subsequent detention. Read more »

Life-size moving Gundam statue unveiled at Yokohama theme facility

Kyodo News
Posted at Nov 30 02:37 PM

The Gundam Factory Yokohama site was previously scheduled to open in October but it was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The site will be open until March 31, 2022. Read more »

China's factory activity expands at fastest pace in over 3 yrs

Stella Qiu and Ryan Woo, Reuters
Posted at Nov 30 12:29 PM

China's factory activity expanded at the fastest pace in more than three years in November, keeping it on track to be the first major economy to fully recover from the coronavirus crisis.   Read more »

Food shorts: DIY monster cake and other sweet treats for kids and cheese lovers

Jeeves and Joko-Magalong De Veyra
Updated as of Oct 27 11:30 PM

Here are new sweet treats from Bizu, Tokyo Milk Cheese Factory, Kumori Bakery, and Manila Creamery. Read more »

Over 1,000 get coronavirus in Sri Lanka factory that made masks for US

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 08 03:30 AM

COLOMBO - More than 1,000 workers have tested positive for coronavirus at a Sri Lanka factory that until August was producing surgical masks for the US, officials said Wednesday, as they scrambled to find the source of the country's biggest outbreak. Read more »

China lab leak infects thousands with bacterial disease

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 19 05:59 AM

BEIJING - Thousands of people in northwest China have tested positive for a bacterial disease after a leak from a state-owned biopharmaceutical plant making animal vaccines last year. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: September 1, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 02 12:49 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Keeping Santa safe

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 01 10:25 PM

A store clerk puts a face shield on a Santa Claus statue inside the Christmas Factory store in Sampaloc, Manila on Tuesday. Read more »

Students launch side gigs while sidelined by COVID-19

Aneth Ng-Lim
Posted at Aug 24 10:26 AM

Like any other parent with school-age children, I have been worried that mine are missing out. My older daughter’s planned graduation retreat was cancelled, and so was their class’ senior prom. She did not have the chance to go up on stage and take a bow after completing senior high school, the most challenging years so far of her academic life. Read more »

Tokyo Milk Cheese Factory reopens cafe for diners, now delivers ice cream

Joko Magalong-de Veyra
Posted at Jun 30 03:01 PM

Tokyo Milk Cheese Factory Café at the East Wing of Estancia Mall will be open again for dine-in starting Wednesday, July 1.  Read more »

Coach praises Kai Sotto's work ethic, basketball IQ

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 29 05:06 PM

Kai Sotto's coach at The Skill Factory in Atlanta has no doubts that the Filipino teenager will make it to the NBA, citing his tremendous work ethic and basketball IQ. Read more »

Asia's factory pain worsens as China's recovery fails to lift demand

Leika Kihara, Reuters
Posted at Jun 01 02:05 PM

Asia's factory pain deepened in May as the slump in global trade caused by the coronavirus pandemic worsened, with export powerhouses Japan and South Korea suffering the sharpest declines in business activity in more than a decade.   Read more »

Trump to visit factory that requires masks -- will he comply?

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 20 08:08 AM

US President Donald Trump has staunchly refused to wear a mask during the coronavirus pandemic -- will he finally comply later this week when he visits a Ford factory in key electoral state Michigan that requires them?   Read more »

Cavite Police denies mauling claims, says suspect inflicted self-injuries in escape tries

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 17 08:56 AM

Cavite Police on Sunday belied claims that a quarantine violator was supposedly mauled by its officers, which has since gone viral on social media. Read more »

Labor Day movies, from ‘9 to 5’ to ‘Sister Stella L’ | Get Reel with Andrew Paredes

ANCX
Posted at May 01 04:57 PM

As we pay tribute to the people who keep our world moving, we may as well get to know them better through the films that give us a slice of their lives. By ANDREW PAREDES Read more »