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THE DAY IN PHOTOS: September 1, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 01 06:00 PM

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 »

Bangladesh garment factories reopen, defying virus lockdown

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 27 09:29 AM

DHAKA - Hundreds of Bangladesh's garment factories defied a nationwide coronavirus lockdown to reopen on Sunday, raising fears the industry's vulnerable and largely female workforce could be exposed to the contagion. Read more »

China's factory activity rebounds as work slowly resumes

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 31 11:11 AM

Factory activity in China rebounded in March from a record low, according to official data released Tuesday, returning to expansion territory while the coronavirus pandemic continues to devastate the global economy. Read more »

The impatience of being idle: China's factory workers chafe under quarantine

Beiyi Seow, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 04 03:29 PM

As new infections fall nationwide authorities are encouraging companies to get back to work, with some local governments even chartering buses, trains and planes to pick up employees.   Read more »

China Feb factory activity contracts at record pace as coronavirus bites

Reuters
Posted at Mar 02 08:18 AM

Factory activity in China contracted at the fastest pace ever in February, even worse than during the global financial crisis, highlighting the colossal damage from the coronavirus outbreak on the world's second-largest economy. Read more »

Samsung, LG camera unit close South Korea plants due to virus

Reuters
Posted at Mar 02 08:16 AM

Samsung Electronics and LG Innotek have shut their factories in South Korea after a worker tested positive for the coronavirus, the companies said on Sunday.  Read more »

Asian markets set for more losses as coronavirus spreads

Tom Westbrook, Reuters
Posted at Mar 02 08:04 AM

Stock futures plummeted on Monday as investors were rattled by weekend data from China that showed its fastest ever contraction in factory activity, raising fears of a global recession from the coronavirus.  Read more »

Hyundai shuts down factory after worker tests positive for coronavirus

Reuters
Updated as of Feb 28 01:08 PM

A Hyundai Motor worker has tested positive for the new coronavirus, leading to a suspension of production at one of its factories in South Korea's southeastern city of Ulsan, the company said on Friday.  Read more »

Labor dept urged to probe Honda PH factory closure

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 24 09:20 AM

The closure of the Honda Cars Philippines Inc. (HCPI) factory next month in Laguna will affect not only its nearly 400 employees but also many others from companies that supply it with parts and materials, a labor group said Saturday as it urged the Department of Labor and Employment to look into the shutdown. Read more »

Honda PH to shut down automobile factory in Laguna in March

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 23 12:47 AM

Honda's car factory in Santa Rosa city, "which produces passenger cars, BR-V, City," will halt its operations, the manufacturer said in a statement. Read more »

Tesla gets court approval to clear forest for German Gigafactory

Reuters
Posted at Feb 21 08:04 AM

Tesla Inc got approval from a German court on Thursday to continue to cut down forest near the capital Berlin to build its first European car and battery factory, in a defeat for local environmental activists.   Read more »

New eats: PH first to have Tokyo Milk Cheese Factory Café

Joko Magalong-De Veyra
Updated as of Feb 16 10:09 AM

It’s not every day that the Philippines gets something before the rest of the world, such as the case of having not one but two Tokyo Milk Cheese Factory Cafés.  Read more »