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Hong Kong triad party raid nets HK$1-M in COVID fines

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 16 07:14 PM

A raid on a Hong Kong triad leader's birthday party resulted in police issuing more than HK$1 million ($127,388) in fines for breaching the city's strict coronavirus rules. Read more »

Beijing students protest against COVID controls

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 16 06:50 PM

Hundreds of students at an elite Beijing university have protested against strict Covid-19 curbs on campus, in a rare show of defiance as anger mounts over virus controls. Read more »

PH needs P326-B yearly to pay for high debt: solon

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 16 05:11 PM

The Philippine government needs around P326 billion in new revenues annually to pay for COVID-19 debts, a lawmaker said Monday. Read more »

Economic growth target 'doable': NEDA's Chua

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 16 12:33 PM

The Philippine economy is seeing one of the world's fastest recovery from the impact of the pandemic but the next government should remain prudent to keep the current gains, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Chua said Monday. Read more »

Megaworld net income up 41 percent in Q1 as mall, hotel units recover

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 16 03:35 PM

Megaworld Corp on Monday said its net income grew 41 percent in the first quarter to P3.5 billion from P2.5 billion in the same period last year. Read more »

In a haze of disinfectant, China struggles with COVID

Vivian Lin and Matthew Walsh, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 14 04:28 PM

Leaving a fine mist of disinfectant in their wake, China's hazmat-clad health workers are cleaning homes, roads, parcels and even people -- but more than two years into the pandemic, experts say it is a futile measure against Covid-19. Read more »

North Korea reports 21 new COVID deaths

Kang Jin-kyu and Cat Barton, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of May 14 04:34 PM

North Korea announced 21 new "fever" deaths Saturday and said more than half a million people had been sickened nationwide, two days after confirming its first cases of Covid-19. Read more »

PH nurses in Georgia gather for Nurses Week

Lenn Almadin Thornhill | TFC News Johns Creek, Georgia
Posted at May 14 08:43 AM

Filipino nurses in Georgia gathered to celebrate Nurses Week. They also expressed concerns should another Covid-19 outbreak emerges. Read more »

Comelec moves to grant additional pay for poll workers

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 13 05:06 PM

Commissioner George Garcia said some malfunctioning vote counting machines (VCMs) on election day forced poll workers to render service "twice, thrice, or more than their duty hours." Read more »

Chinese woman held for claiming Beijing lockdown imminent

Kyodo News
Posted at May 13 04:24 PM

A Chinese woman has been accused of spreading false rumors and held by authorities for posting a message online saying Beijing would soon come under a citywide COVID-19 lockdown, Chinese media reported Friday. Read more »

Bloomberry reverses loss with P679-M net income in Q1

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 13 10:11 AM

Bloomberry Resorts Corp on Friday said it has reversed its past losses during the first quarter of 2022 after pandemic restrictions eased in February and March resulting in an increased operational capacity. Read more »

US marks 1 million COVID deaths

Peter Hutchson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 12 10:44 PM

The United States has crossed the threshold of one million deaths from Covid-19, the White House said on Thursday, as cities like New York try to turn the page on the pandemic despite threats of another surge. Read more »

Chinese COVID testing firm under investigation

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 12 07:09 PM

A Covid-19 testing firm in Shanghai is being investigated by city officials after reports that residents were given false-positive results that landed them in harsh state quarantine. Read more »

Cebu Pacific says recent bookings 'breaching' pre-pandemic levels

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 12 09:33 PM

Cebu Pacific on Thursday said bookings are hitting pre-pandemic levels after most of the country shifted to Alert Level 1. Read more »

Japanese resident na aksidenteng nabigyan ng P18.7-M ayuda kinasuhan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 12 01:57 PM

Kinasuhan ang isang residente sa Japan na aksidenteng nabigyan ng 46.3 million yen (P18.7 million) ayuda matapos sabihin na hindi na niya maibabalik ang pera. Read more »

Comelec affirms junking of petition to declare Marcos 'nuisance' bet

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel and RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 12 03:22 PM

Voting 6-0-1, the Comelec en banc affirmed the earlier decision of the body's 2nd Division to dismissed the petition filed by Danilo Lihaylihay. Read more »

Disney profit slips but streaming TV subscribers jump

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 12 08:28 AM

Disney said its profit slipped in the recently ended quarter but its television streaming service and parks were booming. Read more »

Baby formula shortage sends US parents into panic

Delphine Touitou, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 12 08:11 AM

The United States is in the grip of a severe shortage of baby formula -- with a mass product recall aggravating pandemic supply chain woes. Read more »

Posibleng COVID-19 cases surge kasunod ng halalan binabantayan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 11 06:14 PM

Ngayong tapos na ang halalan, binabantayan ng mga eksperto kung makakakita ba ng muling pagtaas ng bilang ng mga tatamaan ng COVID-19. Read more »

GUIDE: DepEd rules for in-person graduation

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 11 01:03 PM

Two years after mass gatherings were suspended due to the COVID-19, the DepEd has allowed schools to hold face-to-face graduation rites. Read more »