US begins first human trial of COVID vaccine
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The first human trial to evaluate a candidate vaccine against the new coronavirus has begun in Seattle, US health officials said Monday, raising hopes in the global…
Duterte inspects border checkpoint
Unfazed by the coronavirus threat, President Duterte made a surprise inspection of a government checkpoint at a Valenzuela-Meycauyan border early Tuesday morning. The President ventured out of Malacañang and visited the checkpoint manned by…
Bataan residents under monitoring for COVID-19
BALANGA CITY, BATAAN — Everyone in the province is now being considered a Person Under Monitoring (PUM) in view of the unabated rush of people returning to Bataan from Metro…
IOC in crisis talks as fears grow for Tokyo Games
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AFP) – The International Olympic Committee will hold high-level talks on Tuesday, as doubts grow over the Tokyo Games and with some in Japan urging officials not to risk lives by…
Diaz trains in fear in Malaysia
BY WAYLON GALVEZ Rio Olympics silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz is looking for a favorable decision by the International Weightlifting Federation as the board is set to meet March…
Athletes, coaches to receive allowances – PSC
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Chairman Butch Ramirez has assured the national coaches and their coaches that they will continue to receive their allowances in light…
Tokyo 1940: Missing Olympics
TOKYO (AFP) – Fears are growing that this year's Olympics may be postponed or axed because of the coronavirus pandemic but Japan has been here before – the cancelled summer…
Top Rank delays world title fights of Ancajas, Casimero
BY NICK GIONGCO Owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, Bob Arum’s Top Rank Inc. has decided to postpone “all events scheduled for March and April,” the Las Vegas promotional…
Sen. Zubiri tests positive for COVID
Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel F. Zubiri has tested positive for novel coronavirus disease. Zubiri confirmed last night that he tested positive for COVID-19, days after undergoing test. He…
Entire Luzon under quarantine amid surge of COVID cases
President Duterte has placed entire Luzon under “enhanced community quarantine” following the rapid surge of coronavirus cases in the country. The President has expanded the strict quarantine measure outside Metro…
Task force secures President
The Presidential Security Group has created a task force to implement the stricter security protocols to safeguard President Duterte’s health amid the coronavirus outbreak in the country. The PSG's stringent…
China gives 2,000 test kits vs COVID
The first batch of the 2,000 sets of fast test kits for the novel coronavirus disease-2019 donated by the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines and the China Mammoth Foundation arrived…
Watanabe may become 5th Pinoy to compete in Tokyo Games
BY NICK GIONGCO Fil-Japanese bonebreaker Kiyomi Watanabe’s inclusion in the Tokyo Olympics is almost a done deal. Judo chief Dave Carter said the International Judo Federation (IJF)…
Panelo holds virtual pressers
Malacañang will cease holding physical press briefings with members of the Malacañang Press Corps starting today and will conduct virtual pressers to practice social distancing to combat the novel coronavirus…
Bird flu detected in Nueva Ecija
The Department of Agriculture yesterday confirmed the detection of a highly-pathogenic H5N6 avian influenza in a quail farm in Jaen, Nueva Ecija. DA Secretary William Dar said live sample quails…
