Tug-o-war: Beijing vs Washington
On Aug. 6, the highest official in President Joe Biden’s administration, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, will make a brief pitstop in Manila before traveling to South Africa and Rwanda.
DFA reports 13 new Covid-19 infections among OFWs
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported 13 new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases among Filipinos working abroad, pushing the tally to 18,537.
US policy in Asia will not change under Biden
Biden has valid reasons to be concerned with China and to keep Trump’s engagement in the region, after Beijing concluded last month the world’s largest trade deal with 15 Asian economies after eight years of negotiations.
Palace: PH has best testing policy in Asia
“We clearly have the best testing policy in the whole of Asia and probably in the whole world because we have exceeded three million and as a percentage of total population, lubus-lubusan na po iyan doon sa sinasabi nilang three percent na dapat na ma-test ang population at patuloy pa po tayo,” Roque said in a Palace briefing.