The Philippines and Japan have formalised a pesos 14-billion loan (RM1.14 billion/US$270 million) that will support Manila’s Covid-19 vaccination and economic recovery from the pandemic.
Absentee voting for Filipinos overseas was off to a bad start, described as “chaotic and disorganised” on the first day on Sunday in Hong Kong and delayed in North America as the ballots and other election paraphernalia from Manila got stalled in transit in Alaska.
For the first time since March 2020, no area or even household in any of Metro Manila’s 16 cities and one municipality was considered on lockdown, the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) has confirmed.