Facebook releases new messaging app exclusive for couples
Facebook has launched an application called “Tuned” which allows couples to message each other privately.
The app, which was created by
Facebook's New Product Experimental (NPE)...
WHO: The world is facing nursing shortage as the coronavirus spreads
The Coronavirus-Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic underlines the urgent need to reinforce the frontliners as the world needs nearly six million nurses, according to the...
Know the proper way to wear protective gears from a COVID-19 frontliner
The world is still grappling with the shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontliners who bravely battle the deadly coronavirus. Very few health...
Japan rolls out $1 trillion stimulus package to soften coronavirus impact
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced on Monday a nearly $1 trillion in stimulus to protect its economy from the damages caused by the ongoing...
Philippine government taps e-commerce site for door-to-door delivery of farm products
As the Philippines entered the third week of lockdown, the Department of Agriculture (DA) partnered with an online shopping website to allow consumers to...
Export bans on medical supplies leave many countries vulnerable to COVID-19
The restrictions of overseas shipments of critical medical supplies and protective gears imposed by several nations have gained global criticism as these drastic moves...
Taiwan’s auto industry reports increase in sales despite coronavirus pandemic
A total of 37,279 new cars were registered in Taiwan last month, exceeding its forecast of only 33,000, amid the deadly onslaught of the...
Indonesia’s $24 Billion coronavirus package is not enough to protect workers, analysts say
Economic experts in Indonesia warned that the government’s relief package worth US$24.2 billion (Rp 405 trillion) will not be sufficient to stop layoffs amid...
Vietnamese products see enormous demand in the US market
Goods with ‘Made in Vietnam’ tags have become more popular in the United States as the world’s largest economy reduce its dependence on China’s...
Coronavirus hobbles supply chains of Japanese firms in Southeast Asia and India
A survey conducted by Japanese news agency NNA showed that two-thirds of the country’s firms that operate businesses in the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand...
