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China releases journalist jailed for Covid-19 coverage

Shanghai, China—Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan has been released from prison after serving four years for her coverage of Beijing's Covid-19 response, according to a video released by media watchdog Reporters Without Borders. However, rights groups said Zhang was still under surveillance and that her freedom was extremely limited. Zhang, a former lawyer, travelled to the central city of Wuhan in February 2020 to report on the chaos at the pandemic's...

Ex-WesCom chief admits engaging Chinese diplomat in phone call, but denies agreeing to a WPS deal

Former Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Western Command (WesCom) Vice Admiral...

Lawmaker digs deeper into Shopee’s alleged labor, tax violations

To protect workers as well as government coffers, a party-list lawmaker has...

Bill filed expanding Agarwood industry to potentially create 30,000 jobs

A bill has been filed at the House of Representatives proposing to...

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