MUARA ENIM: A landslide sparked by heavy rains has killed 11 miners in Indonesia, authorities said Thursday, marking the latest in a string of deadly mining accidents across the Southeast Asian archipelago.

BASILAN: The provincial government of Basilan received supplies against the pandemic from the US Army Medical Department.

SOUTH COTABATO: A court in the Philippines has dealt another setback to the company looking to mine Southeast Asia’s largest untapped deposits of copper and gold, ruling to uphold a ban on the type of destructive mining being proposed.

JAKARTA:  Indonesia performed better than other economies grouped in the G20 in the second quarter of 2020, recording a contraction of 5.32 percent, a new report has stated.

JAKARTA: State-owned pharmaceutical firm PT Bio Farma will conduct pre-clinical and clinical trials of the Red and White Covid-19 vaccine once its prototype is obtained from the Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology in 2021.

MANILA: Major General Jose Maria Ramos, one of the police generals among the passengers of the helicopter that crashed in Laguna last March, has passed away on Tuesday, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Camilo Cascolan confirmed Tuesday.

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s airport operator Angkasa Pura II (AP II) will implement the provisions set forth in the travel corridor arrangement (TCA) between the Indonesian and Singaporean governments. The TCA will be in effect starting October 26.

MANILA: Philippine Navy chief Vice Admiral Giovanni Carlo Bacordo (pic) on Monday said the increased tension in the West Philippine Sea is due to the stronger assertiveness of “quad countries” in the resource-rich region.

JAKARTA: Death row inmate, Cai Changpan (pic), who fled the Tangerang Penitentiary was found lifeless at Jasinga Forest in Bogor, West Java.

MANILA: A list of persons and entities designated by the Anti-Terrorism Council to be “terrorists” will be published in a national broadsheet and online, giving the tagged individuals 15 days to file a request for delisting.