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.

SINGAPORE: It has been seven months since the Malaysian borders were closed to curb the Covid-19 pandemic, which has claimed more than a million lives globally.

JAKARTA: Former Indonesian vice president Hamzah Haz has been admitted to the Gatot Soebroto Army Hospital in Jakarta for organ disorder.

MANILA: Coronavirus cases in the Philippines climbed by 2,261 on Thursday, with the tally hitting 348,698, the Department of Health reported.

HANOI: Floods and other natural disasters triggered by heavy downpours have killed 55 people and left seven others missing in central Vietnam over the past 10 days, reported Xinhua news agency.