JAKARTA: Indonesia reported a record 2,069 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours Tuesday as it faces its deadliest Covid-19 surge since the pandemic began.

MANILA: Among the many ironies that define life in the Philippines is the country being mainly agricultural in character but its farmers being the poorest sector in society.

JAKARTA: Like many young children, Vino, 10, is afraid of the dark. Normally his pregnant mother would comfort him until he drifts to sleep, but last week she and his father suddenly died, snatched in the prime of life by the Covid-19 wave ravaging Indonesia.

MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (pic) hailed his signature drug war policy Monday, but lamented there was a “long way” to go in the controversial crackdown that has killed thousands of people.

MANILA: The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) has taken a strong stand against lawyer killings, saying it is “appalled” by the “alarming increase” of such killings under President Rodrigo Duterte.

JAKARTA: Small shops, streetside restaurants and some shopping malls reopened in coronavirus-battered Indonesia on Monday after the government loosened a shutdown despite warnings it could unleash another Covid-19 wave.

WEST JAVA: Papua has been struggling to cope with a drastic rise in Covid-19 cases over the past few weeks, with the Delta variant of the coronavirus beginning to tighten its grip on Indonesia’s easternmost province.

Tawi Tawi: The military seized a weapons cache from a house in Sitio Pasabuli, Barangay Tongbakaw, Panglima Sugala, Tawi-Tawi Thursday.

MANILA: The Philippines became the world’s first country Friday to approve the commercial production of genetically modified “golden rice” that experts hope will combat childhood blindness and save lives in the developing world.

SINGAPORE: Singapore: Hundreds of high-ranking retired military officers have taken Indonesia’s Minister for Defence Prabowo Subianto (pic) to court in an effort to resolve a long-simmering dispute over land.