MANILA (AFP): The Philippines will lift key coronavirus lockdown measures in the nation's capital, President Rodrigo Duterte said Thursday (May 28), aiming to resuscitate a faltering economy after nearly three months of strict home quarantine.
Manila has endured one of the world's longest lockdowns, which has hit the livelihoods of millions of workers but not halted a steady stream of new infections.
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