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Prime Minister of United Kingdom, Boris Johnson said primary schools in England could reopen to some year groups from 1 June. The prime minister said a phased return to school would begin with pupils in Reception, Year 1 and Year 6, if infection rates and the government's other tests at the time allow it. The National Education Union said the reopening plan was "nothing short of reckless". Mr Johnson, in an address to the nation said at the earliest by June 1, after half term, the government begin the phased reopening of shops and to get primary pupils back into schools, in stages. Secondary schools are likely to stay closed until September. But the prime minister said there was an "ambition" that secondary pupils facing exams next year - such as Years 10 and 12 - would get some time in school before the summer holidays//bbc

Manila’s international airport will allow international charter and commercial flights to resume arriving on designated days, beginning Monday (May 11). Inbound international chartered flights will be permitted to land at Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Mondays and Thursdays, while commercial ones will be allowed on the other days of the week, the civil aviation authority said in a statement. That schedule will last for a month, until June 10//JP

Acting Head of the North Sumatra Province One-Stop Integrated Licensing Investment Office Arief S Trinugroho in Medan on Sunday said Medan City, South Tapanuli Regency, and Deliserdang are listed as the most desirable areas of foreign and domestic investment investors to invest in the first quarter of 2020.According to him, the biggest foreign investment in the first quarter of 2020 was in South Tapanuli amounting to 4.984 trillion rupiahs. Then the second was in Medan which amounted to 130.320 billion rupiahs, and Deliserdang 15.225 billion rupiahs.He mentioned, the biggest contribution of foreign direct investment and domestic investment in the three regions or North Sumatra came from the electricity, gas and water, housing, mining, food, service, metal industry and plantation sectors. (Ant/trans by PUTRI)

Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi condemned the inhumane treatment of Indonesian citizens working on ships owned by Chinese companies. Foreign Minister Retno said that when delivering an online press statement from Jakarta on Sunday. Because of the inhumane treatment, most of the total 46 Indonesian citizens who worked on several Chinese-flagged vessels asked to return to the country. The vessels are Long Xing 629, Long Xing 605, Tian Yu 8, and Long Xing 606. In fact, there were three Indonesian citizens who died on the ship and their bodies were buried at sea, and one Indonesian citizen died after being treated at a hospital in South Korea because of pneumonia. Based on information obtained by the Foreign Minister after speaking with 14 Indonesian crew members who were repatriated from South Korea on Friday (8/5), she noted a number of violations committed by the company namely the matter of salary and working hours that are not appropriate in the work contract. (Ant/trans by PUTRI)