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[ad_1] MANILA – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said Thursday that it has resumed construction of several major bridge projects aimed at easing traffic in Metro Manila. These projects are: Bonifacio Global City-Ortigas Center Link, Puente Estrella-Pantaleón, Puente Binondo-Intramuros and Sta. Monica-Lawton Bridge, the agency said in …

[ad_1] A health worker with protective equipment sits in an ambulance next to the body of a COVID-19 victim before burial at a cemetery in New Delhi. AFP Geneva, Switzerland – The coronavirus may never go away, and populations will have to learn to live with it just as they …

[ad_1] MANILA – Through earthquakes and typhoons, floods and political turmoil, Fe Repalde knew he could count on a constant: His little flickering television was always tuned to ABS-CBN, one of the most influential networks in the Philippines. But on May 5, amid the coronavirus blockade that has kept slum …

[ad_1] Butt heads. United States President Donald Trump listens to Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases speak at the White House on March 21, 2020. Photo by Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images / AFP WASHINGTON, United States – On Wednesday, May 13, United States …

[ad_1] (FILES) In this file photo, Dr. Nita Patel, director of antibody discovery and vaccine development, lifts a vial with a possible coronavirus vaccine, COVID-19, at Novavax Laboratories in Rockville, Maryland, on March 20, 2020, one of the laboratories developing a coronavirus vaccine, COVID-19. – US authorities warned scientific and …

[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – While more public works and private construction projects are now permitted under the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) imposed on Metro Manila, Laguna and Cebu City from May 16 to 31, these projects are subject to minimum standards, Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said Wednesday. The government …

[ad_1] Image copyright Reuters Image caption There are more than 100 potential vaccines currently in development The coronavirus “may never go away”, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. Speaking at a briefing on Wednesday, WHO emergencies director Dr Mike Ryan warned against trying to predict when the virus would …

[ad_1] ABS-CBN News Published in May 14, 2020 05:00 a.m. Initial steps have been taken in Congress to resolve the problems of the ABS-CBN network. Here are the stories that make ANC headlines today: ‘Back to the air in June’A House committee on Wednesday passed a bill granting a provisional …

[ad_1] GENEVA (Reuters) – The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 could become endemic like HIV, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, warning against any attempt to predict how long it would continue to circulate and calling for a “massive effort” to counter it. “It is important to put this on …

[ad_1] THE ANGELS: The Mamba Sports Academy is withdrawing “Mamba” from its name out of respect for the late Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant. Academy Chief Executive Chad Faulkner announced the move Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila), saying Bryant’s legacy should live “on its own.” Faulkner and Bryant had launched …