[ad_1] BEIJING – China summoned the acting top US diplomat in Beijing on Tuesday to protest against US sanctions on Chinese officials on Hong Kong, vowing “reciprocal” retaliation. The United States on Monday imposed financial sanctions and a travel ban on 14 Chinese officials for their role in adopting a …
Read More »In COVID-19 milestone for the West, Britain begins mass vaccination
[ad_1] LONDON – A 90-year-old grandmother became the world’s first person to receive a fully tested COVID-19 injection on Tuesday, as Britain began mass vaccinating its people in a global push that poses one of the biggest logistical challenges in the history of peacetime. Health workers began to inoculate the …
Read More »DFA: 3 More Filipinos Abroad Contract COVID-19
[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported three new cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) among Filipinos abroad on Tuesday. According to the DFA, the latest recorded infections increased the total number of COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad to 11,695. Of this number, DFA said …
Read More »Video Conferencing Market Share to Hit a Record $ 9.2 Billion by 2026: Facts and Factors
[ad_1] New York, NY, December 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Facts and Factors has released a new research report titled “Video conferencing market by component (hardware (camera, microphone and headsets, others), software, services (professional, managed)), by deployment (on premises, cloud-based), by company (large, small and medium-sized companies companies)) and by …
Read More »PH gets more P1.38B in military equipment donated by the US government.
[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – The outgoing administration of US President Donald Trump donated an additional P1.38 billion in military equipment to the Philippines that, according to Philippine officials, showed the two countries “continued and warm alliance.” Acting United States Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller announced the recent transfer of defense …
Read More »5 Boracay tourists with false negative coronavirus test results sent into quarantine face raps
[ad_1] The picturesque beaches and waters of the island of Boracay continue to attract increasing numbers of tourists despite the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Jack Jarilla) ILOILO CITY – Six tourists from Metro Manila were taken from their hotel on the island of Boracay and quarantined after five of them …
Read More »United States Says Willing To Help North Korea Fight Coronavirus
[ad_1] National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien speaks at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Pasay City, Metro Manila, the Philippines, on November 23, 2020 (AFP-Yonhap). SEOUL – The United States will seriously consider helping North Korea contain the spread of the coronavirus if it requests such assistance, Robert O’Brien, national …
Read More »NBI Counter-Terrorism Chief Found Shot Inside Office, Dies In Hospital
[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – The head of the Anti-Terrorism Division of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) died in hospital after suffering a gunshot wound inside his office in Manila on Monday night, authorities said Tuesday. The Manila Police District Homicide Department identified the victim as Raoul Manguerra. Police said …
Read More »Nigerian girl arrested for faking her own kidnapping
[ad_1] Lagos, Nigeria – An 18-year-old girl was arrested in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, for allegedly faking her own kidnapping to demand ransom from her family, police said Tuesday. Ujunwa Offiah is accused of conspiring with her boyfriend to stage her kidnapping, asking her family to pay 30 million naira …
Read More »AFP thanks Duterte for rejecting the holiday truce with the Reds
[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – The Armed Forces of the Philippines on Tuesday thanked President Rodrigo Duterte for “heeding a recommendation” to reject a festive ceasefire between the security forces and the New People’s Army, the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines. . Duterte said during his weekly …
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