[ad_1] The IT-BPM industry will hire fewer new workers and make less money than expected in the final years of the Duterte administration after the latest projections knocked down the already lowered forecast for 2022. The Information Technology and Business Process Management (IT-BPM) sector is projected to create 130,000 new …
Read More »At APEC Summit, Duterte calls for universal access to virus vaccine, inclusive economic recovery
[ad_1] President Rodrigo Duterte. PHOTO ARCHIVE / ROBINSON CHILD / PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte called for stronger cooperation to ensure universal access to the coronavirus vaccine and inclusive economic recovery during APEC’s first virtual meeting of economic leaders on Friday night. Citing APEC’s role in promoting …
Read More »Araneta City Brings Christmas Cheer Online – The Manila Times
[ad_1] The giant Christmas tree at Times Square Food Park along General Roxas Avenue The holiday season got brighter when Araneta City and some of the most favorite stars came together, practically this time, and lit up the iconic giant Christmas tree at City of Firsts on November 14. This …
Read More »SC will hear arguments about the petition against the anti-terrorism law in January 2021
[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines— The Supreme Court will conduct the oral argument on the petitions that attack the constitutionality of the Republic Law 11479 or the Anti-Terrorism Law of 2020 six months after its promulgation. Oral argument is scheduled for January 19, 2021. The debate on the legality of the most …
Read More »Professor tells pro-Duterte group: Don’t protest here if you plan to desecrate UP’s ideals
[ad_1] This March 1, 2019 photo shows UP Oblation with the new fountain in Diliman, Quezon City.RESEARCH PHOTO / LYN RILLON MANILA, Philippines – A professor at the University of the Philippines (UP) has responded to groups supporting President Rodrigo Duterte who were not allowed to protest inside the Diliman …
Read More »SBP requests clarification from Fiba on ‘unfair’ Gilas Bahrain program
[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas seeks to clarify with Fiba what it perceives as “unfair” programming ahead of the 2021 Fiba Asia Cup Qualifiers in Manama, Bahrain. Gilas Pilipinas was supposed to play Thailand twice and Korea once in the Manama bubble from Nov. 26-30, but issues …
Read More »Former Azkals captain Rudy del Rosario dies
[ad_1] Rudy del Rosario, founder of Kaya FC. PHOTO OF KAYA FC MANILA, Philippines – Rudy del Rosario, former captain of the Philippine men’s soccer team, passed away on Friday. He was 51 years old. A member of those who finished fourth at the XVI Southeast Asian Games, Del Rosario …
Read More »BTS’s new album accumulates millions of listens in hours
[ad_1] Tens of millions of fans around the world raced to hear BTS’s latest offering on Friday, as the K-pop sensation released her highly anticipated new album to a deluge of excitement. Three hours after “BE” was available in a simultaneous worldwide release, the video for the first song “Life …
Read More »Diet Trends to See 4 Billion Overweight People by 2050, Study Finds
[ad_1] Image: Istock.com/huettenhoelscher via AFP Relaxnews More than four billion people could be overweight by 2050, and 1.5 billion of them obese, if the current global trend toward processed foods continues, a one-of-a-kind study predicted Wednesday. Warning of a health and environmental crisis of “mind-boggling magnitude”, experts at the Potsdam …
Read More »The government observes the COVID-19 vaccination of 50 to 60 percent of the population
[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – The government wants to vaccinate 50 to 60 percent of the country’s population against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to achieve herd immunity, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Friday. Undersecretary of Health, María Rosario Vergeire, said the government initially planned to vaccinate 20 percent of the …
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