[ad_1] The Philippine National Police (PNP) has signed contracts for weapons and defense equipment manufactured in Israel worth almost 1,500 million pesetas. The agreements, according to the PNP, were for security teams that allowed savings of P108 million since they were made through government-to-government agreements. PNP chief Debold Sinas said …
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[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks to the media in Sacramento, CA, USA, March 3, 2020. REUTERS / Gabriela Bhaskar LOS ANGELES – The highly infectious variant of coronavirus originally discovered in Britain was detected in California, Governor Gavin Newsom said Wednesday, a day after the first known …
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[ad_1] In this photo illustration taken on October 6, 2020, a user reviews the Tinder dating app on a mobile phone in Islamabad. (AFP) GENEVA – Contrary to warnings that dating apps encourage short-lived, superficial flings about true romance, a Swiss study on Wednesday showed that app users were more …
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[ad_1] Reuters ZURICH – Britain on Wednesday became the first country to approve the UK’s own-produced COVID-19 vaccine from the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca, adding an easy-to-administer injection to the arsenal of a nation desperate for relief from the pandemic. Still, scientists – and regulators in Europe, following the …
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[ad_1] A 45-year-old nurse in California tested positive for COVID-19 more than a week after receiving the coronavirus vaccine from Pfizer Inc., an ABC News affiliate reported Tuesday. Matthew W., a nurse at two different local hospitals, said in a Facebook post on Dec. 18 that he had received the …
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[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – The country’s population is estimated to skyrocket to 110,881,756 in 2021, the Population and Development Commission (Popcom) said on Wednesday, which is 1.45 percent higher compared to 109,480,590 previously. early 2020. Popcom’s estimate for 2021 was based on geometric method projections using the 2015 Population Census …
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[ad_1] The first week of the NBA’s 2020-21 season is officially on the books, and entertainment has not been lacking as the league embarks on another unprecedented season amid a global pandemic. Rather than play inside a bubble as it did earlier this year in Orlando, the NBA opted to …
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[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) attends a session on the response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak of the WHO Executive Board in Geneva, Switzerland, October 5, 2020. Christopher Black / WHO / Handout via REUTERS GENEVA – The director of the …
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[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – Secretary of Justice Menardo Guevarra ordered an investigation into the smuggling of COVID-19 vaccines into the country, some of which went to the Presidential Security Group (PSG). “I already instructed last Monday the head of the OIC of the NBI (National Investigation Office), Eric Distor, to …
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[ad_1] FILE: A general view of the interior of the Wells Fargo Center in a game between the Philadelphia 76ers and the Washington Wizards on December 23, 2020 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Tim Nwachukwu / Getty Images / AFP Chinese streaming giant Tencent stopped live broadcasts of the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers …
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