[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – Several House of Representatives lawmakers are seeking an investigation into the gruesome police shooting of a mother and her son in the city of Paniqui in Tarlac. Marikina city representative Stella Luz Quimbo, whose grandmother was a teacher in Paniqui, said the incident “points to a …
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[ad_1] Sesame Workshop characters like Elmo have new co-stars. Image: AFP / LEON NEAL Noor and Aziz, key figures in a new apprenticeship program for refugee children in camps in southern Bangladesh, serve as a model of education for Rohingya children. Noor and Aziz, two new Rohingya muppets Sesame Workshop, …
Read More »Saudi Arabian Airlines classified as a five-star global airline
[ad_1] Saudi Arabian Airlines (SAUDIA), the national flag carrier of Saudi Arabia, has been classified as a five-star global airline by the Association of Airline Passenger Experience (APEX). APEX Official Airline Ratings ™ is the first airline rating program based solely on feedback from certified passengers. The industry’s most anticipated …
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[ad_1] A photograph taken on December 21, 2020, in the al-Salmi district, a desert area 120 km west of Kuwait City, shows the great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. – The great conjunction refers to the alignment of Jupiter and Saturn. (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP) PARIS – The …
Read More »Contradicting Trump, US Chief Justice Barr Targets Russia in Hack
[ad_1] DECEMBER 21: United States Attorney General Bill Barr holds a press conference at the Department of Justice on December 21, 2020 in Washington, DC. Michael Reynolds-Pool / Getty Images / AFP WASHINGTON – US Attorney General Bill Barr said Monday that Russia was behind the massive hack of US …
Read More »PH to obtain 30 million doses of Indian-made Novavax
[ad_1] Manila, Philippines – The Philippines has received at least 30 million doses of the Indian-made Novavax coronavirus vaccine, according to Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. “Thirty million [doses] of Novavax vaccines manufactured in India are possibly insured without cash advance. It will be available in July 2021, ”Locsin said …
Read More »Police linked to 2 homicides, says PNP chief
[ad_1] Manila, Philippines – The police officer who shot dead a 52-year-old woman and her 25-year-old son in Paniqui, Tarlac province, on Sunday avoided prosecution for two homicides last year and kept his badge due to lack of evidence and witnesses. Police General Debold Sinas, chief of the Philippine National …
Read More »Brutal murders involving police officers provoke outrage
[ad_1] Paranaque Police Captain Sergeant Jonel Nuezca looks at the closed-circuit television camera before shooting a mother and her son to death in Tarlac. Manila, Philippines – The brutal murder of a woman and her child at the hands of an off-duty police officer in Paniqui, Tarlac province, on Sunday, …
Read More »Singapore receives first doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine from Asia
[ad_1] (FILES) This file photo taken on November 17, 2020 shows the logos of the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer behind the vials with adhesive labels of the Covid-19 vaccine attached, as said by the European Medicines Agency on December 21, 2020 that had approved the Pfizer- BioNTech Coronavirus Vaccine, paving …
Read More »Bill requesting the issuance of the vaccine passport presented
[ad_1] Manila, Philippines – A legislator wants the issuance of a vaccine passport for people who will receive vaccines during the country’s mass vaccination program against COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. Under House Bill 8280, or the Vaccination Passport Act, Representative Ronnie Ong said there was “a need to ensure …
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