[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – The army and police stand ready for attacks by communist guerrillas during the Christmas season in the absence of a holiday ceasefire, according to national security adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. on Wednesday (December 16). Esperon, a former military chief of staff, made the comment after the …
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[ad_1] In this October 2019 photo, relatives of victims of the Duterte administration’s so-called extrajudicial executions in the war on drugs light candles to demand justice for their murdered loved ones. INVESTIGATOR / RICHARD A. REYES MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Wednesday called the recent …
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[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – A 4.6 magnitude aftershock struck areas near Sarangani in Davao Occidental on Wednesday night. According to a bulletin from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), the shaking occurred after the 6.2 magnitude earthquake that struck a large part of Mindanao early Wednesday morning. The …
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[ad_1] CEBU CITY – A prominent political clan in Cebu province has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against two doctors for the deaths of two of its members after they recovered from COVID-19. The Garcia family, led by Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia, asked the Cebu City Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday …
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[ad_1] Health workers in protective suits carry a COVID-19 patient amid the coronavirus pandemic in Jakarta, Indonesia, on December 13, 2020. Antara Photo / Fsauzan / via Reuters JAKARTA – Indonesia will provide free coronavirus vaccines to its citizens when the world’s fourth most populous nation begins its inoculation program, …
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[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – The full resumption of face-to-face classes in Philippine schools in the first half of 2021 could increase the number of deaths from COVID-19 by 8 percent, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The increase in the death rate is compared to existing levels when all …
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[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) has appointed Ayala group corporate, consumer and investment banking veteran, José Teodoro “TG” Limcaoco, as its new president and CEO effective April 22, 2021. Limcaoco, 58, current CFO of parent conglomerate Ayala Corp., will succeed Cezar “Bong” Consing, who …
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[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – Ignite put up a valiant effort in a 113-107 loss to veteran G League alumni in a fight Wednesday (Manila time) at Ultimate Fieldhouse in Walnut Creek, California. Playing on his own court, Ignite held tight behind Jonathan Kuminga and Jalen Green, who combined for 48 …
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[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Yoshihide Suga, Prime Minister of Japan, speaks during a joint press conference with Scott Morrison, Prime Minister of Australia, at Suga’s official residence in Tokyo, Japan on November 17, 2020. Kiyoshi Ota / Pool via REUTERS TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has come under fire …
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[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: A computer image created by Nexu Science Communication in conjunction with Trinity College in Dublin, shows a structurally representative model of a betacoronavirus which is the type of virus linked to COVID-19, better known as the coronavirus linked to the outbreak of Wuhan, shared with Reuters on …
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