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[ad_1] The PHILIPPINES ‘export earnings fell again in July, but the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) sees the single-digit contraction as an improvement. On Thursday, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed that export earnings contracted 9.6 percent to $ 5.65 billion in July 2020. This was better …

[ad_1] The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved a $ 500 million loan to help the Philippines prepare for natural hazards or public health emergencies, including piloting the first disaster insurance plan in Southeast Asia. In a statement, the ADB said the new policy-based loan supports legislation pending in Congress to …

[ad_1] SENATE President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto raised the alarm Thursday about the possibility of an “electronic Trojan horse” penetrating military camps if a foreign telecommunications company is allowed to operate within restricted Forces facilities. Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). In a statement, Recto reminded authorities that “military camps …

[ad_1] sports / Basketball / PBA: TNT KaTropa Says Kelly Williams Retirement Left Training Bubble Without Warning PBA: TNT KaTropa Says Kelly Williams Retirement Left Training Bubble Without Warning TNT KaTropa’s PBA veteran Kelly Williams announces his retirement from basketball at the age of 38. (PBA) TNT KaTropa doesn’t know …

[ad_1] President of the Senate Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto. File photo / Senate PRIB MANILA, Philippines – Military camps should be “no-go zones” for the China-backed Dito Telecommunity Corp., Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said Thursday. In a statement, Recto pointed out that the Philippines has a land area of …

[ad_1] A source familiar with the event, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said in an interview Tuesday that the affected volunteer had experienced symptoms consistent with a condition called transverse myelitis, or inflammation of the spinal cord. In a statement to reporters Wednesday, an AstraZeneca spokesperson, Michele Meixell, said …

[ad_1] Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, September 10) – The Philippine coronavirus case count rose to 248,947 on Thursday as the death toll from COVID-19 surpassed 4,000, the Department of Health said. The latest DOH report showed 3,821 new infections, of which 54 percent or 2,079 were in Metro Manila. The …

[ad_1] Queen Mae Nasino, a detainee in the female dormitory of the Manila city jail, is one of 22 detainees who urged the Supreme Court in April to release low-risk prisoners vulnerable to contracting the novel coronavirus. She gave birth last July. MANILA – The Supreme Court said Thursday that …

[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – The total number of new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Philippines is now 248,947 after 3,821 infections were recorded, the Department of Health (DOH) reported Thursday. The health department added that it also recorded 563 new recoveries and 80 additional deaths, bringing the total …

[ad_1] Devotees pray at Baclaran Church in the city of Paranaque on September 2, 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. ABS-CBN News MANILA – The death toll from coronavirus in the Philippines surpassed 4,000 on Thursday, as the number of cases of the disease in the country rose from 3,821 to …