[ad_1] The Department of Commerce and Industry (DTI) expects policy makers to ratify the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) within 2021 in support of the country’s economic recovery from the unprecedented damage caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. In an interview with reporters, Undersecretary of Commerce Allan B. Gepty said the …
Read More »Duterte approves ban on flights from the UK and foreign travelers from 19 other places
[ad_1] PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte approved the temporary ban on flights from the United Kingdom and the entry of foreign travelers from 18 other countries and one territory from Wednesday, December 30, 2020 to January 15, 2021. The temporary ban was issued in light of the spread of a new variant …
Read More »Lending from foreign banks in the third quarter fell as business activity remained tepid
[ad_1] The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) announced on Tuesday that external loans also declined in the third quarter of the year along with loans denominated in pesos, as business activity remained tepid during the period. Central bank data showed that outstanding loans made by banks’ Foreign Currency Deposit Units …
Read More »US Coronavirus News: Record Covid-19 Hospitalizations May Soon Force Health Experts To Ration Care
[ad_1] “When capacity is exhausted, doctors and bioethicists at these hospitals will have to decide which patients can be saved (potentially saved) and which cannot,” said CNN medical analyst Dr. Jonathan Reiner. A further spike in cases would put the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in Los Angeles in …
Read More »Philippines reports 886 new cases and 38 new deaths
[ad_1] Culture Highlight For the third day in a row, the country registers three digits a day. BENJAMIN CO, MD | 29 Dec 2020 All data provided comes from various information sites of the Department of Health, including data delivery. Where appropriate, appropriate reference will be made to other graphics, …
Read More »Spain will keep a registry of people who reject the coronavirus vaccine
[ad_1] Nurse Deborah Henley fills a syringe with the Modern Covid vaccine as first responders are vaccinated on December 28 in Sterling, Virginia. Ricky Carioti / The Washington Post / Getty Images The coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage the world, with more than 81 million cases registered worldwideand 1.7 million …
Read More »Defiant Citizen Journalist Jailed for Challenging China’s Virus Story
[ad_1] SHANGHAI – Frail and wheelchair-bound from protracted hunger strike, 37-year-old former lawyer Zhang Zhan issued a mostly silent rebuke to the Chinese legal system, before being jailed for publishing stories about the pandemic that China does not want to see. count. Zhang began reporting from Wuhan in February, questioning …
Read More »PH Reports 886 New COVID-19 Cases, Bringing Total Count to 471,526
[ad_1] Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 29) – The Health Department confirmed 886 more cases of COVID-19 in the country on Tuesday, and the total count increased to 471,526. This is the third day in a row the country has seen fewer than 1,000 new cases, but DOH previously explained …
Read More »Jordan expects 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
[ad_1] People wearing protective masks and practicing social distancing attend a mass at the Church of the Sacred Heart, while participating in Christmas celebrations amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Amman, Jordan, on December 24, 2020. Image Credit: Reuters Cairo: Jordan will receive 1 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech …
Read More »Woman (79) will receive the first Covid-19 vaccine in the state when launch begins
[ad_1] A 79-year-old Dublin grandmother will be the first person in the state to receive the coronavirus vaccine on Tuesday afternoon. The Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine will begin to be administered at St James’s and Beaumont Hospitals in Dublin, Cork University Hospital and Galway University Hospital from today. The first …
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