[ad_1] Apple Inc. showed off its latest smartwatch with the ability to measure blood oxygen, as well as a new virtual fitness service and updated iPads at an online event Tuesday that lacked the styling of the company’s standard products in September. The Cupertino, California-based technology company held its first …
Read More »More PhilHealth Officials Can Be Charged – DOJ
[ad_1] Secretary of Justice Menardo Guevarra. (Philippine Daily Inquirer file photo) MANILA, Philippines – Attorney General Menardo Guevarra said Tuesday that the investigation into alleged mass corruption at Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) will continue and that “more people may be charged.” Malacañang also said that the recommendation of a …
Read More »The COVID-19 pandemic shows the urgent need for a Medical Reserve Corps – Go
[ad_1] Senator Christopher Go (Photo from his office) MANILA, Philippines – The COVID-19 pandemic, which has caught many countries off guard, should be a lesson for the Philippines to implement policies and systems that better prepare it for any similar medical crises that may arise in the future, Sen Christopher …
Read More »Scientists find gas on Venus linked to life on Earth
[ad_1] Conditions on Venus are often described as “hellish” with daytime temperatures high enough to melt lead and an atmosphere made up almost entirely of carbon dioxide. Image: Michael Benson – NASA / JPL / AFP / Venus’s atmosphere contains a gas that, on Earth, can be attributed to living …
Read More »Coronavirus could push 160 million more into poverty in Asia, ADB warns
[ad_1] Without the coronavirus pandemic, the number of poor people in developing Asian countries would have continued to decline in line with the experience of the past two decades. The number of people living in poverty, defined as living on no more than $ 1.90 a day, would have fallen …
Read More »How the brain creates the experience of time – study
[ad_1] Time, that frustratingly finite resource, and the ruling construction of our lives, still confuses neuroscientists. What’s especially puzzling is why time can seemingly go by at a frigid pace when you’re doing something like waiting in line, but hours seem to pass in minutes during enjoyable activities, like going …
Read More »Nokia, Converge ICT to connect the island of the Philippines to ultra-broadband
[ad_1] Nokia and Philippine broadband provider Converge ICT Solutions announced plans to deploy fiber to ultra-broadband home services on the island of Mindanao, connecting more than 300,000 homes and businesses over the next three years. In a statement, Nokia said that the implementation uses fiber access nodes from the Nokia …
Read More »Duterte approves the filing of charges against Morales and other PhilHealth executives
[ad_1] At least six former and current officials from the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) will face charges for their involvement in the alleged anomalies at the state government insurer. In his public address Monday, President Rodrigo R. Duterte said the inter-agency task force led by the Department of Justice, …
Read More »Medical experts warn that reducing physical distancing in USPs can lead to an increase in Covid; DOTR alleviates fears
[ad_1] The Health Professionals Alliance Against Covid-19 (HPAAC) said on Monday that they are against easing physical distancing in public transport. “It is too early and the number of cases is likely to increase [Covid] and our recovery slowed down [It’s still too early and maybe the cases will surge …
Read More »Nokia is the first mobile brand in Zalora, offers exclusive discount on Nokia 7.2
[ad_1] HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones, partners with Zalora, the top fashion e-commerce destination in the Philippines. Nokia phones join Zalora’s new premium category of online shopping for home and lifestyle As the first mobile phone brand to join the platform in its new home and lifestyle shopping …
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