[ad_1] The vaccine for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) developed by Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (Sinovac) of China has approached a clinical trial in the country. Undersecretary of Health Rolando Domingo The Director General of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Rolando Enrique Domingo, confirmed that Sinovac has requested permission to test …
Read More »Get to Sesame Street with this Filipino-designed LEGO set
[ad_1] Screenshot from: LEGO MANILA – About two and a half years ago, Filipino filmmaker and avid Jim Henson fan Ivan Guerrero introduced his design for a LEGO Sesame Street set. In 2019, it saw it garner 10,000 votes from fans and supporters alike via a LEGO community-based website in …
Read More »Raya and the Last Dragon trailer: animated movie looks awesome
[ad_1] Written by Kshitij Rawat | New Delhi | October 22, 2020 6:02:54 pm Raya and the Last Dragon will hit theaters on March 12, 2021 (Photo: Walt Disney Animation Studios / YouTube). A trailer for Raya and the Last Dragon is out. The animated film is set in a …
Read More »BSP raises balance of payments surplus forecast
[ad_1] MANILA – The Philippine monetary authorities have revised upward the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Balance of Payments (BOP) projections based on the expected global economic recovery next year, the improvement in remittances, foreign direct investment (FDI) ) and foreign reserves. The latest figure for this year is a …
Read More »Covid-19 cases cross 77 Lakh in India
[ad_1] COVID-19: The regulator said that the vaccine tests would continue after the death of the volunteer (Representative) New Delhi: India’s coronavirus count has touched 77.06 with a jump of 55,839 cases in the past 24 hours, government data shows. 702 deaths in the past 24 hours have brought the …
Read More »The burden of debt | Business mirror
[ad_1] Recent reports show that our national debt will grow to P10.16 trillion by the end of 2020. This reflects a strong increase over our outstanding debt of P7.73 trillion recorded in 2019. Our gross domestic loans consist mainly of the sale government securities such as bills and treasury bonds. …
Read More »Diokno discounts BSP digital currency issuance
[ad_1] DIGITAL CURRENCY. BSP Governor Benjamin Diokno discusses the central bank’s digital currency, among others, during a virtual press conference on Thursday (October 22, 2020). He said that a digital currency issued by BSP will not materialize within its term, or until 2023, but said monetary authorities continue to study …
Read More »Reevaluate priorities in tough times
[ad_1] We agree with the managing director of the IMF, Kristalina Georgieva. He noted that some emerging countries like India, Brazil, Argentina, Iraq and, yes, the Philippines, “are dealing with a large number of cases that cloud the short-term economic outlook.” One of the final notes of the recent online …
Read More »Amy Coney Barrett’s Committee Vote Before Trump and Biden Address Debate – America’s Politics Live | US News
[ad_1] Years before the anti-mask and reopening rallies, vaccine opponents were working to reinvent their image around a rallying cry for civil liberties and medical freedom. Now, fueled by the coronavirus pandemic and the current political climate, its rebranding is attractive to a different subset of society that invests in …
Read More »Europe wonders if it can trust us again, whoever wins
[ad_1] BRUSSELS – Treated with contempt by President Trump, who sees them as rivals and vagrants rather than allies, many European leaders are hoping for the possibility of a Biden presidency. But they are painfully aware that four years of Trump have changed the world, and America, in a way …
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