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117 positive coronavirus convicts in BuCor prisons

[ad_1] QUARANTINE. Staff from the Office of Corrections (BuCor) transferred a batch of 27 new coronavirus-infected correctional inmates to the New Bilibid Prison quarantine center on April 25, 2020. Photo courtesy of BuCor MANILA, Philippines – There are now 117 confirmed cases of coronavirus among those convicted at the Corrections …

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West PH Sea becoming a wasteland – analyst

[ad_1] FISHERMAN. Children play among boats moored in a fishing village in Masinloc, Zambales. Photo by Jaen Manegdeg / Rappler. MANILA, Philippines – As countries claiming parts or all of the South China Sea adopt lengthy drafting rules on the body of water, Chinese activities damaging to the marine environment …

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Amazon may be next virus hotspot, scientist says

[ad_1] The Amazon jungle. Image: AFP / Evaristo Sa through AFP Relaxnews The next pandemic could come from the Amazon rainforest, warns Brazilian ecologist David Lapola, who says the human invasion into animal habitats, a likely culprit in the coronavirus outbreak, is skyrocketing there due to rampant deforestation. Researchers say …

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