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[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – As if the government that shut down the country’s largest media company was not messy enough, its anti-insurgency task force launched into the fray making it a subject of communist propaganda. When the government ordered the ABS-CBN broadcast on May 5, journalists and various groups immediately …

[ad_1] VOLATILE REGION. A Chinese militia ship identified by the Philippine Coast Guard during a patrol at Scarborough Shoal. File photo courtesy of the Philippine Coast Guard MANILA, Philippines – As the world struggles to beat the coronavirus pandemic, China has remained as aggressive as ever in the South China …

[ad_1] GENEVA: The coronavirus may never go away, and populations will have to learn to live with it just as they did with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the World Health Organization (WHO) warned as it gets closer. the global number of deaths from the disease 300,000. Then and now …

[ad_1] Israel’s new unity government will take office on Sunday, following an agreement by rivals Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz to end a political deadlock that has dragged on for more than 500 days. The ceremony, originally scheduled for Thursday night, was postponed hours before it was due to take …

[ad_1] Men wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus rest in Tokyo on Thursday, May 14, 2020. Japan is still under a coronavirus state of emergency that lasted until the end of May, although there have been no hard blockades. . (AP Photo / Eugene …

[ad_1] In late March, when the most serious public health crisis in a century swept across New York, sick people and their caregivers faced a hospital system that was less than the sum of its powerful parts. At the same time, however, 3,500 beds were free at other New York …

[ad_1] Depression affects 264 million people worldwide, according to the United Nations. Thanakorn Suppamethasawat / EyeEm / Getty Images The coronavirus pandemic “has the seeds of a major mental health crisis,” the United Nations (UN) warned in a policy briefing this week, calling for substantial investment in support services. Devora …

[ad_1] Survivor It all comes down to this Season 40 Episode 14 Editor rating 5 stars * ** ** ** ** * Photo: CBS Six years ago, an insane, bald, flaming-speaking New Jersey policeman landed on an island in the Philippines and was instantly converted Survivor icon. “I am the …

[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – The Departments of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and Information and Communications Technology (DICT) launched a mobile application on Thursday, May 14, to facilitate automated distribution of monetary aid for the emergency subsidy program (ESP ) which helps poor families affected by coronavirus blockade. The application, …

[ad_1] The blockade, which begins on Wednesday afternoon, will last 3 days. Published 7:34 PM, May 14, 2020 Updated 7:37 PM, May 14, 2020 Photo from epd.pnp.gov.ph MANILA, Philippines – The Eastern Police District (EPD) placed its main headquarters in the city of Pasig in a lockdown beginning Wednesday afternoon, …