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[ad_1] Donald Trump has said the coronavirus “will go away without a vaccine” and expects 95,000 or more deaths in the US. USA, since Mike Pence’s press secretary tested positive for coronavirus. The president’s comments, at an event with Republican lawmakers, culminated a week of terror in the U.S, in …

[ad_1] COVID-19 IN HONG KONG. People gather to watch the sunset as they stand on a viewing platform in Tamar Park overlooking Victoria Harbor and the Kowloon skyline in Hong Kong on May 5, 2020. File photo by Anthony Wallace / AFP HONG KONG – Hong Kong began to ease …

[ad_1] MIAMI – Carolina Vasquez lost track of days and nights, unable to see the sunlight while stuck for two weeks in a windowless cruise ship cabin as a fever took hold of her body. On the worst night of her encounter with COVID-19, the Chilean woman, a line cook …

[ad_1] The United States has blocked a vote on a UN security council resolution calling for a global ceasefire during the Covid-19 pandemic, because the Trump administration objected to an indirect reference to the World Health Organization. The security council has been discussing for more than six weeks about the …

[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – The Federation of Philippine International Cable Television Associates (FICTAP) praised the order of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) for the ABS-CBN Corporation stop broadcasting operations on Tuesday May 5. FICTAP President Estrellita Juliano Tamano went to national television to explain why the association is against the …

[ad_1] SOON TO CLOSE. Marco Polo Davao will cease operations on June 15, 2020. Photo from Marco Polo Davao’s Facebook page DAVAO CITY, Philippines (UPDATED) – It’s official: The only 5-star hotel in Davao City founded by the family of the Secretary of Finance, Carlos Domínguez III, has been affected …

[ad_1] BATTLE VS COVID-19. A police officer uses a thermal scanner to check a Filipina’s body temperature upon entering Laguindingan Airport in Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental. Region 10 Tourism Department Photo MANILA, Philippines – Is the Philippines already “flattening the curve” in its fight against the new coronavirus? While the Department …

[ad_1] Short-term investments in Philippine financial markets fled the country at the end of the first quarter as the coronavirus pandemic dampened sentiment among money managers around the world, the latest data from the central bank showed. According to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, registered tally of so-called “hot money” …

[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – In the 3 months since the first confirmed case of coronavirus in the Philippines and the month and a half that the island of Luzon has been under lockdown, journalists have been working to get accurate information on the COVID-19 pandemic out to the public. Some …

[ad_1] Jae C. Hong / Associated Press The wait for a decision on when the NBA season can resume could extend into June, Commissioner Adam Silver reportedly told NBA players on a conference call Friday. Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium reported Silver said the league will work to …