[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 …
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[ad_1] People heading to a mall in Divisoria wear masks and face shields. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News MANILA – The Philippines reported 3,544 additional coronavirus infections on Tuesday, bringing the country’s cumulative total of COVID-19 cases to 269,407. The Department of Health (DOH) said that of the confirmed cases, 57,392 …
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[ad_1] People stranded locally at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex wait their turn to take advantage of the government’s transportation assistance program in Manila on July 28, 2020. Thousands of people, many of whom lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic, have flocked to the sports stadium for a …
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[ad_1] President Rodrigo Duterte. Proceedings MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte presented his Declarations of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) for the years 2018 and 2019, Malacañang said on Tuesday despite the fact that these documents are not publicly available. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque dismissed the suspicion that Duterte was …
Read More »[ad_1] MANILA, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) – Personal remittances from overseas Filipinos (OF) grew for the second month in a row, increasing 7.6 percent year-on-year to US $ 3.085 billion in July 2020 from US $ 2.867 billion in July 2019, the Philippine central bank said Tuesday. “This raised total remittances …
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[ad_1] Philippines’ first professional chess league receives green light Joey Villar (Philstar.com) – September 15, 2020 – 3:28 pm MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Professional Chess Association will have the distinction of being the first professional chess league in the country. Games and Amusement Board Chairman Abraham Mitra said yesterday …
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[ad_1] Image: Screenshot from sws.org.ph MANILA, Philippines – 57% of Filipinos believe the worst-case scenario of the COVID-19 pandemic is yet to come, the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey released Tuesday showed. According to the survey, which was conducted from July 3-6, this was a 10-point jump from last …
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[ad_1] Fil-Am NCAA Division 1 commitment Ella Fajardo said Tuesday that she is very open to playing in the WNBL, the first professional women’s basketball league in the Philippines. Speaking on the weekly webcast of the Philippine Sports Writers Association Forum, the base explained that they want to give back …
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[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health has already hired a total of 8,056 healthcare workers under its emergency recruitment program to augment medical leaders fighting the 2019 coronavirus disease pandemic. According to the Secretary of Health, Francisco Duque III, this figure as of September 12 represents 75.34 percent …
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[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – Health Secretary Francisco Duque III has joined the list of “corrupt and incompetent untouchables” under the Duterte administration, Senator Francis Pangilinan said Tuesday. “That Duque goes unpunished is no longer surprising,” Pangilinan said in a message to reporters. According to the senator, Duque is in the …
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