[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday night criticized pharmaceutical companies in Western countries for requesting prepayment for their COVID-19 vaccines, which have yet to be developed. “That is a bad thing in western countries. It’s all profit, profit, profit, ”Duterte said. “That is a bad thing with …
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[ad_1] At least six former and current officials from the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) will face charges for their involvement in the alleged anomalies at the state government insurer. In his public address Monday, President Rodrigo R. Duterte said the inter-agency task force led by the Department of Justice, …
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[ad_1] The smaller physical distancing area in public transportation, which went into effect on Monday, has raised concerns about its ability to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). CLOSE ENOUGH Some bus riders sit close to each other when the government began implementing new physical distancing guidelines …
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[ad_1] Houston Rockets Clint Capela (Photo by Tim Warner / Getty Images) (Photo by Tim Warner / Getty Images) The Houston Rockets didn’t get the ending they hoped for the 2019-20 season, but would having Clint Capela in place of Robert Covington have produced better results? When the Houston Rockets …
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[ad_1] Internet provider FIBER Converge ICT Solutions, Inc. and multinational telecommunications firm Nokia Corp. expect to connect more than 300,000 customers in Mindanao to their “ultra-broadband” services over the next three years. “Converge ICT will bring ultra-broadband services to the island of Mindanao through the deployment of Nokia’s fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) …
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[ad_1] The New Order Payment System, or NOPS, is a secure web-based system that offers several channels through which payments can be made to the BSP. The BSP (Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas) has launched a digital payment platform for its internal and external retail transactions, as part of efforts to …
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[ad_1] The Health Professionals Alliance Against Covid-19 (HPAAC) said on Monday that they are against easing physical distancing in public transport. “It is too early and the number of cases is likely to increase [Covid] and our recovery slowed down [It’s still too early and maybe the cases will surge …
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[ad_1] S&P warns BSP against excessive bond buying Lawrence Agcaoili (The Philippine Star) – September 15, 2020 – 12:00 am MANILA, Philippines – S&P Global Ratings has warned emerging market central banks, including Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), not to push too hard on their bond buying programs that could …
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[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte approved the recommendation of the multi-agency task force created to investigate alleged corruption activities at the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to bring criminal and administrative cases against former PhilHealth chief Ricardo Morales and several others. officials of the state insurer. In a …
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[ad_1] TO ENSURE that the operation of public transportation is not hampered as the country slowly relaxes restrictions to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), the Inter-Institutional Working Group (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has adopted the Public Utility Vehicle (USP) contracting scheme. The …
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