[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines would choose to buy a less expensive vaccine for COVID-19 regardless of the country it comes from, President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday. “Like I said, it’s there. I think it is Modern. It is an American company, I think they will be ready by …
Read More »Varsity teams return to practice pending publication of guidelines
[ad_1] The national government has given the signal to university athletes to resume their training, pending a new set of guidelines to be drawn up by a technical working group composed of the drafters of the Joint Administrative Order (JAO), the Commission of Higher Education (CHEd) and members of select …
Read More »DOH warns against ‘complacency’ in the COVID-19 fight
[ad_1] NO ‘FAN’ OF COVID-19 A member of the staff of the handicraft store Tesoros opens a fan with a message for the times. —MARIANNE BERMUDEZ MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health (DOH) said on Monday that the COVID-19 situation was “improving” but did not yet say that the …
Read More »Duterte pardons Pemberton and ends legal dispute over premature release
[ad_1] President Duterte granted outright clemency to United States Marine Joseph Scott Pemberton on Monday, ending a legal dispute over a court order that attributed good conduct to him, shortening his prison term for the 2024 murder of Filipino transgender Jennifer Laude. Following this decision, Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said …
Read More »Coca-Cola will transition to 100 per rPET in the Netherlands and Norway
[ad_1] Coca-Cola European Partners has announced that it will transition to bottles made from 100% recycled PET (rPET) from the end of the year in the Netherlands and Norway. Announced today (September 7), Coca-Cola European Partners stated that in the Netherlands it will transition all small plastic bottles produced locally …
Read More »Ex-Tiger Abando is also a Knight | Sports Inquirer
[ad_1] Rhenz Abando —TRISTAN TAMAYO / INQUIRER.NET Rhenz Abando, touted as the next big college sensation after just one season with Santo Tomas University at UAAP, has taken his act to rival NCAA and will become the latest grumpy ex-Tiger to dress for the Letran Knights. The athletic forward is …
Read More »Food is highly unlikely to be a source of COVID-19 transmission, experts say
[ad_1] (CNN) – Food is highly unlikely to be a source of COVID-19 transmission, says a team of food contamination experts. The International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods (ICMSF) examined the evidence that coronavirus could be present in food or its packaging and found very little. “ICMSF believes that …
Read More »VW confirms ID.4 towing capacity, shows utility performance in new video
[ad_1] VW has confirmed the towing capacity of the upcoming ID.4 electric SUV in a new video showing the vehicle’s utility performance. For the past month, VW has touted the launch of the ID.4 electric SUV by gradually releasing more information about the vehicle. More recently, we first saw the …
Read More »The swing of the game on the perimeter changes the momentum of the series
[ad_1] The Boston Celtics lost their last two games to the Toronto Raptors, with the series now tied at 2-2. The triples have changed the course of the series The Boston Celtics looked to cruise control after the first two games of this Eastern Conference second-round showdown with the Toronto …
Read More »An apology to Playoff Rondo: sorry, I doubted you
[ad_1] I have a confession to make: I doubted Playoff Rondo. I didn’t think it was real. After watching two years of regular season stats and a movie indicating the Lakers were better when Rajon Rondo sat than when he played, I thought Rondo might be a toast. I didn’t …
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