[ad_1] The Philippine monetary authorities have decided to actively negotiate some of the country’s gold reserves to take advantage of rising prices. This was announced by Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin Diokno during the Development Budget Coordination Committee briefing for the proposed $ 4.506 trillion national budget held …
Read More »NBA Playoffs: Mike D’Antoni thinks the Rockets can play better against the Lakers
[ad_1] No matter how low you are with the Lakers after a disappointing Game 1 of their series against the Houston Rockets to start the second round of the NBA playoffs, it’s hard not to think that they can at least play better in the future. The Lakers shot 28.9% …
Read More »Heat and raptors causing chaos
[ad_1] NBA playoff, power ratings, Heat, Raptors (Photo by Mike Ehrmann / Getty Images) What a week in NBA playoff basketball, the Raptors and Heat have turned the world upside down. Likewise, power rankings have taken a drastic turn. Before the second round of the NBA playoffs began, the Milwaukee …
Read More »‘No sign of life’ in search of Beirut blast survivor – The Manila Times
[ad_1] BEIRUT: Rescuers said Saturday there was no longer any sign of life in a collapsed building in Beirut, dashing hopes raised by sensor readings showing a pulse under the rubble from last month’s explosion. The catastrophic August 4 explosion in Beirut port killed at least 191 people, making it …
Read More »PNP backs monitoring of quarantine violations – The Manila Times
[ad_1] The Philippine National Police (PNP) reiterated its support for monitoring quarantine violators through social media, as it ensured that privacy will not be compromised and no immediate arrests will be made. LtGen. Guillermo Eleazar, commander of the PNP’s Covid Shield Joint Task Force, said that some people were apparently …
Read More »Sotto sees rapid adoption of COW report on PhilHealth disaster
[ad_1] Senate President Vicente Sotto III is confident that the plenary will adopt today (September 7) the report of the Committee of the Whole (COW) on anomalies in the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), including a proposal to cite the Secretary of Health Francisco Duque III among them. responsible for …
Read More »Beirut blast: emotional rollercoaster as rescuers finish search for possible survivor
[ad_1] On Saturday night, locals applauded the rescuers, led by a Chilean search and rescue team, after they announced that the search was 95% complete and that they ruled out signs of life. “Unfortunately, today we can say that there are no signs of life inside the building,” Francisco Lermanda, …
Read More »Vlogger Lloyd Cadena contracted COVID-19 before he died, family members confirm
[ad_1] Vlogger Lloyd Cafe Cadena (Photo from his Facebook page) MANILA, Philippines – Viral vlogger Lloyd Cafe Cadena was infected with the latest strain of coronavirus before suffering a fatal heart attack, family members confirmed Sunday night. According to a post on the vlogger’s Facebook page, Cadena was admitted to …
Read More »DFA: So far 164,000 foreign Filipinos have flown home in the pandemic period
[ad_1] The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Sunday that as of September 5, 2020, it had repatriated a total of 164,368 Filipinos abroad (OF), mostly workers displaced from countries affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. . At least 36.4 percent of the total is found at sea and 63.6 …
Read More »Thousands evacuated as mighty Typhoon Haishen moves toward Japan and the Korean peninsula
[ad_1] (CNN) – Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated out of the way of a powerful typhoon that is expected to make landfall in southwestern Japan on Sunday. Typhoon Haishen has sustained winds of 195 kph (121 mph) and gusts of up to 240 kph (149 mph), the …
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