[ad_1] Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 18) – Malacañang said Monday that the public should await President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision on whether to receive the first vaccine against COVID-19. This, as Vice President Leni Robredo previously said, the move could boost Filipinos’ confidence in vaccines. “That’s what he’s referring to …
Read More »Indonesian doctors overwhelmed by earthquake victims
[ad_1] Members of a search and rescue team carry out search operations at Mitra Manakarra hospital following a magnitude 6.2 earthquake on January 15 in Mamuju, January 18, 2021. Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP MAMUJU, Indonesia – Doctors battled exhaustion and the risk of Covid-19 as they raced Monday …
Read More »UOB Asset Management completes the acquisition of the VAM Vietnam fund
[ad_1] VIETNAM – UOB Asset Management Ltd (UOBAM) announced that it has completed the acquisition of VAM Vietnam Fund Management Joint Stock Company (VAM VN), to be renamed UOB Asset Management (Vietnam) Fund Management Joint Stock Company. Founded in 2009, VAM VN has provided investment management advice and services to …
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Read More »House Panel Analyzes PH COVID-19 Vaccine Roadmap
[ad_1] This illustrative studio photograph shows a miniature shopping cart with a syringe and vials that reads “Covid-19 Vaccine” in Paris on January 8, 2021. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP) MANILA, Philippines – The House Health Committee on Monday opened its investigation into the national government’s COVID-19 vaccine roadmap …
Read More »New Zealand tennis ace Artem Sitak smashes the quarantine myth
[ad_1] New Zealand doubles player Artem Sitak has added a new perspective to the firestorm of the Covid-19 quarantine debate that has engulfed the preparation for the Australian Open. Sitak was one of 47 players on the two flights from Los Angeles to Melbourne that included four passengers who tested …
Read More »Quarantining tennis players expresses frustrations over ‘uneven practice’
[ad_1] (CNN) – Instead of training for up to five hours a day while preparing for the Australian Open, 72 players are unable to leave their hotel rooms under quarantine rules, and several of them verbally express their frustrations. Some are not just frustrated. Victoria’s Covid-19 Quarantine Commissioner Emma Cassar …
Read More »Congress sessions resume; CREATE, Amla among the highest priority
[ad_1] LAWMAKERS resumes its sessions today (January 18), with the House of Representatives and Senate promising to push forward two key bills: Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Business (CREATE) and Amendments to the Anti-Money Laundering Act (Amla) 2001— to its logical end, since it is about reforms long sought …
Read More »Pringle leads Philippine Cup winners with BPC Plum – The Manila Times
[ad_1] Barangay Geneva San Miguel guard Stanley Pringle won the 2020 Philippines Cup Best Conference Player (BPC) award, leading the Philippine Basketball Association Season 45 Special Awards winners ( PBA) virtual on Sunday. The 6-foot-1 Pringle edged out other nominees for the highest individual award in TNT Katropa guard Ray …
Read More »Why Parks Wasn’t Part of PBA Elite Five
[ad_1] Bobby Ray Parks, Jr. had a monstrous season inside the PBA bubble. Despite missing the last four games of the 2020 PBA Philippine Cup Finals, the 6-foot-4 shooting guard scored 22.4 points, 7.8 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game. He was definitely the pound-for-pound stat leader of the season. …
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