[ad_1] Residents brave heavy rain and strong winds as they pass uprooted trees along a road in Can-avid city, Eastern Samar, on May 14, 2020, when Typhoon Ambo makes landfall. Alren Beronio, AFP MANILA – About 10,000 people were evacuated in northern Samar after typhoon Ambo, with heavy rain and …
Read More »12 more Filipinos abroad test positive for COVID-19; total now at 2,322
[ad_1] MANILA – The Department of Foreign Relations reported on Thursday 12 new cases of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that involved Filipinos abroad, bringing the total to 2,322. The count includes 774 recoveries and 269 deaths. May 14, 2020 Today, DFA confirms that there are no new deaths due …
Read More »Microsoft acquires Metaswitch in telecoms push
[ad_1] Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft CNBC Microsoft said Thursday that it has agreed to acquire Metaswitch Networks, a company with software that telecommunications companies can use to provide voice and data services to their customers. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The move shows Microsoft’s efforts to target …
Read More »NTC apologizes to Congress – The Manila Times
[ad_1] The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) apologized to the House of Representatives for issuing a cease and desist order against ABS-CBN. He maintained that he issued the order out of respect and in recognition of the exclusive authority of Congress over franchising. The Legislative Franchise Chamber Committee previously ordered the …
Read More »NTC to House: sorry, we were unable to notify you of a new legal position
[ad_1] The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) admitted that it lacked the foresight as to the legality of its previous commitment to lawmakers that it can issue a provisional authority (AP) for ABS-CBN Corp. to continue its operations, regretting that it regrets not have succeeded. notify Congress of its decision against …
Read More »Avilon Zoo seeks help to continue caring for quarantined animals
[ad_1] MANILA – The Avilon Zoo in Rizal is asking for the public’s help in caring for their animals amid the coronavirus-induced quarantine. In a Facebook post, Avilon Zoo said it is offering non-expiring admission tickets in order to “maintain good animal care and veterinary services in this extraordinary time.” …
Read More »Supporters at MCIA will be reduced under “new normal”
[ad_1] A look inside the MCIA. The | MCIA Photo CEBU CITY, Philippines – Authorities at Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) will present a new policy as it prepares for the “new normal.” GMR-Megawide Cebu Airport Corporation (GMCAC) in a statement released to the media on Thursday, May 14, announced …
Read More »Japan’s Abe says the world economy in “crisis once in a century”
[ad_1] Men wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus rest in Tokyo on Thursday, May 14, 2020. Japan is still under a coronavirus state of emergency that lasted until the end of May, although there have been no hard blockades. . (AP Photo / Eugene …
Read More »A hospital was besieged by the virus. Nearby was “a lot of space”.
[ad_1] In late March, when the most serious public health crisis in a century swept across New York, sick people and their caregivers faced a hospital system that was less than the sum of its powerful parts. At the same time, however, 3,500 beds were free at other New York …
Read More »Typhoon Vongfong hits Philippines, coronavirus makes evacuation difficult | Philippines News
[ad_1] The coronavirus pandemic is complicating the Philippines’ efforts to move hundreds of thousands of people to evacuation centers where social distancing is difficult to enforce as a strong typhoon lashes out at its eastern provinces. Typhoon Vongfong, the first to hit the country this year, intensified after hitting the …
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