[ad_1] Engineering students in Senegal have joined their country’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic with inventions such as automatic disinfectant dispensers and medical robots. Students attending one of the capital’s best engineering schools, Dakar, have focused their technical skills to ease the pressure on wards, and are already in talks …
Read More »‘Cats’ musical to stream online for free for 48 hours this week
[ad_1] Cast members perform excerpts of the musical “Cats” on Oct. 1, 2015, on stage at the Theater de Mogador in Paris. Image: AFP / Jacques Demarthon The award-winning musical “Cats,” composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, will be streaming online for free this weekend. The stage production can be viewed …
Read More »Inciting the raps of sedition presented against the Aklan man who offered a P100-M reward on Duterte’s head
[ad_1] Ronald Quiboyen, 40, was arrested by the Malapay municipal police station on May 13 for his Facebook post offering a P100 million reward for anyone who can kill Duterte. MANILA, Philippines – Police officers filed a sedition incitement case against a Aklan worker on Wednesday that he posted on …
Read More »Sugary drinks related to cardiovascular disease
[ad_1] That’s according to a new study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Heart Association. In the study, the researchers cataloged the responses of some 106,000 women who completed a food questionnaire. The survey included questions about how often they drank sugary drinks, including soda, sports drinks, and …
Read More »Tropical storm Vongfong, first storm of the year in the western Pacific, bound for the Philippines
[ad_1] Tropical storm Vongfong is moving west-northwest and a storm warning has been issued over parts of the central Luzon region, the largest and most populous island in the Philippines, which is home to the capital Manila. Heavy rains are expected later today and Thursday, while hurricane force winds may …
Read More »Guinea: Six protesters killed in clashes with police | News
[ad_1] Six protesters have died in Guinea during clashes with security forces over roadblocks erected to curb the spread of the coronavirus. “There were five deaths in Coyah and one in Dubreka,” police spokesman Mory Kaba told AFP news agency on Tuesday. More: According to the police, crowds were protesting …
Read More »Both intensify in a severe tropical storm
[ad_1] US NOAA / Himawari-8 satellite image. USA From tropical storm #AmboPH near the Philippines starting at 5 p.m. Wednesday. MANILA – Ambo weather disruption has intensified in a severe tropical storm as it approached Eastern Visayas and the Bicol Region, the state meteorology office said on Wednesday. At 5 …
Read More »Philippines plans to build its way out of coronavirus downturn | Philippines News
[ad_1] Airports and roads have been emptied by the coronavirus pandemic but the Philippines will keep building them, banking on a $ 160-billion infrastructure plan to revive an economy slammed by the outbreak. An economic stimulus package is being prepared that will include major funding for infrastructure, said Secretary Vince …
Read More »Government changes its mind, imposes modified GCQ in 8 low-risk regions
[ad_1] HEAD OF DILG. Interior Secretary Eduardo Año says the government’s coronavirus task force will issue new guidelines for low-risk regions. File photo of Darren Langit / Rappler MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – The government coronavirus task force changed its mind overnight about lifting quarantine measures in 8 “low risk” regions, …
Read More »Pampanga mayors want ECQ, not GCQ, for another week
[ad_1] CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — Gov. Dennis G. Pineda announced on Wednesday that Pampanga will remain under a modified enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), contrary to the statement of Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque that Pampanga, under Region III, will now ease into a general community quarantine (GCQ) on May 16. …
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