[ad_1] by Carlos Alberto Colodro 1/4/2021 – Teimour Radjabov secured first place at the Airthings Masters after scoring two points from three matches against Levon Aronian, having already won the first mini-match on Saturday. Meanwhile, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave defeated Daniil Dubov in a spirited match for third place. | Photo: Shamkir …
Read More »Ministry of Finance aims for growth recovery | Deal
[ad_1] Last year it closed with the debt of the public administrations in 338,000 million euros and the cash reserves in 31,000 million euros. The Finance Ministry is now awaiting final figures on 2020 gross domestic product and the extent of the recession to establish how far above the 200% …
Read More »Sotto Introduces New Bill to Renew ABS-CBN Franchise
[ad_1] The ABS-CBN compound in Quezon City. February 2020. ABS-CBN News MANILA (TO UPDATE) – Senate President Vicente Sotto III introduced a bill on Monday seeking to renew ABS-CBN’s franchise, once the Philippines’ largest broadcaster before its license to operate expired last year. Sotto’s Senate Bill No. 1967 seeks to …
Read More »959 more infected with COVID-19; PH cases now at 478,761
[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – Total COVID-19 cases in the country reached 478,761, as 959 more contracted SARS-CoV-2, the Department of Health (DOH) reported Monday. In its daily case bulletin, the DOH said the drop in the number of additional cases is due to a “decrease in the number of patients …
Read More »Collaboration between the government and the private sector is needed for a faster Internet
[ad_1] Collaboration between the government and the private sector is crucial to improving the country’s Internet speed, as it requires massive capital spending, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) said. A strong telecommunications infrastructure is needed, especially during these times when online communications and correspondence have become the new norm due …
Read More »Palace questions Senate’s alleged ‘interference’ in Duterte’s security
[ad_1] Presidential Speaker Harry Roque and Senate Minority Leader Franlin Drilon. INQUIRER archive photos MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang on Monday questioned the Senate’s alleged interference in security matters by President Rodrigo Duterte following requests for an investigation into how the Presidential Security Group (PSG) acquired vaccines against COVID-19. “I do …
Read More »The Justice Department indicts 9 Jolo policemen for the murder of 4 soldiers in June 2020 and the laying of evidence
[ad_1] The area where nine police officers shot dead 4 soldiers in the city of Jolo, Sulu, in June 2020. ABS-CBN News / Archive MANILA – A panel of prosecutors from the Department of Justice (DOJ) found probable cause to indict 9 police officers for murder and exhibiting for the …
Read More »Georgia Election Guardian Raffensperger Faces Trouble As Trump Contests Defeat
[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger provides an update on the state of the elections and the counting of votes during a press conference at the State Capitol in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 6 December. November 2020. REUTERS / Dustin Chambers CUTHBERT, Georgia – Georgia’s Republican Secretary of …
Read More »Trump’s Republicans have abandoned Lincoln: now they are the Confederacy | Republicans
[ad_1] OROn Wednesday, the transition of Republicans to the party of Confederacy will be complete. One day after the second round of the Georgia elections, at least a dozen legislators in the Senate and more than half of the party’s House members will seek to overturn the results of the …
Read More »Japan Prepares for State of Emergency as COVID-19 Cases Rise
[ad_1] (CNN) – Japan may enter a state of emergency this week as the country grapples with rising coronavirus cases, several of which have been linked to a potentially more infectious new variant. At a New Years press conference on Monday, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said an emergency declaration was …
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