[ad_1] WET START FOR 2021 Floods marred the New Year’s Day celebration in this neighborhood of Negros Occidental province on Friday. Heavy rains caused rivers to rise in several towns, causing flash floods on New Year’s Eve and forcing thousands of families in the cities of Victorias, Talisay and Silay, …
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[ad_1] Welcome to the game thread. Veterans of the Game Thread know how we do things here, but for all newbies we have a few rules. Our Community Principles apply and basically say: be cool, don’t personal attacks, don’t troll, and don’t swear too much. On Tuesday night, the Spurs …
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[ad_1] Rubén Feliciano, candidate for mayor of San Fernando | CDN digital photo via Rosalie Abatayo CEBU CITY, Philippines – Controversial San Fernando City, Cebu mayoral candidate Ruben Feliciano was shot and killed by unknown perpetrators outside his rented home in Barangay Apas, Cebu City. His nephew Kim was not …
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[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – The Chief of the Philippine National Police, Gen. Debold Sinas, dismissed the nine police officers involved in the fatal shooting of four army intelligence officers in Jolo, Sulu province, in June last year. PNP spokesman Brig. General Ildebrandi Usana said Sinas approved on Friday the recommendation …
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[ad_1] German company BioNTech said on Friday it was rushing to increase production of its Covid-19 vaccine in Europe, to fill the “gap” left by the lack of other approved vaccines. The vaccine developed by BioNTech and its US partner Pfizer was the first to be approved in the European …
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[ad_1] Alex Caruso has missed the last two Lakers games and did not travel with the team on his current tour after being ruled out under league health and safety protocols. Head coach Frank Vogel couldn’t provide much more clarity ahead of Caruso’s third straight lost game against the San …
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[ad_1] Reporting standards for payment operators Lawrence Agcaoili (The Philippine Star) – January 2, 2021-12: 00 am MANILA, Philippines – The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is implementing regulatory reporting standards for payment system operators as it intensifies efforts to transform the country from a cash-rich to a cash-poor economy. …
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[ad_1] US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) arrives before a final vote on the override of the veto on the National Defense Authorization Act on Capitol Hill in Washington, USA, January 1, 2021. REUTERS / Joshua Roberts WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans in the U.S. Senate …
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[ad_1] The United States closed 2020 with the deadliest and most infectious month since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, while also exceeding 20 million confirmed cases of Covid-19. More than 77,000 people lost their lives in December to Covid-19, while 6.4 million contracted the virus amid the emergence of …
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[ad_1] (Photos by PNP-AKG) MANILA, Philippines – Two Chinese men were arrested on New Year’s Eve for allegedly demanding P9 million in exchange for the release of a Taiwanese they detained in Cavite province. The Anti-Kidnapping Group of the Philippine National Police (PNP-AKG) said Taiwanese national Chen Yen-Shau was rescued …
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