[ad_1] At least one of two or more new variants of SARS-CoV-2 is likely to have spread to the community in the United States, but they are unlikely to have a large impact on the effectiveness of the vaccine or standard precautions, they said. CDC officials at a briefing. The …
Read More »MMA: Pinoy fighters campaigning in UNO hope for better 2021
[ad_1] Despite all the trials and difficulties the world faced this year, Filipinos fighting in the ONE Championship said they were looking forward to 2021 with hope and optimism. “Next year, I want to achieve all the goals that I have, personally and in my career,” said 2020 MMA star …
Read More »Josh Hawley to delay claiming Biden’s victory by forcing Electoral College results to vote
[ad_1] Hawley is the first senator to announce plans to object to the results, which is significant because both a member of the House and the senator must file an objection when Congress counts Electoral College votes on January 6. The objection will not change the outcome of the election, …
Read More »The new variant of the COVID-19 virus is an ‘inconvenience’ for the economic recovery of the PH: economist
[ad_1] The owners of the stalls install plastic barriers and promote physical distancing in the public market of the city of Las Pinas on March 31, 2020. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News MANILA – The new variant of the COVID-19 virus presents a downside risk to the Philippines’ economic recovery, an …
Read More »I was on the first passenger flight of a US Boeing 737 Max since 2019
[ad_1] On Tuesday, American Airlines became the first U.S. airline to fly the Boeing 737 Max since it was grounded in March 2019 after two accidents in a span of five months. Writer Chris Sloan was aboard the three-hour flight from Miami to New York with 95 other people comprised …
Read More »Slower population growth observed in 2021 – The Manila Times
[ad_1] The Population and Development Commission (Popcom) sees a slower birth rate in 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The commission said the Philippine population is expected to increase slightly by 1.4 million by110,881,756, with a growth rate of 1.31 percent at the beginning of the year. He projected that …
Read More »OVP spends P500 million in equity and donations for relief operations in 2020
[ad_1] The Office of the Vice President (OVP) spent more than P500 million in its own funds and donations for COVID-19 response operations and disaster relief in 2020, it said Wednesday. In a summary of its relief operations through Wednesday, the OVP reported that it mobilized resources in the amount …
Read More »PBA: Alfrancis Chua, Geneva boss, on Slaughter’s apology – ‘No bad blood’
[ad_1] Barangay Geneva team governor Alfrancis Chua said it was okay for Greg Slaughter to apologize to team management for taking a year off from the PBA. Slaughter posted a lengthy apology through his social media accounts for the misunderstanding. “Really? That’s good,” Chua said in a CNN Philippines report …
Read More »Moderna shares are up 488% in 2020 – is it a 2021 buy?
[ad_1] All eyes were on biotechnology Modern (NASDAQ: mRNA) in 2020. It was not a very popular name in the pharmaceutical space, as it does not have approved products on the market yet. But its sudden entry into the COVID-19 vaccine competition garnered a lot of attention and it became …
Read More »Navotas LGU workers will receive an incentive of $ 10k
[ad_1] Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 30) – Navotas City Mayor Toby Tiangco signed two ordinances granting a $ 10,000 service recognition incentive to regular and contract city employees. In accordance with municipal ordinances nos. 2020-44 and 2020-45, the incentive only applies to the 534 regular employees and the 1,832 …
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