[ad_1] Photo from Kai Sotto’s Instagram account Kai Sotto is yet to reach the peak of his career, but at 18, the 7-foot-2 basketball prodigy is the closest full-blooded Filipino player in the NBA. Training in the NBA G League under Coach Brian Shaw, Sotto continues his path to greatness …
Read More »Kai Sotto plays for Gilas in the Fiba playoffs at Clark in February
[ad_1] KAI Sotto is set for his debut with the Gilas Pilipinas men’s basketball team. “I will join the national team,” he said in a short video shown during Fiba Smart’s global press conference on Thursday. “I’m excited. I hope we do our best. Sobrang special nito for sa ating …
Read More »Another lawyer in Cebu murdered
[ad_1] This is the truck that attorney Baby Maria Concepcion Landero-Ole was driving when she was shot and killed by unidentified assailants along the highway in Barangay Looc, Danao City at 2:50 pm today, December 17, 2020 CDN Digital | Pablo Lauro CEBU CITY, Philippines – Another lawyer was shot …
Read More »The government will again change the priority infrastructure list to include more flood control and health projects
[ad_1] Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 17) – The change comes again for the government’s flagship infrastructure projects list, the fourth version in four years. Officials from the National Economic and Development Authority announced Thursday that a new review of the priority projects is underway just months after the priority …
Read More »PH registers 1,470 new cases of COVID-19, the total exceeds 454,000
[ad_1] Parishioners celebrate Mass at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Makati City on December 13, 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News MANILA – The Philippines recorded 1,470 more COVID-19 infections on Thursday, bringing the country’s total to 454,447 as the government prepares for …
Read More »Trillanes says he presented early ICC intervention on Duterte’s war on drugs
[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV clarified Thursday that he and former Magdalo congressman Gary Alejano presented a communication to the International Criminal Court (ICC) on President Rodrigo Duterte’s war against illegal drugs before left-wing groups. In a statement, Trillanes said that the communication he and Alejano …
Read More »Philippines foresees 4 vaccines against coronavirus in the first quarter of 2021
[ad_1] Physician Alister Martin receives one of the first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine from nurse Jennifer Lisciotti at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on 16 December. December 2020. Craig F. Walker, Pool / Reuters MANILA – The Philippines is considering using 4 vaccines against …
Read More »Holiday Season COVID-19 Cases at NCR May Rise to 4,000 Per Day, DOH Warns
[ad_1] A health worker treats a possible COVID-19 at the Santa Ana Hospital in Santa Ana, Manila. INQUIRER PHOTO / RICHARD A. REYES MANILA, Philippines – Metro Manila may record at least 4,000 new 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19) infections per day during and after the Christmas season, which could also overwhelm …
Read More »Duke on COVID-19 vaccines: ‘There are no favorites here’
[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – The government is not exercising any favoritism in purchasing vaccines for the 2019 coronavirus disease, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said Thursday. In an interview on the ABS-CBN news channel, Duque said that the procurement of the vaccines and even the conduct of clinical trials in …
Read More »Launch of an independent international investigation into alleged human rights violations in PH
[ad_1] Relatives and human rights defenders denounce the detentions and the red tags of “Human Rights Day 7” during a press conference at the Human Rights Commission in Quezon City on December 14, 2020. Seven activists were arrested in operations separated from state forces during Human Rights Day on December …
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