[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines’ return to pre-pandemic economic growth levels will take longer than expected, and next year’s expansion is likely to continue to be limited by downside risks, including challenges to vaccine distribution. against coronavirus. Thus concluded economists and investment managers who spoke in an online forum …
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[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – The EcoWaste Coalition on Tuesday called on local government units (LGUs) to ban firecrackers, fireworks and other pyrotechnic devices this Christmas season amid the pandemic. In a statement, the group’s chemical safety activist Thony Dizon urged officials to impose ordinances that will ban firecrackers and fireworks …
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[ad_1] The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an information document Tuesday saying that the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine is safe and effective, raising expectations that the regulator is ready to grant approval of emergency. The Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine could be available to millions of Americans in a few …
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[ad_1] Kim chiu Seven celebrities from the Philippines have made the Forbes Asia 100 Digital Stars list, which highlights the “most influential celebrities from Asia and the Pacific to take the digital world by storm.” These celebrities include Angel Locsin, Marian Rivera-Dantes, Kim Chiu, Anne Curtis, Kathryn Bernardo, Vice Ganda, …
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[ad_1] TOLL HOLIDAY An employee of the City of Valenzuela Public Safety Division informs motorists passing by the Mindanao Avenue toll booth that Valenzuela Mayor Rex Gatchalian has suspended the North Expressway operator’s business permit due to its flawed implementation of the electronic toll collection system. —GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE MANILA, …
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[ad_1] The families of the stranded seafarers and OFWs arrive at the Department of Foreign Affairs in the city of Pasay on Friday, July 17, 2020, requesting dialogue in person after multiple online requests to the department for the repatriation of their relatives. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News NEW YORK – …
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[ad_1] Millions of Indonesians will vote in local elections across the country on Wednesday amid the coronavirus pandemic, the country’s interior minister said Tuesday, adding that he hoped well-instituted health protocols would encourage all voters to cast. your votes. Meanwhile, the country’s Election Supervision Agency (Bawaslu) said that more than …
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[ad_1] New results on a potential COVID-19 vaccine from drug maker AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford suggest that it is safe and about 70 percent effective, but questions remain about how well it can help protect people 55 and older. , a key concern for a vaccine officials around …
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[ad_1] William Shakespeare is a busy kid during pandemics. First, King Lear wrote during the plague, and now he’s one of the first people to get the COVID-19 vaccine? Incredible! (You won’t take this away from me, this good man named William Shakespeare who got the vaccine is going to …
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[ad_1] Drug regulators, including Emer Cooke (left), director of the European Medicines Agency, and Stephen Hahn, commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration, have the opportunity to further harmonize regulatory processes.Credit: European Medicines Agency, FDA The launch of the COVID-19 vaccines is underway, but there seems to be not …
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