[ad_1] So Mr. Shakespeare’s vaccination brought heartwarming news to the people of Britain and to his family. Within hours of Tuesday, he and Keenan had become the face of the country’s resistance against a virus that has killed more people in Britain than anywhere else in Europe. “He’s sick of …
Read More »Duterte observes free tests with Covid swab
[ad_1] President Rodrigo Duterte directed the Health Department to find ways to implement free swab tests, saying that coronavirus testing is crucial to responding to the pandemic. In a televised meeting with members of his cabinet on Monday, Duterte asked Health Secretary Fransisco Duque 3rd if the government could bear …
Read More »“It has given people hope”: NHS patients and staff on the first day of Covid vaccination | World News
[ad_1] IIt was 6.31am when Margaret Keenan, an early riser, rolled up her sleeves while sitting in a chair at her local hospital in Coventry, with the world press watching, and became the first person in the world to receive the vaccine. Pfizer / BioNTech Covid-19. . The 90-year-old made …
Read More »The World Bank expects a GDP reduction of 8.1% in 2020 – The Manila Times
[ad_1] The World Bank cut its growth projection for the Philippine economy even further this year after taking into account continued contraction in the third quarter and losses suffered by recent typhoons. In its Philippines Economic Update (PEU) report on Tuesday, the Washington-based financial institution said that gross domestic product …
Read More »One more for Cone | Business mirror
[ad_1] From the beginning, Tim Cone finds himself on familiar ground. Like fish in the water. That’s the incontrovertible truth in the ongoing seven-game series between Cone’s Barangay Ginebra and Bong Ravena’s TNT at the University of Angeles Foundation gym in Pampanga. The highly favored Cone is one game away …
Read More »‘CREATE could attract $ 7-10 billion in new investment in 2021’
[ad_1] As the enactment of the Corporate Recovery and Business Tax Incentives (CREATE) looms, the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee said Tuesday that the proposal could spur up to $ 7 billion to $ 10. billion in additional new foreign investment in 2021 alone and at least …
Read More »Job losses driving 3 million Filipinos into poverty
[ad_1] WITH a quarter of the breadwinners in the Philippines out of work in 2020 due to Covid-19, the World Bank expects nearly 3 million Filipinos to fall into poverty by the end of this year. According to the Philippine Economic Update (PEU), the World Bank said growth is expected …
Read More »Palma transmits hope – SUNSTAR
[ad_1] The archbishop of CEBU, José Palma, delivered a message of hope to the faithful at the Feast of the Immaculate Conception on Wednesday, December 8, 2020 in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. “We can survive,” he said in his homily. “And after that, we will revive.” The prelate …
Read More »Tribes save Amazon monkeys – The Manila Times
[ad_1] MEDELLIN: Far from the rifle crevices that occasionally cut through the rainforest as local tribesmen hunt mature primates for their meat and soft skins, a sanctuary in a corner of the Colombian Amazon offers new life to the orphaned monkeys that remain. The shelter run by a local leader, …
Read More »World Bank sees worse contraction for PH economy due to viruses and typhoons
[ad_1] Commercial establishments along the banks of the Marikina River continue to clean up on November 20, 2020, as the local government provides dump trucks, excavators and haulers to clear the main roads. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News MANILA – The World Bank further downgraded its 2020 economic outlook for the …
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