[ad_1] PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has given concerned Cabinet members a week to begin rehabilitation in areas devastated by Tropical Storm “Auring.” This photo shared by the governor of Surigao del Sur, Alexander Pimentel, shows the extent of the flooding caused by tropical storm ‘Auring’ in the city of Tanday. At …
Read More »Kai Sotto will not meet with Ignite
[ad_1] MANILA – Following a “mutual decision,” the NBA G League announced Tuesday that Filipino basketball sensation Kai Sotto would not be joining the Ignite career program in the league’s current bubble season in Orlando, Florida. The development came amid uncertainty that the 18-year-old, eight-foot center would become the team …
Read More »Russia shows off new COVID-19 vaccine factory even as its people hesitate to get the vaccine
[ad_1] (CNN) – Decades ago, Soviet scientists investigated biological weapons at a site in Volginsky, about 70 miles east of Moscow. Now that site is being used to mass produce a vaccine aimed at protecting people around the world from the coronavirus. CNN gained exclusive access to the facility, now …
Read More »Coca-Cola will invest P3 billion to boost production in Luzon
[ad_1] For Jenina P. Ibáñez, Reporter THE Coca-Cola Company plans to invest an initial $ 63 million (about P3 billion) in its Philippine operations this year to expand Luzon-based production. Coca-Cola Beverages Philippines, Inc. (CCBPI), the beverage giant’s local bottling partner, will invest in improving production capacity in Santa Rosa …
Read More »Hear the wind from Mars in these first sounds from the Perseverance rover
[ad_1] These sounds are truly otherworldly. NASA’s Perseverance rover recorded 60 seconds of Martian sound on Saturday (February 20), just two days after its perfect landing inside Jezero crater. The newly released file, featuring a mechanical rover drone and the rustle of the Red Planet breeze, is the first actual …
Read More »Russia shows off new COVID-19 vaccine factory even as its people hesitate to get the vaccine
[ad_1] (CNN) – Decades ago, Soviet scientists investigated biological weapons at a site in Volginsky, about 70 miles east of Moscow. Now that site is being used to mass produce a vaccine aimed at protecting people around the world from the coronavirus. CNN gained exclusive access to the facility, now …
Read More »Pandemic managers raised the urgency of the compensation law only in February: senators
[ad_1] Medical workers make last-minute preparations for the Manila Covid-19 vaccine installation at the Santa Ana hospital in Manila on Tuesday, February 23, despite a delay in the arrival of vaccines to the country. Manila Mayor Isko Moreno has expressed dismay at the delay after he signed P38.4 million as …
Read More »Senate Passes ‘No Vaccine’ Vaccine Bill
[ad_1] MOCK JAB An elderly man waits his turn at a mass vaccination drill at Legarda Primary School in Sampaloc, Manila. —RICHARD A. REYES On Tuesday, the Senate passed a measure establishing the country’s COVID-19 vaccination program in final reading, and senators mockingly praised the bill’s passage even if no …
Read More »‘El Chapo’ wife will remain behind bars on drug trafficking charges, federal judge orders
[ad_1] Emma Coronel Aispuro, a 31-year-old former Mexican beauty queen, was apprehended at Dulles International Airport on Monday, according to the United States Department of Justice. Coronel faces charges of conspiracy to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin, five kilograms or more of cocaine, 1,000 kilograms or more of …
Read More »Eliminate virus testing as a travel requirement – The Manila Times
[ad_1] The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is considering eliminating testing for Covid-19 as a travel requirement across the country. Undersecretary Epimaco Densing Jr DILG Deputy Secretary for Operations Epimaco Densing 3rd, however, said that approval of his proposal would be in the hands of the Interagency …
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