[ad_1] Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) has guaranteed that it can pay the P930 million it owes to the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) for conducting coronavirus testing for the government, but wanted to ensure that its memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the humanitarian organization is on the table. The state …
Read More »More than 600,000 PHL garment workers may lose their jobs due to the impact of Covid – ILO
[ad_1] MORE than 600,000 workers in the local garment industry are now at risk of losing their jobs as the Covid-19 pandemic reduces plant production and consumer demand around the world. The International Labor Organization (ILO) issued the statement on Thursday after noting that national apparel firms have reduced their …
Read More »Tropang Giga and Aces extend their winning streak – The Manila Times
[ad_1] Tropang Giga earned No. 5 victory by defeating Blackwater Elite, 109-96, in the PBA Season 45 Philippine Cup at the Angeles University Foundation (AUF) Cultural and Sports Center at the Centro Cultural y Deportivo de Angeles City Pampanga on Thursday night. Top Gun Jason Castro, who was recovering from …
Read More »Trump says China is America’s biggest adversary as report shows it paid them 188,000 in taxes
[ad_1] In a raw cut of a non-airy 60 minutes Interview posted on President Donald Trump’s Facebook page on Thursday, Trump says China is America’s biggest foreign adversary. Although according to recent reports, he paid more than $ 100,000 in taxes to China around the same time that he paid …
Read More »Chinese Firm Seeks FDA Clearance to Test Coronavirus Vaccine on Human Subjects at HP
[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech Ltd has applied to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for permission to conduct mass human testing for its candidate coronavirus vaccine in the Philippines. FDA Director General Enrique Domingo said on Thursday (October 22) that the Chinese company had submitted …
Read More »Chinese vaccine maker requests local trials – The Manila Times
[ad_1] The vaccine for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) developed by Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (Sinovac) of China has approached a clinical trial in the country. Undersecretary of Health Rolando Domingo The Director General of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Rolando Enrique Domingo, confirmed that Sinovac has requested permission to test …
Read More »Envoy Says PH Should Be Ready To Store Chinese Coronavirus Vaccines
[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – Get ready with storage facilities for China’s coronavirus vaccines. This was the message brought home by the Philippine ambassador to China, who gave an update on the development of Chinese vaccines for SARS Cov2, the virus that causes COVID-19 and which originated in China. At a …
Read More »US First Large-Scale COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Reaches 30,000 Participant Enrollment Goal
[ad_1] (CNN) – Moderna, the first company to begin U.S. clinical trials of a COVID-19 vaccine, finished enrolling 30,000 participants on Thursday. All 30,000 have received their first shot, and most of them have also received the required second shot. The company president says he is now on his way …
Read More »Trump-Biden debate: candidates prepare for final showdown with lessons from first debate
[ad_1] Bauer interrupts and yells at Biden, who is trying to formulate his arguments for why he should be president. Team Biden is concerned that the plan to silence candidates during parts of the debate won’t help with the distraction factor. Even if the home audience cannot hear the president’s …
Read More »‘Underground Daw’: Angel Locsin Responds To Military Officer Who Tagged His Sister Red, Shows Family Photo
[ad_1] MANILA – Actress and philanthropist Angel Locsin responded on Thursday to a military officer who alleged that her sister, Ella Colmenares, is “clandestine” as an alleged member of the New People’s Army (NPA). Locsin’s short response was through a photo on Instagram Stories, which shows his family celebrating the …
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