[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Six new coronavirus cases were confirmed as of Tuesday noon (October 20), bringing Singapore’s total to 57,921. They included two of the workers’ bedrooms, the Ministry of Health (MINSA) said on Tuesday. There were also four imported cases, which were included in stay-at-home notices upon arrival in …
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[ad_1] Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, October 20) – Workers who were told not to report to work during the lockdown period will see their 13th month pay reduced, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said Tuesday. “The number of days na Hindi sila nakapasok, whether voluntary or involuntary, will have to …
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[ad_1] TOKYO – The governments of Japan and China will agree this week to allow businessmen and expats to resume their journey with each other, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. Japan and China have strong economic ties, and this move aims to boost their economies, which have been hit hard …
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[ad_1] It is the latest in a series of Covid-19 setbacks hitting the country and the state of Victoria in particular. Previous breaches of quarantine hotels in Victoria sparked a Covid-19 outbreak in Melbourne, causing the country’s second-largest city to spend months under strict lockdown. In a statement on Monday, …
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[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – More than 4,000 Repatriated Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) are currently stranded in different quarantine facilities in Metro Manila due to the delay in the release of swab results following the interruption of testing services for COVID-19 from the Philippine Red Cross (PRC). According to Labor Secretary …
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[ad_1] (CNN) – In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, all travel seems like a big question mark. So, an airline argues, why not accept that question mark? Air New Zealand is reviving its Mystery Breaks program, where travelers pay a flat rate to book a full vacation package with …
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[ad_1] Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying requested another series of court orders seeking the return of materials seized by police during an hour-long raid on his office by national security agents on last thursday. His company, Dico Consultants, took the police commissioner to Superior Court on Monday for …
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[ad_1] The president’s campaign manager, Bill Stepien, said Trump was “committed to debating Joe Biden regardless of last-minute rule changes.” But he also accused the commission of adopting the microphone rule to help Biden, as part of a multi-day effort by the Trump campaign to undermine the integrity of the …
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[ad_1] This is Khabib Nurmagomedov’s first fight since the death of his father and coach Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov. Mikhail Metzel TASS via Getty Images UFC 254 takes place this Saturday. At the top of the card is the biggest fight of 2020 – a lightweight unification competition between Khabib Nurmagomedov Y …
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[ad_1] India is at the center of global efforts to produce a Covid vaccine, writes Hannah Ellis-Petersen of The Guardian. As the world’s largest supplier of medicines and producer of 60% of the world’s vaccines, India has long been known as the ‘world’s pharmacy’. Now, as the frantic search for …
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