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PSA: Inflation slows down to 4.2 percent in November

December 7, 2021
DOH: 8 travelers from S. Africa who have yet to be located unresponsive, gave wrong details in info sheets

December 7, 2021
Russia reports first Omicron infections

December 7, 2021
Myanmar junta jails Suu Kyi for four years

December 6, 2021
PHL logs 571 more Delta variant cases

December 6, 2021

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PSA: Inflation slows down to 4.2 percent in November

December 7, 2021

(Eagle News) — Inflation or the rate of increase in the prices of commodity goods and services over a period of time, clocked in at 4.2 percent in November, indicating slower growth in such prices. According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the 4.2 percent was slower than the 4.6 percent inflation rate recorded in October. With the 4.2 percent inflation rate, the PSA said the average inflation from January to November 2021 remained at 4.5 […]

DOH: 8 travelers from S. Africa who have yet to be located unresponsive, gave wrong details in info sheets

December 7, 2021

(Eagle News) — The eight travelers from South Africa who have yet to be located were unresponsive or provided wrong or incomplete details on their personal information sheets. In an interview, Health Undersecretary Ma. Rosario Vergeire said of the eight, four listed down their agencies’ contact numbers. However, the numbers cannot be reached. Meanwhile, one gave a mobile number but was lacking one figure. One gave an incomplete address, while two others were not responding […]

P13.6 million worth of shabu seized in Sulu buy-bust: PNP

December 7, 2021

Three, including barangay official, nabbed (Eagle News) — Sulu police seized over P13 million worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation in Indanan, Sulu, and arrested a barangay official and two others. Quoting an Indanan Municipal Police station report, the Philippine National Police said the P13.6 million worth of shabu was seized from Ilahan Sabdain Yahya, 48 barangay kagawad of Gata-Gata, Panglima Estino; Muride Jarih Ahajan, 31; and Elmina Hamidan Unaid, 24; on Dec. […]

DOH: 8 travelers from S. Africa yet to be located

December 6, 2021

(Eagle News) — Eight travelers who arrived from South Africa—which first announced the detection of the Omicron variant–have yet to be located. According to Health Undersecretary Ma. Rosario Vergeire, the eight were among the 253 individuals who arrived in the country before the Philippines imposed restrictions on travelers from South Africa and other adjacent countries amid the Omicron variant threat. She said 80 have so far been located. Of these, she said 71 ROFs and […]

International

IMF sees China’s growth ‘slowing notably’

December 7, 2021

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — China has an important part to play in the global economy as it recovers from Covid-19, but its growth is slowing, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said Monday. The head of the Washington-based crisis lender held a virtual meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and discussed topics ranging from inflation to the recovery from the pandemic, according to a statement released by the IMF. “China achieved a truly remarkable recovery, […]

WHO advises against blood plasma treatment for Covid-19

December 7, 2021

PARIS, France (AFP) — Covid treatments using plasma taken from the blood of recovered coronavirus patients should not be given to people with mild or moderate illness, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. Convalescent plasma showed some early promise when given intravenously to people sick with Covid-19. But in advice published in the British Medical Journal, the WHO now says that “current evidence shows that it does not improve survival nor reduce the need for […]

Russia reports first Omicron infections

December 7, 2021

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia has registered its first two cases of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus in its nationals returning from South Africa — where the variant was first detected — the country’s health agency said on Monday. “Two citizens who returned to Russia from South Africa have been diagnosed with the Omicron coronavirus strain,” the Rospotrebnadzor health agency said in a statement. The agency said that all Russians […]

Iceland raises alert level for its most active volcano

December 7, 2021

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AFP) — Iceland on Monday raised the alert level for a possible eruption of its most active volcano after several small earthquakes were registered earlier in the day. Located in an uninhabited and remote area of central Iceland, the Grimsvotn volcano is situated under a massive glacier. Experts have been monitoring Grimsvotn for several weeks after its glacier lake burst, an event that could trigger a volcanic eruption. In the latest eruption in […]

Headlines

IMF sees China’s growth ‘slowing notably’

WHO advises against blood plasma treatment for Covid-19

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