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Los Angeles, United States | AFP | Thursday 2/16/2023 – 02:10 UTC+1 | 312 words Basketball great Michael Jordan will make a record-breaking $10 million donation to the Make-A-Wish foundation to mark his 60th birthday later this week, a statement said on Wednesday. Jordan’s donation to Make-A-Wish — which aims to fulfill the wishes of children aged between 2-18 battling critical illness – is the largest in the Arizona-based nonprofit’s 43-year history. The six-time NBA […]
STRASBOURG, France (AFP) — The European Union is to donate another 200 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to low-income countries, more than doubling its present pledge, the bloc’s chief said on Wednesday. The extra doses announced by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen come on top of 250 million shots the EU has already promised to give to other countries, particularly ones in Africa. “I can announce today that the commission will add a new […]
by Aurélia END WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States has distributed more than 100 million Covid-19 vaccine doses overseas — more than all other countries combined, President Joe Biden said Tuesday as he touted his record on countering the Delta variant cutting a deadly swath across the planet. The announcement, which follows the administration belatedly achieving its July 4 target for getting 70 percent of American adults at least one shot, marked “just […]
https://youtu.be/_7AnDK1bOpo (Eagle News) — Japan will be donating AstraZeneca vaccine doses to the Philippines, according to the Japan’s ambassador to the Philippines Koshikawa Kazuhiko. In his twitter post, the Ambassador said that the Japanese government will deliver the vaccine donations “at the soonest possible time.” “Glad to be the bearer of good news today! Japan will donate AstraZeneca vaccines to the Philippines, and we’ll make sure to deliver them at the soonest possible time […]
Donation aside from 80M US vaccines to be “supplied to the world” by end of June in efforts to end COVID pandemic worldwide (Eagle News) — US President Joe Biden said that the United States will be purchasing 500 million or half a billion doses of Pfizer vaccines which the US government will be donating to 100 low and lower-middle-income countries to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic. This will be aside from the 80 million […]
HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — Vietnam, once a model for its successful handling of the pandemic, has started asking for public donations to buy vaccines as it struggles to contain a new coronavirus wave. The Southeast Asian country has vaccinated only about one percent of its population of nearly 100 million, and authorities have become increasingly alarmed by a recent spike in cases. Since last week, mobile phone users have received up to three text messages […]
Felix Y. Manalo Foundation delivers 10K Pounds in donations to charities in Canada, plus blood donations (Eagle News) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau thanked the Iglesia Ni Cristo’s Felix Y. Manalo Foundation for its continuing Aid To Humanity in Canada, saying its efforts “play a valuable role in keeping Canadian families safe and healthy” amid the COVID pandemic. He sent this message after the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC or Church Of Christ) through […]
(Eagle News) – The United States military has donated P10 million worth of personal protective equipment (PPE) and medical supplies to ten hospitals in provinces across the country, the US Embassy in the Philippines said on Tuesday, May 19. Aside from PPEs, the medical supplies include disposable gloves, masks, medical clothing, various types of face protection, infrared thermometers and other tools. “Over the next month, this medical equipment will be distributed to fourteen medical clinics, […]
(Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines has raised over P16 million from its members’ salaries to help fund the government’s response against COVID-19. In a press release, the AFP said the P16,901,934.27 represent deductions from the salaries of members of the general headquarters of the AFP, the Philippine Army, the Philippine Air Force and the Philippine Navy, and did not include donations from civilian personnel. The AFP said the percent deduction was […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has donated a $100,000 prize she won from a Danish foundation to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for use against the COVID-19 pandemic, the world body said Thursday. “Like the climate crisis, the coronavirus pandemic is a child rights crisis,” Thunberg, 17, was quoted as saying in the UNICEF statement. “It will affect all children, now and in the long term, but vulnerable […]
(Eagle News)—–Senator Leila de Lima is proposing a law that will regulate public solicitations and impose stiff penalties for any misuse of funds collected by solicitors. Senate Bill (SB) No. 2014, which repeals what she said was the antiquated Act. No. 4075, as amended by Presidential Decree No. 156, also seeks to “institutionalize the issuance of temporary solicitation permits to individuals or organizations needing aid in times of natural or human-induced calamities or disasters.” “Reported abuses […]
(Eagle News) — The Chinese government has turned over P155-million worth of equipment to the Philippines for use in the rehabilitation of Marawi. The 47 pieces of equipment which Public Works Secretary Mark Villar said were donated “with no strings attached” were turned over to the Philippines on Tuesday. Villar said in a television interview that China was “one of the first that really delivered tangible equipment” for that purpose. “Siyempre marami din kaming commitments. […]
