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by Susan STUMME with Agence France Presse bureaus WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Governments around the world on Thursday raced to head off a surge in coronavirus cases driven by the Delta variant, with US President Joe Biden offering new incentives to vaccine holdouts and Israel authorizing booster shots. The World Health Organization warned the highly transmissible strain of the virus, first detected in India, could unleash a “fourth wave” of cases in its […]
Tunisian President Kais Saied sacked the defence minister Monday, a day after ousting the prime minister and suspending parliament, plunging the young democracy into constitutional crisis in the midst of a pandemic. Street clashes erupted Monday outside the army-barricaded parliament, after Saied dismissed Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi and ordered parliament closed for 30 days, a move the biggest political party Ennahdha decried as a “coup”. Saied declared on Sunday that he had “taken the necessary […]
Financial analyst Astro Del Castillo gives his analysis of the so-called “Dutertenomics” in this interview during the Eagle News Service program “Balitalakayan” on July 26, 2021 aired on NET25. He gives a positive review of the economic policies of President Rodrigo Duterte, saying that there were many reform measures beneficial to the health and socio-economic reform of the country that were passed under his government. The massive infrastructure campaign under the “Build, Build, Build” […]
The Tokyo Olympics were declared open in an eerily empty stadium on Friday after defying a year’s pandemic delay and lingering coronavirus threats that will make them perhaps the most unusual Games in history. Japan’s Emperor Naruhito made the announcement against the backdrop of thousands of vacant seats at Tokyo’s 68,000-capacity Olympic Stadium, after Covid-19 forced organisers to ban spectators at all but a handful of venues. “I declare open the Games of Tokyo,” said […]
https://youtu.be/uFB2JKgvmpE Balitalakayan interviews Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian, chair of the Senate Committee on Energy, and the Committee on Basic Education, regarding the country’s energy situation and the state of education amid the pandemic on Monday, June 7, 2021. Gatchalian said the Senate will also hold hearings on Thursday, June 7 regarding the recent rotational brownouts in the country where Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi and Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) chair Agnes Devanadera will be invited to shed […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — More than two billion Covid-19 vaccines have been given across the world, according to an AFP tally Thursday drawn from official sources. The milestone comes six months after the first vaccination campaigns against Covid-19 began. At least 2,109,696,022 shots have been given in 215 countries and territories, according to the count from an AFP database taken at 0915 GMT. Israel, which has led the race from the start, is still out […]
“Whole Nation, Pray as One, Heal as One” from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m, to be followed by “President’s Hour” where Duterte will address nation (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte appealed to all Filipinos, whatever their religion or faith may be, to pray at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 30, to beseech God for help to end the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Presidential Adviser for Religious Affairs, Dr. Butch Belgica, President Duterte is urging the […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — The pace of the coronavirus pandemic slowed around the world for a third week in a row, although more than 4,100 people a day continue to die in India. Here is the global state of play according to a specialised AFP database. – Fourteen percent drop – The number of new daily cases around the world dropped by 14 percent last week to 638,600, according to an AFP toll to […]
Distribution of thousands more of goodwill bags also set for indigents in NCR Plus areas (Eagle News) – As part of its continuing efforts to help people affected by the pandemic, the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) started another series of distribution of goodwill bags that will benefit the elderly, among others. The distribution of goodwill bags for the elderly started on Tuesday, May 25, in Rizal and in Cavite, amid the continuing COVID-19 […]
Winning answers of Andrea Meza in finals clinch win .(Eagle News) — Miss Mexico’s Andrea Meza was crowned Miss Universe 2020 in Florida as the pageant returned to the stage on the evening of May 16 in the US (May 17 in the Philippines) after being postponed last year due to the COVID pandemic. The return of the Miss Universe pageant on television and on online livestreaming amid the pandemic was also historic. The panel […]
“There is no way of knowing how long this (pandemic) would last,” he says (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte again appealed for everybody to avoid mass gatherings and observe minimum health protocols as Metro Manila and the surrounding provinces of Bulacan,Cavite, Laguna and Rizal were placed under General Community Quarantine (GCQ) with heightened restrictions. President Duterte noted that May is the month of “fiestas” but that these should be forgone for now amid […]
By Dr. Ma. Angela Leonor Aguinaldo Contributor/columnist I lost a close relative to Covid-19 this past week. It was unexpected. His family thought that he would make it but he did not. Sadly, this occurrence is not anything new. There is this stark reality that even with a sliver of hope, Covid-19 hits us where it hurts the most. Indeed, the news of my relative came along with other posts from close friends, […]
