By: John Eric Mendoza -INQUIRER.net / August 17, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — In the latest anti-Asian hate crime to plague the US following the COVID-19 pandemic, a Filipina nurse was racially harassed and attacked after distributing free masks on a subway in the city of New York. Potri Ranka Manis, a nurse working in New…
Reuters /December 05, 2020 GENEVA — Recent progress on COVID-19 vaccines is positive but the World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concern this has led to a growing perception that the pandemic has come to an end, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Friday. Britain approved Pfizer Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, raising hopes that…
On 22 April 2020, PhilHealth Circular No. 2020-0014 entitled “Premium Contribution and Collection of Payment of Overseas Filipino Member” was officially made public. This is in fulfillment of President Duterte’s Universal Healthcare Law which was signed on 20 February 2019 which sets mandatory coverage to all Filipinos under the country’s National Health Insurance Program. At…
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Following another cancellation of the resumption of formal talks between the National Democratic Front of the Philippines and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines, peace consultants said it appears the Armed Forces of the Philippines is against the impending ceasefire. In a press briefing, NDFP consultants and observers said the formal talks is…
By April Burce “Are we really a democracy when we kill journalists?” asked National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) chairperson Nonoy Espina as he welcomed partners and guests to the launch of two journalism books “Defending Journalism” and the “Impact of the Reporting of the Mamasapano Incident on the Peace Process” in the…