(Philstar.com) – November 30, 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Rep. Eufemia Cullamat (Bayan Muna) slammed the military for parading the body of her daughter who was killed in a shootout with the Philippine Army last weekend, saying it was disrespectful of soldiers to pose for photographs with the slain woman. “She is not a thing, she…
Nov 28, 2020, Michelle Abad Manila, Philippines A Save the Children study found domestic violence to be strongly linked to loss of income during the pandemic About one in 3 households around the world reported violence at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the findings of a new study conducted by Save the Children…
Nov 28, 2020, Agence France-Presse Paris, France Europe is the second-worst hit global region after Latin America and the Caribbean More than 400,000 deaths from the novel coronavirus have been registered in Europe, according to an Agence France-Presse tally compiled from official sources around 0800 GMT Saturday, November 28. The second-worst hit global region after…
Rappler.com, Nov 26, 2020, Pia Ranada MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) This initial batch of vaccines will be funded by the private sector as the government continues negotiations for 20 million doses Philippine vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr announced that the government and private companies are set to sign a deal for two million doses of AstraZeneca’s…
Rappler.com, Nov 26, 2020, Rambo Talabong MANILA, Philippines The top legal minds of the Philippines urge the Supreme Court to put a stop to the controversial Anti-Terror Law ahead of the oral arguments The top legal minds of the Philippines united on Thursday, November 26, to reiterate their call to the Supreme Court to stop…
Nov 25, 2020, Pia Ranada MANILA, Philippines The government has identified 35 million Filipinos who will be given the first batch of COVID-19 vaccine doses Once a COVID-19 vaccine is approved by Philippine authorities, the government aims to vaccinate around 60 million to 70 million of its citizens in 3 to 5 years, said the…
Alexis Romero (The Philippine Star) – November 23, 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The hunger problem may worsen because of the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and the successive typhoons that battered the country, a Palace official said over the weekend. “Because of COVID and Typhoons Rolly and Ulysses… I won’t be surprised if there are…
Nov 21, 2020, Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, DC, USA Here are the next steps in the approval and distribution process for a coronavirus vaccine With US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech applying for an emergency use authorization in the United States for their coronavirus vaccine and US biotech company Moderna expected to do…