Philippine Daily Inquirer / January 09, 2022 A party list lawmaker has urged the government to help 15 Filipino seafarers detained in France after more than a ton of cocaine was found in their vessel in October last year. Marino Rep. Sandro Gonzalez separately wrote to Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III and Foreign Secretary Teodoro…
Reuters – GENEVA, Nov 23 (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday a further 700,000 people could die from COVID-19 in Europe by March, taking the total to above 2.2 million, as it urged people to get vaccinated and to have booster shots. Total cumulative deaths from the respiratory disease in the…
The Guardian online, May 1, 2021 (AFP) – Thousands rallied on Saturday across France and Spain to hold May Day rallies in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic as police scuffled with protesters in Paris and fired teargas. A police source told AFP that far-left “black bloc” protesters had repeatedly tried to block the trade…