An expert warned on Wednesday that AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine offered little protection against the coronavirus variant that was first detected in South Africa. Molecular biologist and OCTA …
Financial Services Proclamation Awarded to IARFC Philippines Chapter
Although already an established Chapter in Southeast Asia, Boyet and his team of Directors formed a cohesive group and have reinvigorated providing the RFC designation and continuing education for …
Lifequest Subsidiary’s JV Partner, BPipe in the Philippines, Successfully Completes the Installation of the First Biopipe Sewage Treatment Plant
Biopipe Subsidiary, BPipe Corporation successfully installs a 35m3/day sewage wastewater treatment plant in the Philippines. Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, March 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via …
Philippines’ leisure destinations, business venues allowed to reopen in GCQ areas
The Philippines’ leisure destinations and business venues are allowed to reopen under General Community Quarantine (GCQ) areas starting March 5, 2021. Memorandum Circular (MC) No. 21-08 of the …
Mental health crisis a threat to the Philippine economy
In the Philippines, economic anxiety, declining mental health, the prohibitive cost of seeking help and the risk of further economic damage feed off each other in a vicious spiral.
The indignity of Philippines’ ‘homeless’ dead: leased graves that expire
The remains of thousands killed in the Philippines’ war on drugs could be tossed in pits as families struggle to pay for burial sites amid a pandemic.
1,783 new COVID-19 cases push Philippines’ total to 582,223
The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday reported 1,783 new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections, bringing the nationwide tally to 582,223, as seven laboratories failed to submit data on …
Contrary to Duterte claim, China also brought vaccines to Cambodia via gov’t plane
Contrary to President Rodrigo Duterte’s claim that the Philippines was the only country that China had delivered COVID-19 vaccines to, a Chinese military transport had flown a batch of Sinopharm …
No one in the Philippines would air a documentary about press freedom. So ‘Frontline’ is doing it itself.
PBS’s Frontline has taken unprecedented steps to find audience for a new documentary about persecuted Filipino journalist Maria Ressa, which no broadcaster in the country was willing to air.
Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine might have better efficacy in Philippines —expert
The coronavirus vaccine developed by Chinese firm Sinovac Biotech could possibly have better efficacy in the Philippines where the daily attack rate of COVID-19 is lower than in Brazil, the site of …