Comelec validation report on ‘hacking’ out before weekend
THE Commission on Elections is set to come out with a validation report on the alleged hacking of its server before the end of the week.
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THE Commission on Elections is set to come out with a validation report on the alleged hacking of its server before the end of the week.
BEIJING—A third Chinese city has locked down its residents because of a Covid-19 outbreak, raising the number confined to their homes in China to about 20 million people.
BRUSSELS—David Sassoli, the Italian journalist who worked his way up in politics while defending the downtrodden and repressed to become president of the European Union’s parliament, died at a hospital in Italy early Tuesday, his spokesman said.
Taiwan and Canada held “exploratory discussions” about ways to boost trade ties, in Taipei’s latest move to reduce its economic reliance on China.
TOKYO—Japan will keep its borders closed to most foreign citizens through February as it attempts to accelerate coronavirus booster shots for elderly people and expand hospital capacity to cope with the rapidly spreading Omicron variant, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday.
MEXICO CITY—Mexico’s president announced Monday he has come down with Covid-19 a second time, as coronavirus infections spike in Mexico and virus tests become scarce.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Tuesday said it will complete the distribution of the 2019-2020 financial assistance program for Filipino rice farmers before the end of the month.
The government has capped the purchase of paracetamol and other flu medicines amid the recent surge in demand for the said over-the-counter (OTC) drugs upon the start of the year.
TO provide jobs for Filipinos amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the chairman of the House Committee on Transportation urged the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to reconsider its decision revoking a partnership between motorcycle taxi firm Move It and ride-hailing giant Grab.
AS soon as Typhoon “Odette” made landfall and devastated Visayas and Mindanao on December 16, mining companies have started to deploy rescue and relief teams in typhoon-affected areas to help affected communities.
The Philippines breached the 3-million Covid-19 cases mark on Tuesday after logging 28,007 additional infections on Tuesday, prompting an official of the Department of Health (DOH) to warn of further increase in infection count in the coming days.
The government procured an initial 15 million doses of “reformulated” Pfizer novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine for those in the 5 to 11 years old.
ALARMED by the resurgence of Covid-19 cases in most parts of the country, presidential aspirant Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos, Jr. and his running mate Davao City Mayor Inday Sara Duterte urged local officials in areas devastated by Typhoon Odette to ensure that health protocols are strictly observed in evacuation centers housing thousands of victims.
ALARMED by the resurgence of Covid-19 cases in most parts of the country, presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and his running mate Davao City Mayor Inday Sara Duterte urged local officials in areas devastated by Typhoon Odette to ensure that health protocols are strictly observed in evacuation centers housing thousands of victims.
SENATE President Vicente Sotto III said late Monday he and Sen. Richard J. Gordon, chairman of the Blue Ribbon committee, have agreed to release Twinkle Dargani, Pharmaly president detained for contempt in the ongoing inquiry on pandemic fund misuse, to her mother for humanitarian reasons.
The Commission on Election (Comelec) is now considering legal action against those behind the article, which claimed its server was allegedly hacked during the weekend exposing sensitive information to unscrupulous individuals.
THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on Monday reported a 98.9-percent rise in the country’s foreign direct investments (FDIs) in October, bringing the country’s total FDI inflows above the P8-million mark.
THE lack of access to free Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR), currently pitched in several quarters, including lawmakers, as the Omicron variant sends daily Covid-19 logs to new records, is creating complications for workers.
THE Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted a formal appeal to the government of Indonesia to lift its coal export ban to the Philippines, saying this could jeopardize the Philippines’s coal-reliant power generation systems.
AN economist-lawmaker said that easing inflation will prevent Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’s (BSP) “pandexit” or drastic exit from easy monetary policy amid the pandemic.
“TOURISM is essential.”
MORE than a quarter of a million firms were deemed permanently closed between 2018 and 2021 and more than half of these firms closed during the pandemic, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
THE passage into law of the Foreign Investment Act (FIA), Public Service Act (PSA), and the Retail Trade Liberalization Act (RTLA) will lead to better wages in the country without raising the minimum wage, according to the Department of Finance (DOF).
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT— Amid surging cases of Covid-19 since the holidays, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) on Monday began requiring vaccination cards from persons entering the Subic Bay Freeport Zone.
BDO Unibank, Inc. announced on Monday that it is starting its offer of P5 billion worth of Peso-denominated Fixed-Rate ASEAN Sustainability Bonds.
Metro Manila mayors have unanimously agreed to keep the National Capital Region (NCR) under Alert Level (AL) 3 amid recorded high numbers of Covid-19 cases, Chairman Benjamin “Benhur” Abalos Jr. of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MNDA) said on Monday.
The daily count of the Covid-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 33,169, setting a new record for a single-day increase for three consecutive days.
Despite raging surge in Covid-19 cases nationwide, the number of hospitalizations among infected individuals is still within “manageable levels” due to the high vaccination rate in the country.
Filipino workers in Kazakhstan are safe and so far, no one was reported hurt, although a number were “traumatized” having witnessed the violence during the chaotic anti-government protests during the past few days.
PRESIDENTIAL aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., will most likely prevail in the petitions to cancel his Certificate of Candidacy (COC) in the 2022 elections before the Comelec because of the “political doctrine” that needs to be decided by the people and not by the court.
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