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Tag: COVID-19 pandemic

Cheap meal boxes: A taste of HK’s economic woes

Hong Konger Kitty Chan pivoted to takeout to help her restaurant survive the pandemic, but she has since opened a second shop as demand...

SWS survey: Nearly half of Pinoys see life improve in next 12 months

At least 46 percent or nearly half of adult Filipinos are optimistic that their quality of life will improve in the next 12 months...

US leader believes pandemic over, but local expert says not in PH yet

US President Joe Biden said in a television interview aired Sunday that the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States is over. With COVID restrictions largely...

Biden warns China, Russia, hedges on reelection

Washington—President Joe Biden issued forceful warnings to China and Russia on Sunday and expressed optimism over the US economic rebound, but surprised many by...

Crisis-hit German toilet paper maker turns to coffee grounds

Choked by soaring energy and wood pulp costs, German toilet paper maker Hakle is turning to waste from coffee production to stay afloat and...

PBBM flies to US for 77th UNGA, set to speak at event on Sept. 20

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. leaves this morning for New York to attend the 77th United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 20,...

Hong Kong office vacancies double after riots, COVID

HONG KONG, China—The amount of vacant top-tier office space has more than doubled in Hong Kong over the last three years as companies downsize...

Voluntary wearing of face masks

Despite COVID positivity rate rising in Metro Manila, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has allowed the voluntary wearing of face masks in outdoor settings, particularly...

Edifice complex

"BBM promises not to be a failure. It seems he will try to finish the 90 projects left hanging by his predecessor" In the PWC-Management...

LWUA vows to aid in PH recovery from COVID-19 pandemic

The Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) celebrated its 49th anniversary this September 18 with a series of ceremonies and activities with the theme, “Tulong-tulong...

Palace extends state of calamity for 3 more months

The state of calamity due to the COVID-19 pandemic will be extended for three months, Malacanang said Monday. Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles said President Ferdinand...

‘DOH big outlay to aid recovery from pandemic’

The House of Representatives committee on appropriations on Monday said the P195.63-billion budget of the Department of Health (DOH) for 2023 will help the...

Simultaneous surgeries cut COVID backlog

More than a hundred Filipino doctors and operating room nurses conducted simultaneous surgical procedures nationwide to reduce a backlog of surgeries due to the...

Zambales gov clarifies pandemic purchases

IBA, Zambales—Governor Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. clarified over the weekend that the reported “lapses and deficiencies” in the use by the provincial government of some...
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