OMICRON RISK REMAINS ‘VERY HIGH’, SAYS WHO, AS COVID CASES SPIKE The risk posed by the omicron variant is still "very high", the World Health Organization said Wednesday, after COVID-19 case numbers shot up by 11 percent globally last week.
DOH ON NEW COVID REPORTING SYSTEM: ‘WALANG MAWAWALANG IMPORMASYON’ MANILA—The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday said its decision to focus on data evaluation rather than posting raw information was the reason behind scrapping the customary bulletin of new C
DOH ON NEW COVID REPORTING SYSTEM: ‘WALANG MAWAWALANG IMPORMASYON’ MANILA—The Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday said its decision to focus on data evaluation rather than posting raw information was the reason behind scrapping the customary bulletin of new C
TUTU, WHO FOUGHT FOR A ‘RAINBOW NATION’, DIES AT 90 South African anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu, described as the country’s moral compass, died on Sunday aged 90, sparking an outpouring of tributes for the outspoken Nobel Peace Prize laureate. &nb
WITH NO PRESIDENTIAL PICK OF THEIR OWN, DUTERTE PARTY TO SHORTLIST BETS TO SUPPORT MANILA — Pederalismo ng Dugong Dakilang Samahan, the political party organized around President Rodrigo Duterte, said it would submit a shortlist of presidential candidates to support in the
OMICRON LESS LIKELY TO PUT YOU IN HOSPITAL: U.K. DATA Preliminary data suggest that people with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus are between 50% and 70% less likely to need hospitalisation than those with the Delta strain, Britain’s public health agency said on Thurs
UN SEEKS $6.5 MILLION IN AID AFTER TYPHOON ODETTE The United Nations will kick off a campaign Friday to raise $6.5 million (approximately P325 million) in aid for victims of Typhoon Odette (international name Rai), which ravaged the Philippines last week, the organization's in-c
DUTERTE SAYS ODETTE SURVIVORS TO GET FUNDS FROM HIS OFFICE BY FRIDAY MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday committed to release funds from his office to help hundreds of thousands in the central and southern Philippines cope with the trail of destruction that typho
IMRAN KHAN SPARKS UPROAR IN AF OVER IS TERROR REMARK The acting Taliban foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, defended the remarks of Pakistan PM Imran Khan on corruption, terrorism and cultural diversity in Afghanistan, which had created an uproar in the war-torn country.
ODETTE DEATH TOLL CLIMBS TO 375; 56 MISSING: PNP MANILA - The death toll from Typhoon Odette (international name: Rai) climbed to 375, while 56 others are missing, data released by the Philippine National Police (PNP) on Monday night showed.
