PHILIPPINES VACCINATES 6.5 MILLION MINORS VS COVID-19 The Philippines has vaccinated at least 6.5 million children aged 12 to 17 against COVID-19, government said on Thursday. This represents about 32 percent of the age group, which started receiving coronavirus jabs in m
PM MODI PAYS TRIBUTE TO GEN BIPIN RAWAT, OTHERS KILLED IN IAF CHOPPER CRASH Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the country’s top military brass on Thursday paid homage to India’s first Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika, Brig LS Lidder and 10 mo
DIPLOMATIC BOYCOTTS, PENG CASE TEST IOC BEFORE BEIJING GAMES The president of the International Olympic Committee did his best to stay neutral Wednesday as Canada, Britain and Australia followed the United States in announcing diplomatic boycotts of the Winter Games in Beijing.
SC LEAVES ANTI-TERRORISM ACT OF 2020 MOSTLY INTACT MANILA — The Supreme Court has struck down parts of the feared Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 as unconstitutional, a partial victory for 37 groups of petitioners that sought the nullification of the entire law, which is seen t
CDS GEN BIPIN RAWAT AMONG 13 DEAD AS IAF CHOPPER CRASHES IN TAMIL NADU Gen Bipin Rawat, India's first Chief of Defence Staff, his wife and 11 other armed forces personnel died on Wednesday after the military helicopter they were travelling in crashed near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu.
OMICRON AND DELTA SPELL RETURN OF UNPOPULAR RESTRICTIONS Germany decided on Thursday to bar the unvaccinated from all but the most essential business and the United States prepared further travel restrictions as the world scrambled to curb the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.
FIRST CASES OF OMICRON VARIANT DETECTED IN THE COUNTRY, ‘NO NEED TO PANIC’ Two cases of the new Omicron variant of coronavirus have been detected in Karnataka, the Union government said on Thursday while asking people not to panic but follow Covid-appropriate behavio
IATF ISSUES NEW QUARANTINE, TESTING PROTOCOLS AMID FEARS OF OMICRON VARIANT MANILA — The country’s pandemic task force has issued new protocols for arriving travelers from countries or territories not on the government’s Red List. The country issued the
WHA AGREE TO FORGE A PANDEMIC ACCORD The World Health Assembly (WHA) took the historic decision to form a global treaty to “strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness and response” in its session held between November 29 and December 1, 2021.
WHA AGREE TO FORGE A PANDEMIC ACCORD The World Health Assembly (WHA) took the historic decision to form a global treaty to “strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness and response” in its session held between November 29 and December 1, 2021.
