What's Happening in the Philippines, Local News and Philippine People
A GLOBAL cybersecurity company has warned of Covid-19 vaccines being sold on the dark web. Kaspersky researchers examined 15 different marketplaces on the Darknet and found advertisements for three major Covid vaccines: Pfizer/BioNTech, AstraZeneca and Moderna. Scammers and sellers on
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COMMUTER advocacy group The Passenger Forum (TPF) cautioned the government against implementing haphazard fixes such as the implementation of uniform curfew hours in the National Capital Region (NCR), saying this only increases the burden of already struggling common Filipinos, especially
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MALACAÑANG said on Thursday that President Duterte will consider the proposal of lawmakers to declare a state of national emergency due to the onslaught of African Swine Fever (ASF) on the local hog industry. “Point well taken. We welcome the
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SINGAPORE, Mar 5, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Today, Moonstake announces its partnership with Escaroo, a keyless blockchain-based peer-to-peer escrow service that offers an advanced smart contract solution for high profile individual and commercial clients within the real-estate, aviation and marine space. Through this
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Manila, Philippines / SEAPRWire / Philippines is a new battlefield for Digital Currency giants. They leverage AsiaPresswire’s Philippines press release distribution services to build their brand image and draw awareness of investors. Marketers in the Digital Currency industry are recognizing the value of
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ABU DHABI, UAE, Mar 9, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Verofax Limited, an automation and traceability platform, has secured $1.2M in a Seed funding round, led by Trove Capital Limited UK. Other investors included MFD Holding, Kepler Fund Managers, and Casablanca Holding. This funding
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MANY tourism destinations continue to require Covid tests from their visitors, even as the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) has removed a number of unnecessary documents from travelers’ lists. In an online news conference on Wednesday from the Loreland
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Image credits: BM GRAPHICS: JOB RUZGAL SOME call it olfactory memory. It’s what Rodel Guco, standing near where water burbles on one of the shores of the seaport city of Valetta, Malta, says what his nose remembers after briefly taking
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Image credits: BFAR Region 3 ILLEGAL fishing in the Philippines accounted for 27 to 40 percent of fish caught in 2019, which translates to approximately P62 billion or $1.3 billion annually, a study conducted by the US Agency for International
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Image credits: Artist’s Perspective courtesy of BCDA PROJECTS approved by the Duterte administration exceeded P3 trillion as of February 2021, according to data released by the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda). Based on Neda Board approvals as of February
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Image credits: Nonie Reyes THE number of infected cases in the country could increase 9-fold by the end of the month if the UK variant of Covid-19 becomes more widespread. “In certain cities in NCR [National Capital Region], we’ll see
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THE Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (Owwa) is now seeking an additional P9.2 billion to cover its mounting expenses to provide quarantine accommodations for returning overseas Filipino workers (OFW) due to a new testing protocol. Despite this fund concern, Owwa gave
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The completion of two transport infrastructure projects in Negros Island is seen to boost trade and tourism in the region even amid the pandemic, transport officials said Wednesday. Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade listed the two projects
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Image credits: Nonie Reyes FOR European and American investors, the Philippines remains to be the top choice for foreign investments in the Southeast Asian region, according to a study by Standard Chartered Bank (SCB). The British financial institution noted in
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InLife Sheroes celebrates its second anniversary with two virtual events including a digital bazaar and a mentoring session on March 12. The morning session, which will start at 10 am, will be keynoted by OSM Maritime Services, Inc. President Mailyn
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THE recent oil price rally could make the recovery of the manufacturing sector and consumption spending even more challenging this year, according to local economists. This after the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported that the country’s manufacturing output continued to
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Image credits: AP/Aaron Favila OVER 19 million women aged 15 and over are not part of the labor force based on the latest results from the Labor Force Survey (LFS) conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). On Tuesday, the
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