April, 2020
Coronavirus: Immigration to US to be suspended amid pandemic, Trump says
April 28, 2020 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
President Donald Trump has said he will sign an executive order to temporarily suspend all immigration to the US because of the coronavirus. On Twitter, he cited “the attack from the invisible enemy”, as he calls the virus, and the need to protect the jobs of Americans, but did not give details. It was not […]
Read More...Alleged Syrian war criminals face landmark trial in Germany
April 28, 2020 · By Cathrin Schaer for www.aljazeera.com
Berlin, Germany – Anwar Raslan, a former Syrian colonel, has been in a German jail ever since he was arrested in Berlin in mid-February last year. He is accused of committing crimes against humanity and on Thursday is going on trial at the Higher Regional Court in the southwestern German city of Koblenz, despite the coronavirus pandemic. The process is […]
Read More...No Milk Formula in the time of COVID-19
April 28, 2020 · By Save the Children for www.savethechildren.org.ph
Save the Children Philippines is urging local government units, private groups, charitable organizations and individuals to adhere to existing laws that prohibit the distribution of infant formula or breastmilk substitute as part of relief goods to encourage breastfeeding among mothers, ensure good health and adequate nutrition of infants and young children. Atty. Alberto Muyot, Chief […]
Read More...72-yr-old inmate at Mandaluyong women’s prison tests positive for COVID-19 -BuCor
April 27, 2020 · By GMA News Online for www.gmanetwork.com
A 72-year-old inmate at the Correctional Institution for Women (CIW) in Mandaluyong City tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the Bureau of Corrections said on Saturday. The woman, suffering from diabetes, was diagnosed at the CIW infirmary with community acquired pneumonia on Monday. She was then admitted at the Sta. Ana Hospital on […]
Read More...DOJ exec commends PNP for arrest of alleged online sex trafficker in Lapu-Lapu City
April 27, 2020 · By GMA News Online for www.gmanetwork.com
Justice Undersecretary Emmeline Aglipay-Villar on Saturday hailed the arrest of a couple in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu for alleged involvement in online sex trafficking. The suspects, a 25-year-old female and her male live-in partner, were arrested on April 6 by operatives of the Philippine National Police’s Women and Children Protection Center – Visayas Field Unit (WCPC-VFU) led […]
Read More...COVID-19: Jobless, hard-pressed Filipinos urged to return home
April 27, 2020 · By Angel Tesorero, Staff Reporter for gulfnews.com
Dubai: High-ranking Filipino diplomatic officials have called on their kababayans (compatriots) who are out of work, have expired visas and are hard-pressed because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic to consider returning home instead of staying in their host country. The statement was made during the pilot episode of OFW (Overseas Filipino Workers) Help Live hosted […]
Read More...Chinese experts say Philippines might not be able to cut COVID-19 transmission
April 27, 2020 · By GMA News Online for www.gmanetwork.com
Chinese medical experts from Wuhan, China said the Philippines might not be able to cut off the source of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). According to Ian Cruz’s 24 Oras report on Thursday, Chinese medical experts came with the conclusion after visiting various hospitals in the country and holding video conferences with local medical practitioners. […]
Read More...LIST: Countries giving aid to Philippines during coronavirus pandemic
April 27, 2020 · By Sofia Tomacruz for www.rappler.com
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – Faced with an unprecedented global health emergency unlike any experienced in the last few decades, countries around the world have reached out to one another in an effort to contain the coronavirus pandemic. After providing assistance in the earlier phases of the coronavirus crisis, the Philippines received aid from several countries and […]
Read More...The Torture and Suffering of the Innocents
April 24, 2020 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
The Torture and Suffering of the Innocents Fr. Shay Cullen 24 April 2020 If you are a person that “hungers and thirsts for justice” for the abused and tortured, you will be happy to know that two leading representatives of the criminal regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad are on trial in the high […]
Read More...Earth Day arrives on a suddenly wilder planet
April 23, 2020 · By BBC for www.bbc.com
With much of humanity stuck at home, the 50th anniversary of Earth Dayarrived on Wednesday without many in-person celebrations but with a silver lining of sorts: The rewilding of some urban areas on a suddenly quieter, less crowded planet. It has taken many forms. A herd of shaggy goats was spotted running down desolate streets […]
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