August, 2020
Philippines protests Beijing’s South China Sea actions
August 28, 2020 · By Riyaz ul Khaliq for www.aa.com.tr
Philippines protests Beijing’s South China Sea actions ANKARA The Philippines has lodged a protest with China over its actions in the South China Sea. In a statement late on Thursday night, the country’s Foreign Ministry said it lodged a diplomatic protest with China over the “illegal confiscation by the Chinese Coast Guard of fish aggregating […]
Read More...Smell and taste loss differ with COVID-19 versus colds; Blood-vessel cells break off in severe COVID-19
August 28, 2020 · By NANCY LAPID, Reuters for www.gmanetwork.com
Smell and taste loss differ with COVID-19 versus colds; Blood-vessel cells break off in severe COVID-19 The smell and taste impairments associated with the novel coronavirus differ from what people experience with a cold and is likely linked with nerve damage, a new study suggests. Researchers gave smell and taste tests to 10 COVID-19 patients, […]
Read More...Dozens of migrants die in shipwreck off Libya – UN
August 28, 2020 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Dozens of migrants die in shipwreck off Libya – UN At least 45 migrants and refugees, including five children, have died in the deadliest shipwreck off Libya this year, the UN refugee agency says. They were among more than 80 people on board a vessel whose engine exploded off the coast of Zwara, the UNHCR […]
Read More...Greenland is melting, Islands have disappeared
August 28, 2020 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
Greenland is melting, Islands have disappeared Fr. Shay Cullen 28 August 2020 I loathe the cold and love the warm. Who doesn’t? I grew up in Ireland where spring and winter was always very cold. In the 1950’s central heating was rare. We stayed warm by burning coal in open grates and used kerosene oil […]
Read More...Relief goods for displaced indigenous families in Zambales
August 25, 2020 · By Preda News
Relief goods for displaced indigenous families in Zambales 25 August 2020 Preda News Hundreds of displaced Aeta Farmers and their families are taking shelter in the covered basketball court in Buhawen, San Marcelino, Zambales after a clash between the Philippine Military and suspected NPA rebels in nearby Lumibao. One soldier died. The displaced indigenous Aeta […]
Read More...Soldier dies, IP families displaced in Zambales clash with Reds
August 25, 2020 · By Mahatma Datu for www.pna.gov.ph
Soldier dies, IP families displaced in Zambales clash with Reds SAN MARCELINO, Zambales – A soldier died while at least 659 individuals or 192 families from an Aeta community here were displaced following a clash between government troops and communist rebels in this province. Authorities said the clash began at 5 a.m. Friday and ended at […]
Read More...Two More Philippine Activists Murdered
August 25, 2020 · By Phil Robertson for www.hrw.org
Two More Philippine Activists Murdered On August 17 in the central Philippine island of Negros, unidentified gunmen fatally shot Zara Alvarez, a legal worker for the human rights group Karapatan. Alvarez, 39, was the thirteenth human rights defender killed in the Philippines in the past four years. A week earlier, unidentified assailants killed peasant leader Randall Echanis, 72, inside his […]
Read More...Philippine bishop calls for Covid-19 care volunteers
August 25, 2020 · By Joseph Peter Calleja, Manilafor www.ucanews.com
Philippine bishop calls for Covid-19 care volunteers A Catholic bishop has called on young people to assist doctors and nurses who earlier called for a “time-out” due to an overwhelming number of coronavirus patients in Philippine hospitals. According to the Philippine Health Department, the country had recorded 169,213 Covid-19 cases with 2,687 deaths as of […]
Read More...Dreaming of a world free from violence against children
August 25, 2020 · By Rock Ronald Rozario, Dhaka for www.ucanews.com
Dreaming of a world free from violence against children The recent brutal killing of three children at a state-run juvenile correction facility in southwest Bangladesh has brought to the fore state violence against children in the country. At first it was reported the children died at Jessore Juvenile Development Center following a clash between two […]
Read More...We All Must Change to Defeat Covid-19
August 24, 2020 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
We All Must Change to Defeat Covid-19 Fr. Shay Cullen 21 August 2020 The catastrophe is upon us. The world is suffering and in shock as hundreds of thousands of people are dying from the coronavirus and economies are in chaos. This is because humans disrupted the natural world and caused this deadly virus to […]
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