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Over 1.26 billion Chinese people, or nearly 90 percent of the country's population, have received COVID-19 vaccine jabs as of Friday, said a health official on Saturday. Among them, more than 1.22 billion have completed their vaccination, said He Qinghua, the official with the National Health Commission, at a press conference in Beijing. Urging the public to receive booster shots as soon as possible, the official called on people to continue to wear masks, keep social distance, and strengthen ventilation inside the room to prevent COVID-19 infection. Nearly 2.93 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses had been administered across the country as of Friday, according to the commission. http://www.china.org.cn/china/2022-01/16/content_77992220.htm

Shanghai reported a record number of symptomatic Covid-19 cases on Saturday and other areas across China tightened controls as the country kept up its “dynamic clearance” approach that aims to stamp out the highly transmissible Omicron variant. The Zhengzhou Airport Economic Zone, a central Chinese manufacturing area that includes Apple Inc supplier Foxconn, announced a 14-day lockdown on Friday “to be adjusted according to the epidemic situation.” In northwestern China, the city of Xian on Friday urged residents to avoid unnecessary trips outside their residential compounds and encouraged companies to have employees work from home or live at their workplace, following dozens of Covid-19 infections this month. A Xian government...

Typhoon #Malakas (formerly #BasyangPH) becomes the largest tropical cyclone in the Western Pacific basin that had formed for the month of April in recorded history. It had reached gale wind diameter of 1,250 km, surpassing the previous record of TY #Isa in 1997 with 1,100 km. In comparison, Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) has a diameter of 800 km and Super Typhoon Ferdie (Meranti) has 1,200 km. buti na lang talaga di naglandfall at di nagtagal sa bansa,,walang dulot na epekto.Mas malaki pa pala sa Yolanda. Image source: Visible Satellite via Windy/EUMETSAT

JUST IN: President Rodrigo Duterte vetoes the proposed SIM Card Registration Act. The measure aims to mandate the registration of all SIM cards and social media accounts, with the purpose of deterring electronic communication-aided crimes. | via Anna Felicia Bajo, GMA News Online

totoo kaya ito.? https://sugbo.ph/2022/snow-in-philippines/

Guys patulong naman...sa province kasi namin dito sa bikol meron mga taga PSA sila nag coconduct ng interview regarding daw yong sa consumers, (inflation rate) may pinakita sya sa akin na batas section at artikulo(nakalimutan ko) ayon sa nabasa q at sinasabi nila na pupwde daw ako kasuhan pag di nag comply sa kanilang mga tanong...although interview lang daw un.? ang tanong q po meron po ba talagang ganun? thank you sa sasagot

Pumunta ako sa forum na to upang maglabas ng aking saloobin sa recent na paratang ng ating pangulo na si BBM ay drug user at weak na leader. I sympathize for those who just had their heart and minds broken of these recent blows from the man himself. Napagtanto ko, oh shit, wasak na wasak na yata politics natin ngayon. It is really shocking, depressing... yung implications nito kay inday sara, her supporters, I sure would have hoped Tatay Digs presented these at a better time and place. But heck is there even such? When I woke up and was discussing these thoughts with my wife, she too doesn't have the slightest idea how come things turned out this way. Eventually I presented to her my argument for each presidentiables... Namely...

Magandang araw po! Ganito po ang scenario: 2018 may loan po ako sa SSS then nag ibang company ako ng 2019, 4 hulog palang sa loan. Then sa bagong company ko, ayaw nila hulugan kasi may penalty na daw. nagdaan ang covid at hindi ko masyado naasikaso, kaya nag personal hulog nalang ako via sss online. nakikita ko naman yung binabayad ko, pero bakit hindi bumabawas sa amount ng loan ko? may nakaka alam po ba dito? maraming salamat po sa pagbasa at pag sagot!

Alam ko hindi madali ang bar exams kaya congratulations sa lahat ng nakapasa. (y)

MANILA - Banking institutions and other establishments can now verify PhilSys national IDs using a QR code system that government launched on Friday. Thirteen banks are part of the pilot test run of the PhilSys Check QR Code, which will allow them to quickly verify the identity of registered national ID cardholders, while transferring personal data onto their systems without the need for manual encoding, the Philippine Statistics Authority said. "We piloted PQRCVS (PhilID QR Code Verification system) in November 2021, and we are grateful to the 13 financial institutions that answered our call for pilot testing," Assistant National Statistician Fred Sollesta said. "Through the pilot testing we made changes to the system to better...

I'm curious for our future. What do you think will happen in the next 5 yrs?

MANILA, Philippines – It’s happening: ABS-CBN’s Star Cinema films will be airing on GMA-7, in a rare partnership between the rival networks. Among the Star Cinema movies set to air on GMA-7 are Alone/Together starring top ABS-CBN love team Liza Soberano and Enrique Gil, It Takes a Man and A Woman starring John Lloyd Cruz and Sarah Geronimo, and Hello Love Goodbye with Kathryn Bernardo and Alden Richards. A virtual contract signing was held on Tuesday, April 5, with GMA executives Gilberto Duavit Jr, Philip Yalung, Annette Gozon Valdes, and Joey Abacan present, alongside ABS-CBN executives Carlo Katigbak, Mark Lopez, Cory Vidanes, and Ricardo Tan Jr. The partnership between the two networks comes nearly two years after ABS-CBN went...

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MANILA, Philippines — The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is initially issuing 10 million pieces of polymer ₱1,000 banknotes as part of a limited circulation test this year. © Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Gov. Benjamin Diokno / ReleaseBSP to issue 10 million pieces of ₱1,000 polymer banknotes The central bank said a memorandum of agreement is being drafted for the guidelines covering the issuance. It aims to cover matters such as polymer familiarization by client banks’ personnel and calibration of existing cash processing machines, vending machines, automated teller machines, bills acceptors and other similar devices for compatibility with polymer banknotes. “The BSP is currently preparing for banknote’s limited circulation test...

KYIV: Ukraine said on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) it has regained control of the Kyiv region, with Russian troops retreating from around the capital and Chernihiv city, as evidence emerged of possible civilian killings in areas the invading forces have been occupying. Agence France-Presse (AFP) reporters saw at least 20 bodies on a single street in the town of Bucha near the capital city, including one with his hands tied and the body of a missing photographer was discovered in a nearby village. "All these people were shot," Bucha's mayor Anatol Fedoruk told AFP, adding that 280 other bodies had been buried in mass graves in the town. Meanwhile, in an attempt to raise economic pressure on Russia, the Baltic states of Latvia, Estonia...

MANILA, Philippines — The COVID-19 vaccine doses that are nearing expiry can be used in a house-to-house drive, President Rodrigo Duterte suggested on Tuesday in his weekly taped “Talk to the People” briefing, The doses in question are not excess orders, he pointed out. They are ready to be used, except that many Filipinos refuse to be vaccinated. “If there are many Filipinos who refuse to be vaccinated, it’s not the government’s fault for buying [vaccines] commensurate to the number of Filipinos we hoped to be vaccinated,” Duterte said, speaking in a mix of English and Filipino. “The vaccines are here and ready to be utilized just in case a good number of the Filipinos remaining and refusing to be vaccinated would want them...

Bakit kaya wla dito si ano kung legit yung yaman nila? https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/personalfinance/827536/villar-still-richest-filipino-in-forbes-list-phl-now-has-20-billionaires/story/?fbclid=IwAR15vF5SRqpeqkMhXz8Zx3dhQovmEqorVxajuW5PetyYUvzStCUzOFOZy7Q

The heirs and administrators of the late President Marcos’ estate cannot be compelled or sued in court for tax evasion even if they refused to pay the more than P203 billion deficiency inheritance tax assessment on the latter’s assets. This was the consensus among regional directors and district officers of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) nationwide. BIR’s field officials, who requested anonymity, explained that the estate tax is levied on real and personal properties of a dead person and not on the assets owned by his relatives. “I can’t recall of any individual being sent to jail for non-payment of the said tax,” one of the regional directors said. He said the proper thing to do under the Tax Code and revenue regulations is...

Indonesia-based technology company Gojek was the seller of the Philippines-based crypto exchange and wallet provider. Former Binance Chief Financial Officer Wei Zhou bought Coins.ph, a mobile wallet and digital currency exchange, from Gojek, according to a report in India-based publication The Ken on Monday. In January 2019, Indonesian technology company Gojek bought Coins.ph for $95 million. According to the report, Gojek sold it for at least double that amount to Zhou. Several regional investors familiar with either Coins.ph or Gojek confirmed the deal to The Ken, it reported. Zhou could steer the Manila, Philippines-based company back to its crypto roots. Coins.ph was founded in 2014 and was one of the earliest crypto wallets and...

By Alexander Tin Updated on: March 14, 2022 / 5:48 PM / CBS News Pfizer's CEO says the company is submitting data to the Food and Drug Administration on the need for a fourth dose of its COVID-19 vaccine. While the shot Pfizer is currently producing with BioNTech still protects against severe disease, the drugmaker now believes another booster is needed to ward off infections. "Right now, the way that we have seen, it is necessary, a fourth booster right now. The protection that you are getting from the third, it is good enough, actually quite good for hospitalizations and deaths. It's not that good against infections," Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla told "Face the Nation" in an interview that aired Sunday. Steven Danehy, a...

The MMDA on Sunday advised car owners against leaving bottles of disinfectant älcohol inside their vehicles to avoid fire during the summer months. The COVID-19 pandemic has made it a necessity for many people to bring disinfectant älcohol whenever they are going outside, with some car owners leaving one inside their vehicles to sanitize their hands with before holding any car part. Âlcohol, however, can catch flame inside the car when exposed to high temperatures, especially when the vehicle is parked in an open space for a long period of time. "Iwasan natin na mag-iwan ng bote ng älcohol sa loob ng ating sasakyan upang disgrasya ay maiwasan," the MMDA said. "Ang älcohol ay flammable kaya mainam na ilagay ito sa mga lugar na ang...

Ano mangyayari kapag si Manny Villar ang nanalong 2010 president.

Russian forces have been accused of committing atrocities in the town of Bucha, northwest of the Ukrainian capital. Bodies of civilians were seen lying in the streets as Ukrainian troops took up positions in the Kyiv suburb following a Russian withdrawal. The mayor of Bucha, Anatoliy Fedoruk, said that some 300 locals had been shot during the occupation by Russian forces and the majority of them were allegedly dumped in a mass grave. april 4 2022 according sa untv may 410 ng napaulat na bangkay pero expect na mas mataas pa sa 410 ang totoong bilang ng minassacre ang ilan sakanila ay tin*rture daw at nir*pe bago sila pinatay may mga nakitang nakagapos at tama sa ulo may nakita ring nakahubad na mga babae hinihinalang gustong sunugin

MANILA, Philippines — President Duterte yesterday revealed that he is scheduled to talk to Chinese President Xi Jinping this month as he admitted being worried about a possible spillover of the conflict between Ukraine and Russia to the Philippines. © The STAR/Kriszjohn Rosales Duterte to talk with China’s Xi on April 8 During a meeting of the regional anti-insurgency task force in Cebu, Duterte said there would be “serious trouble” if the Ukraine crisis escalates into a nuclear war. “China will not just sit idly there, babanat din siya, kukunin niya ang Taiwan (it will respond and it will seize Taiwan),” the President said. “The problem is, the Philippines would also be affected if there’s a full-scale war because there are...

Bakit nangayari ang scam na ito mga paps!?

President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said he will only order the suspension of e-****** or online cockfighting operations if the betting game is found to have become a "very serious" problem for Filipinos. Duterte has repeatedly rejected senators' appeal to halt e-****** amid the ongoing investigation into the disappearance of over 30 cockfight enthusiasts who have been missing since April last year. The President, however, took note of reports of addiction problems among several Filipinos, some of whom have been mired in huge debt. He added even students are reportedly hooked on the game. "Just study if it is true na [that] it's getting to be a very serious problem for the Filipino," Duterte said in an event in Lapu-Lapu City...

When you love someone you will never ever hurt them. - Ana Jalandoni

No Survivors Found in China Eastern Crash, Officials Say Workers recovered identity cards, cellphones and purses from the crash site. But the plane’s steep plunge suggested there was a “minuscule” chance of any survivors, an expert said. No Survivors Found in China Eastern Crash, Officials Say viewers discretion is advised mute before watching EDITED: first footage is fake

TROPICAL DEPRESSION NA NASA LABAS NANG PAR; PAPALAPIT NASA BANSANG VIETNAM; INAASAHANG MAGLA-LANDFALL ITO MAMAYANG GABI UPDATE: Patuloy parin binabantayan ang isang mahinang bagyo o Tropical Depression sa labas ng PAR. Inaasahang magla-landfall ito sa bansang =AZXzKHf9hshBPSGfqB2RUBq1-d8aUwqHUysFeBb5Pol0y_Qdzr8n4G8EtGR0aA_uWohEEtpIIo4sXhklk07lecuptpg7wgnRiD_DOO5-VdMj_mBK9SVNsOSR_icb4EJbVwypR23NSqwQJYLAg1X6hYn8V3RZ8KzhVtElCMELfqhUknzHSqtU09_-Nt1krIs2e-M&tn=*NK-R']#Vietnam mamayang gabi o bukas. Sa ngayon ay wala na itong direktang epekto sa lagay ng panahon sa bansa. Tanging Easterlies ang nakakaapekto sa bansa. Asahan ang mga localized Thunderstorms tuwing hapon at gabi sa ilang bahagi ng bansa. Mag-ingat po ang lahat.

Ginawa pang negosyo. Yuck