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Dictatorship in Brazil: New bill in Brazil aiming at imprisoning from 2 to 8 years anyone who refuses to be vaccinated or who gives his opinion about vaccines on the internet. The penalty is double for public employees! According to a survey 92% of Brazilians are against this bill. Bills provide for imprisonment for those who doubt vaccines in Brazil - The Rio Times

Why is Elon Musk telling people to delete their Facebook? Elon Musk is pointing out something we all know. Of course, many refuse to face the truth, but nevertheless, we must open our eyes. Facebook is a real pain in the ass. Facebook is hurting our society with permanent misinformation with the goal of permanent profit. Profit is not a bad thing, but when it is done at the expense of truth and society, it becomes dramatic. This is the case with Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg may have renamed the company Meta, but the goals are the same. Facebook wants to take over the Metaverse, and that's a terrible vision for the society of the future. As Elon Musk said, we must not let Meta take over that future. Removing Facebook to reduce its...

anu masasabi ninyo sa State of the Education Address in inday sara this afternoon 2 o'clock? yung iba sabi ang tanging plano lang ni inday is di niya papabayaan ang mga guro hehe

A woman who was raped or a young girl impregnated by her relative has no right to abort the unborn and must learn to live with the consequences of being a victim, according to Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso. The Aksyon Demokratiko standard-bearer took a hard-line position against abortion during an interview aired on ABS-CBN platforms on Thursday night, saying he was against it even under extreme circumstances involving sexual abuse or incest. During the interview with TV host Boy Abunda, Domagoso compared the situation of rape or incest victims to the poverty he experienced in his youth and how he rose above it, suggesting women or girls should do the same. “That’s life. I didn’t choose to be a garbage picker. I...

"Don't tell anyone this...There is a risk...have to be very controlled to make sure this virus you mutate doesn't create something...the way that the virus started in Wuhan, to be honest."

Forty-four new cases of omicron subvariants of the Covid-19 virus were detected, the Department of Health (DOH) reported. This was based on the results of the recent genome sequencing done by the University of the Philippines-Philippine Genome Center (UP-PGC). The positive samples were processed last Jan. 18, the DOH said. Of the 44 cases, 19 were tagged as BA.2.3.20, one case was BN.1, which was reported under BA.2.75; four were BA.5, including a case of BQ.1; and eight were classified as XBB. The 12 other cases were tagged as other omicron subvariants. All BA.2.3.20 cases were local cases from Ilocos Region, Central Luzon, and Calabarzon. The new XBB cases were from Ilocos Region, Central Luzon, Zamboanga Peninsula, and National...

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"Experiences from other developing countries and the European Union show that SIM card registration may pose more risks than benefits to citizens," Mirandilla-Santos who spoke on behalf of Secure Connections, a cybersecurity initiative of The Asia Foundation, told Philstar.com "There is no evidence of the benefit of SIM card registration for crime prevention," she said. Findings from global non-profit Privacy International show that mandatory SIM card registration policies adopted by several countries including Canada, Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Ireland were "ineffective and inefficient." Mexico also had a compulsory SIM card registration policy in 2009, but repealed it three years later after it was discovered to be...

Ayon kay Pres. Bongbong Marcos, posibleng sumentro ang diskusyon nila ni Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida sa economic at regional security. Pero bago ang kaniyang pagbisita sa Japan, nakatakdang lumipad patungong Davos, Switzerland ang Pangulo para dumalo sa World Economic Forum.

A video of the incident, said to be of Sunday, that has gone viral on social media shows bystanders busy filming the grievously injured girl, instead of helping her. Raped and dumped near a government guesthouse, a 12-year-old severely injured girl in Uttar Pradesh’s Kannauj pleaded for help but onlookers preferred to make videos of herp plight. While locals alleged that the girl was gang-raped and then found dumped, drenched in blood behind the Dak Bangla guest house in UP’s Kannauj, police booked a man on Wednesday for allegedly raping the girl. A video of the incident, said to be of Sunday, that has gone viral on social media shows bystanders busy filming the grievously injured girl, instead of helping her. The girl had multiple...

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The Singapore-based Filipino teenager, who recently went viral for her Charles & Keith "luxury" bag, just got more goodies from the fashion house. In a TikTok video posted Jan. 15, Zoe Gabriel showed followers some boxes of items that included personalized bags. "To everyone who has shown their support and endless kindness, this is for you," Gabriel wrote in the caption. She thanked netizens who rallied behind her during the viral moment. Charles & Keith also sent her a note of gratitude, saying that the company is "so impressed" with the grace in how Gabriel handled the situation, displaying values that, the brand said, resonate with it greatly. "We hope that it will remind you of this special moment where you inspired so many...

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Long Covid Symptoms Often Fade for People Who Had Mild Infection, Large Study Finds People's increased risk of various health conditions largely disappeared within a year of having covid, the study found. By Ed Cara (Gizmodo) Research from a team in Israel appears to offer encouraging news: The majority of symptoms tied to long covid might fade away over time for those who initially had a mild case of covid-19. The study found that mild cases had a higher risk of more than a dozen health conditions compared to uninfected controls in the months following infection, but this increased risk largely disappeared within a year. The study was led by scientists from the KI Research Institute in Israel, in collaboration with Maccabi...

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella confirmed in a message to employees that by March 31, 2023, the company will lay off about 10 thousand people, which is approximately 5% of the total number of Microsoft employees. In a letter, Satya Nadella stated the following: In the second quarter of fiscal year 2023, Microsoft will assume $1.2 billion in expenses related to severance payments, changes to the hardware mix, and rental consolidation costs. Note: The fiscal year starts on July 1 and ends on June 30. Eligible U.S. employees will receive above-market severance pay, six months of uninterrupted medical care, six months of equity retention, career reassignment services, and will be given 60 days prior notice, regardless of whether such notice...

Repeat COVID is riskier than first infection, study finds Nov 10 (Reuters) - The risk of death, hospitalization and serious health issues from COVID-19 jumps significantly with reinfection compared with a first bout with the virus, regardless of vaccination status, a study published on Thursday suggests. "Reinfection with COVID-19 increases the risk of both acute outcomes and long COVID," said Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. "This was evident in unvaccinated, vaccinated and boosted people." The findings were drawn from U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) data collected from March 1, 2020 through April 6, 2022 on 443,588 patients with one SARS-CoV-2 infection, 40,947 with two or more...

Well this will certainly end a number of COVID narratives. According to the Washington Post, an analysis conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 58% of COVID deaths in August were people that had been vaccinated or boosted. Remember when Joe Biden said last year that unvaccinated Americans faced a winter of “severe illness and death?” And that the unvaccinated would soon “overwhelm” hospitals? That did not age well. Neither did recent remarks from his two top COVID advisors, Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Ashish Jha. Well recent is underselling it, the remarks came less than 24 hours before the Post’s report. Fauci Misleads on Vaccines During his final press conference on Tuesday, Fauci, according to Reuters, repeated...

Ten flight attendants of the Philippine Airlines (PAL) are now in hot water after they allegedly tried to sneak onions and fruits on their way back to the country from a Middle East flight. In a statement, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) said the agricultural products were found inside the luggage of the 10 PAL flight attendants after arriving at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) from Dubai and Riyadh on Jan. 10. It said the onions and fruits were confiscated after it was found that they have no import permit / clearance from Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI). The BOC said that pursuant to the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act, importations of plant products are considered “Regulated Importations” which require a prior...

A magnitude 7.3 earthquake jolted Sarangani, Davao Occidental on Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 18, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. The tectonic quake hit 352 kilometers (km) southeast of Sarangani at 2:06 p.m. It had a depth of 64 km. Instrumental Intensity II was felt in Don Marcelino, Davao Occidental; Nabunturan, Davao de Oro; Glan and Kiamba, Sarangani; General Santos City, Tupi, Santo Nino, Koronadal City, and T’Boli, South Cotabato. Meanwhile, Instrumental Intensity I was also felt in Kidapawan City, Cotabato; Maitum and Maasim, Sarangani; Tantangan, Lake Sebu; Tampakan, Suralla, and Norala, South Cotabato; and Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur. Damages and aftershocks are expected...

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MANILA, Philippines — Filipino travelers who are bringing in cheaper vegetables from abroad need to get clearances first even whether for personal or commercial use, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) at the Ninoy Aquino International Airpot (NAIA) warned in a Facebook post on Monday. The clearances must be obtained from the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI), the BOC said. Travelers must first apply for a Plant Quarantine Clearance for items brought in for personal use and a Sanitary and Phytosanitary Import Clearance for items brought in for commercial use. Clearances are necessary regardless of the quantity of the items. “This is to safeguard and prevent the spread of plant pests in the Philippines,” the statement said. The BOC-Naia posted...

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Implementing a wealth tax could benefit the Philippines as the country’s nine richest have more wealth than 55 million Filipinos making inequality more pronounced in the country, a recent report released by Oxfam revealed. Citing data from the Forbes’ Billionaires List, Oxfam Pilipinas said inequality in the country is “starker”, with the number of Filipinos worth $5 million or P278.24 million up by 43.5% in the past 10 years. “Inequality experienced in the Philippines is starker with the nine richest Filipinos having more wealth than the bottom half of the population,” Oxfam Pilipinas executive director Erika Geronimo said in an emailed statement. The 2022 Forbes Billionaire’s List estimates the country’s nine richest to have a...

WASHINGTON: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Saturday (Sunday in Manila) he told Western powers that East Asia could be the next Ukraine, as he urged a united front on a rising China and bellicose North Korea. WASHINGTON: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Saturday (Sunday in Manila) he told Western powers that East Asia could be the next Ukraine, as he urged a united front on a rising China and bellicose North Korea. Closing his trip in Washington, Kishida said he shared with G7 leaders his "strong sense of crisis regarding the security environment in East Asia." "Ukraine may be the East Asia of tomorrow," Kishida told a news conference a day after meeting President Joe Biden, calling security concerns in the...

Story by Eireene Jairee Gomez, Manila Times. OIL firms will implement a slight increase in the pump prices effective Tuesday, January 17 following last week's price cuts. In separate advisories, Shell, Cleanfuel and Seaoil announced that diesel prices would be increased by P0.50 per liter while gasoline would go up by P0.95 per liter. Kerosene prices will rise by 0.15 per liter. Last week, oil firms implemented a P2.80/liter and P2.10/liter cuts for diesel and kerosene, respectively, and also lowered gasoline prices by P0.75 per liter.

I wish I was a COVID conspiracy theorist early on instead if getting vaccinated. I'm in heart failure. The conspiracy theorists are doing just fine.

R'Bonney Gabriel from the United States of America is Miss Universe 2022! The Filipina-American beauty queen was crowned with Mouawad's "Force for Good" piece during the finals at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. "If you win Miss Universe, how would you work to demonstrate this as an empowering and progressive organization?" She answered: "I would use it to be a transformational leader. As a very passionate designer, I've been sewing for 13 years, I use fashion as a force for good. In my industry, I'm cutting down pollution through recycled materials when I make my clothing, I do sewing classes to women who survived human trafficking and domestic violence. I say that because it's so important to invest in...