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Food running out, Philippine typhoon survivors warn
Reuters, Published on 21/12/2021
» MANILA: Philippine officials and residents of areas that bore the brunt of Typhoon Rai pleaded for food, water, and shelter on Tuesday as damaged roads, flooding, and severed power and communication lines hampered relief efforts.
Philippines typhoon death toll hits 375
AFP, Published on 20/12/2021
» The death toll from the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year surged to 375 on Monday, as desperate survivors pleaded for urgent supplies of drinking water and food.
Filipinos flock to cemeteries ahead of All Saints' Day closure
AFP, Published on 28/10/2021
» MANILA - Thousands of people flocked to cemeteries in the Catholic-majority Philippines on Thursday for their last chance to visit dead loved ones ahead of a government-ordered nationwide closure of graveyards for All Saints' Day.
Philippines Covid patients may get Merck’s anti-viral pill early
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/10/2021
» Covid-19 patients in the Philippines may get early access to Merck & Co’s yet to be approved anti-viral treatment pill for a few dollars starting in November with a compassionate special permit.
Venezuela's inflation-battered bolivar sheds 6 zeroes
AFP, Published on 02/10/2021
» CARACAS - The official exchange rate of Venezuela's bolivar went from 4.18 million to the US dollar overnight to just 4.18 as the impoverished country slashed six zeroes off its inflation-battered currency Friday to simplify transactions.
Jollibee completes acquisition of Tim Ho Wan with eye on global expansion
Published on 06/09/2021
» HONG KONG: The Philippines' Jollibee Foods Corporation (JFC), famous for its fried chicken, is aiming to not only expand to China, but to serve Chinese food all over the world to drive growth, a goal it hopes to achieve by acquiring Michelin starred restaurant chain Tim Ho Wan.
Philippine 'circumcision season' underway after virus delays
AFP, Published on 30/08/2021
» SILANG, Philippines: For more than a year, Caspien Gruta has been teased because his circumcision -- a rite of passage for boys in the Philippines -- was delayed, first by a volcanic eruption and then the coronavirus pandemic.
Philippines to place Manila area in lockdown to curb Delta variant
Published on 30/07/2021
» MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday approved the imposition of lockdown measures in the capital region, in a bid to contain the spread of the Delta coronavirus variant and to shield the country's medical system.
Philippine's drug war dead exhumed as grave leases expire
AFP, Published on 21/07/2021
» MANILA: Rodzon Enriquez's skeletal remains are pulled out of a coffin-sized tomb in Manila and placed in a body bag. Five years after the 21-year-old was killed in the Philippines' drug war, the lease on his grave is expiring.
Small-scale Chilean miners left out of copper price bonanza
AFP, Published on 09/07/2021
» ANTOFAGASTA (CHILE) - Hugo Moroso individually selects rocks he extracts from the small Kiara copper mine in the Vicuna Mackenna mountain range of northern Chile, home to the largest copper deposits in the world.