Regional Updates (04/05/21)
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Consular offices remain shut CONSULAR offices of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in Metro Manila and nearby provinces will remain closed…
April won't be fooled
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By Alvin Neil A. Gutierrez
SENTAVIO-FREEPIK In February 2020, April (not her real name) was wooed away from her former…
Corporate Governance reforms under the Revised Corporation Code
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By Cesar L. Villanueva
CREATIVEART-FREEPIK The promulgation into law of the Revised Corporation Code of the Philippines saw the placing…
How pandemics change the course of history
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By Stephen Mihm
VECTORJUICE-FREEPIK WHEN COVID-19 first arrived last year, everyone’s go-to historical parallel was the 1918 influenza pandemic. Precisely…
Rising cases, vaccine and Ivermectin
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By Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr.
“Our FDA (Food and Drug Administration) and DoH (Department of Health) are very strict about…
World economy risks dangerously diverging even as growth booms
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REUTERS THE WORLD economy is on course for its fastest growth in more than a half century this year, yet differences and…
Cadila seeks nod to repurpose Hepatitis C drug for coronavirus in India as cases surge to new highs
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CADILA HEALTHCARE LTD. has sought approval from India’s regulators to use a Hepatitis C drug as a treatment for coronavirus disease 2019…
Helping women smallholder farmers through crop resilience, better access
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PIXABAY GrowHer, a gateway to free resources and partnership opportunities, launched in the Philippines this March to narrow the gender gap for…
ByteDance says India's freeze on bank accounts is harassment -- court filing
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MUMBAI — China’s ByteDance has told an Indian court that a government freeze on its bank accounts in a probe of possible…
PLDT, PLDT-Smart Foundation, Tulong Kapatid ramp up COVID-19 efforts for frontline healthcare workers, communities
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The country’s largest integrated telco, PLDT, Inc., its social outreach arm, PLDT-Smart Foundation, together with Tulong Kapatid, the corporate social responsibility consortium…