State health insurer a flatliner by 2022 if not subsidized, official warns
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth), the main agency that most Filipinos rely on for affordable health-care services, may cease to exist by 2022 without additional subsidy from the national government, according to its senior vice president. Nerissa Santiago’s dire warning came as PhilHealth grappled with allegations of corruption that could have defrauded […]
Perfect World CEO Dr. Robert H. Xiao: “Creative thinking empowers the future”
SHANGHAI, Aug. 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — On July 30, Chinese game publisher Perfect World held an online press conference in Shanghai, at which Perfect World CEO Dr. Robert H. Xiao delivered a keynote speech during which he emphasized the importance of creative thinking as a vehicle to empowering the future. Perfect World recorded encouraging results […]
2 ostriches try to break QC quarantine
Two “quarantine violators” inside a private subdivision in Quezon City on Tuesday provided a welcome source of amusement for netizens in the grip of the COVID-19 pandemic.They were pet ostriches that were caught on video running loose inside Mapayapa Village III in Diliman. Dino Rivera, who recorded one around 9 a.m. on Tuesday, told GMA […]
City in Bulacan restricts relocation amid pandemic
CITY OF SAN JOSE DEL MONTE—Local officials have restricted the transfer of informal settlers from Metro Manila to a government housing project in the city as a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19).Mayor Arthur Robes sent personnel of the public order and security office to Sandigan ng Maralitang Pilipino (SMP) subdivision […]
Pasig River ferry service open, but only to front-liners
LIMITED RIDERSHIP Ferry boats plying Pasig River are back in operation but only healthcare workers and government employees can come onboard. —NIÑO JESUS ORBETA Despite Metro Manila being under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ), resulting in a ban on all forms of public transport, the Pasig River Ferry Service will remain open, but only to […]
The Universe is the Same, Everywhere We Look. Even More than Cosmologists Predicted
No matter which direction you look in the Universe, the view is basically the same if you look far enough. Our local neighborhood is populated with bright nebulae, star clusters, and dark clouds of gas and dust. There are more stars toward the center of the Milky Way than there are in other directions. But […]
Huge explosion rocks Beirut with widespread damage, injuries
BEIRUT: A massive explosion rocked downtown Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the port, damaging buildings and blowing out windows and doors as a giant mushroom cloud rose above the capital. Lebanese Red Cross official Georges Kettaneh said there were dead and wounded, but did not have an exact figure, just saying there were hundreds […]
SYMPATHY PROTEST
Health workers at the Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital stage a silent protest on Aug. 4, 2020 to express their deep concern for their fellow health workers and mothers and infants in the hospital, who also face the risk of contracting the coronavirus disease.PHOTO BY MIKE ALQUINTO
NO EASY PASS
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PH recovery to be hockey stick-like
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin Diokno still believes the country’s economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic would be shaped like a hockey stick despite the reimposition of a stricter lockdown on Metro Manila and nearby provinces. Governor Benjamin Diokno In a text message to The Manila Times on Monday night, Diokno said the […]