Quezon logs 47 new coronavirus cases
LUCENA CITY – Quezon province recorded its single biggest day spike with 47 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Monday. Lucena, the capital city of the province, logged the highest with 11 new confirmed COVID-19 cases followed by Tayabas City, the Integrated Provincial Health Office revealed in its 5 p.m. report. ADVERTISEMENT The local government […]
The Avalanches Drop Two New Singles With Denzel Curry & Sampa The Great
The Avalanches have kicked things into another gear in the lead up to their third studio album We Will Always Love You, with the release of two new singles today. The first of which, titled ‘Music Makes Me High’, just features the duo in all their production magic. But for second cut ‘Take Care In Your […]
US eases China travel warning, citing virus progress
(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 03, 2020 a medical worker takes a swab sample from a woman to test for the COVID-19 coronavirus in Tongji Hospital in Wuhan, China’s central Hubei province. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) WASHINGTON, United States — The United States on Monday eased its warning against travel to […]
Huge News: Tom Morello Announced As BIGSOUND Keynote Speaker For Free 2020 Virtual Event
Brisbane’s iconic BIGSOUND 2020 is just around the corner and we’ve received the first drop of keynote speakers for the virtual event. Leading the charge? No other than Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello. Um, huge. “Join me at BIGSOUND to talk music, activism, and how the guitar can be a divining rod for truth […]
Trump dismisses climate concerns as he visits fire-ravaged West
US President Donald Trump steps off Air Force One in Phoenix, Arizona on September 14, 2020. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) MCCLELLAN PARK, United States — President Donald Trump on Monday suggested global warming will reverse itself and dismissed climate change as a cause of ferocious fires engulfing swaths of the US West, during a […]
As Oregon fires burn, smoggy air suffocates Portland residents
A man crosses a street in downtown Portland, Oregon where air quality due to smoke from wildfires was measured to be amongst the worst in the world, September 14, 2020. Portland, the largest city in Oregon, has been blanketed for days by a dense smog that has sent pollution meters soaring. Photo by Robyn Beck / […]
Jet It Founders launch International Company JetClub
JetClub to take delivery of 2 more HondaJets, taking the combined fleet to 7 jets GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Sept. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Two former Honda Aircraft sales executives, Glenn Gonzales and Vishal Hiremath, created Jet It in 2018 with the goal of bridging the gap between private charter flights and exorbitantly expensive private aviation […]
Drilon sees overprice in COVID-19 testing kits bought by government
File photo of Senator Franklin Drilon PHOTO BY EDWIN BACASMAS MANILA, Philippines — Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Monday questioned the government’s procurement of allegedly overpriced testing kits and medical equipment for COVID-19, saying the items were more than P400 million more expensive than those bought by the private sector. Drilon raised the issue […]
Wakes, burials, cremations still allowed in Metro Manila
MANILA, Philippines — Wakes, burials and cremations will still be allowed during the closure of cemeteries and memorial parks during the week of “Undas” or the annual observance of All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day. “Gates [to cemeteries, memorial parks and columbariums] will be padlocked during the one-week closure, but these events will still […]
Palace ‘unaware’ that banned China firm got Sangley airport project
Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea (File photo by LYN RILLON / Philippine Daily Inquirer) MANILA, Philippines — Despite its P4.5 billion in confidential and intelligence funds this year, Malacañang was “not aware” that a Chinese company that bagged the Sangley airport project had been blacklisted by the United States for its involvement in island building in […]