NYC tries $50 fines to get scofflaws to don masks on subway
A commuter, left, rides the subway without a face mask in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced a new public service campaign to encourage mask usage as well as a new $50 fine policy for those who refuse to wear face coverings on subways, buses and […]
Coronavirus pandemic shrinks Europe’s monitoring of US polls
FILE – In this Nov. 2, 2004, file photo, parliamentarians Goran Lennmarker, right, of Sweden and Stavros Evagorow, of Cyprus, observe the American voting process as voters cast their ballots at Robbinsdale City Hall in Robbinsdale, Minn. The two men are members of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Officials said Friday, Sept. […]
Trump and Biden hit unlikely battleground state of Minnesota
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden talks to Mayor of Duluth Emily Larson, second from left, and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, at the Amazing Grace Bakery & Cafe in Duluth, Minn., Friday, Sept. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) DULUTH, Minn. — A solidly blue state for the past half century, Minnesota became an […]
Running out of storm names, Atlantic season goes Greek
This Aqua satellite image taken Friday, Sept. 18, 2020 and provided by NASA, shows subtropical storm Alpha in the eastern North Atlantic Ocean near Portugal’s coast. The Atlantic’s record-breaking “crazy” hurricane season got a bizarre European remake Friday as forecasters ran out of traditional names and trotted out the Greek alphabet for subtropical storm Alpha. […]
‘Contactless’ ticket sale eyed for PH ports
TOO QUIET. The normally busy Batangas international seaport is without its usual noise and passenger traffic on Friday, with commercial trips still suspended. Only cargo vessels and boats ferrying returning residents can use the port. The national government has yet to decide when regular trips can resume. —MARICAR CINCO BATANGAS CITY — The government aims […]
New flowering plant grows on Mt. Arayat
COFFEE FAMILY A new flowering plant from the madder, or coffee, family discovered growing in Mt. Arayat National Park has been confirmed by botanists. —PHOTO COURTESY OF AXEL H. ARRIOLA CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — A new flowering plant that was discovered growing in Mt. Arayat National Park in 2017 has been confirmed by botanists, […]
Provincial LGUs buck reduced distancing in public transport
LEGAZPI CITY — Officials in Bicol, Western Visayas and Cebu City have opposed the move to shorten physical distancing in public transportation and called on the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to abandon the proposal. Legazpi City Mayor Noel Rosal on Friday said the DOTr proposal to reduce the one-meter physical distancing rule in public transport […]
Negros Occidental orders arrest of 7 persons who refused swab test
BACOLOD CITY — The Negros Occidental provincial government has ordered the arrest of seven people who refused to undergo a swab test for the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) upon their entry in the province. The seven, who considered themselves as authorized persons outside residence (Apor), arrived in the province through Bacolod-Silay Airport on Tuesday. ADVERTISEMENT […]
PopCom clarifies: Teen pregnancy rate much worse
MANILA, Philippines — The head of the Commission on Population and Development (PopCom) clarified on Friday that about 40 to 50 Filipino children aged 10 to 14 years old give birth “every week’’—not every year. PopCom Executive Director Juan Antonio Perez III made the clarification in an interview, correcting the statement he made in a […]
LAIX Inc. Announces Changes in Board and Committee Composition
SHANGHAI, Sept. 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — LAIX Inc. (“LAIX” or the “Company”) (NYSE: LAIX), an artificial intelligence (AI) company in China that creates and delivers products and services to popularize English learning, today announced that Mr. Christopher Ludwig Eisgruber, one of the Company’s independent directors, will cease to serve on the Company’s board of directors […]