Study Suggests Horror Movie Fans Are Coping Better With The Pandemic
A new study posits that those who are partial to the odd slasher or zombie flick are coping better than those who prefer a nice relaxing rom com. Published earlier this month in the journal Personality and Individual Differences, the study was done by researchers from the University of Chicago, Pennsylvania State University and Aarhus University […]
Pagasa: LPA to induce Luzon rain showers
Satellite imagery from Pagasa shows a low pressure area 655 kilometers east of Infanta, Quezon Thursday morning. (Image from Pagasa) MANILA, Philippines — The low pressure area (LPA) east of Infanta, Quezon will bring cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms to Metro Manila, Ilocos region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon and […]
Magnitude 5.1 earthquake hits Surigao del Sur
MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 5.1 earthquake jolted Bayabas, Surigao del Sur on Thursday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. ADVERTISEMENT The earthquake struck 99 kilometers northeast of the town at 6:19 a.m. FEATURED STORIES It had a depth of focus of 24 kilometers. Aftershocks are expected. Phivolcs said […]
SEMI-NBMC Invites White Paper Proposals for Funding of Human Monitoring Innovations
MILPITAS, California, Sept. 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — SEMI Nano-Bio Materials Consortium (NBMC) today released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for innovations in ambulatory monitoring, wearable technologies for cognitive assessment, and innovative power sources for wearable monitors. Proposals are also welcome for new concepts to advance mobile human monitoring and diagnostic capabilities. Projects will be awarded with […]
Nintex Receives 2020 Tech Cares Award for its COVID-19 Customer Response
Organisations around the world turned to Nintex for valuable resources and software solutions to quickly improve business processes with process mapping and to automate work with workflow automation, digital forms, RPA and more MELBOURNE, Australia, Sept. 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Nintex, the global standard for process management and automation, today announced that TrustRadius has recognised the company’s […]
World leaders criticize haphazard response to pandemic
In this photo provided by the United Nations, the pre-recorded message of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana, is played during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday Sept. 23, 2020, at U.N. headquarters in New York. (Eskinder Debebe/United Nations via AP) UNITED NATIONS — World leaders gathering remotely Wednesday criticized […]
Lime Cordiale, Phil Jamieson, Wendy Matthews And More Added To NSW’s Great Southern Nights Program
New South Wales’ Great Southern Nights live music program has just gotten even bigger with the addition of 10 more acts. The November concert series – which will see 1,000 COVID-Safe shows take place throughout NSW – has confirmed the addition of Ash Grunwald, Shannon Noll, Wendy Matthews, Lime Cordiale, Phil Jamieson & Pat Davern, […]
Israel’s Netanyahu calls for tough lockdown as virus rages
A worker from “Hevra Kadisha,” Israel’s official Jewish burial society, prepares a body before a funeral procession at a special morgue for COVID-19 victims in the central Israeli city of Holon, near Tel Aviv, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. With Israel facing one of the world’s worst outbreaks, burial workers have been forced to wear protective […]
NBI reviews record of ‘bribe-taking’ lawyer handling ‘pastillas’ cases
CAUGHT RED-HANDED An agent of the National Bureau of Investigation puts a handcuff on Joshua Paul Capiral, the chief of the NBI’s Legal Assistance Bureau, who was allegedly caught red-handed on Monday night taking bribe money from one of the 19 immigration agents charged with graft for alleged involvement in the “pastillas” airport escort service. […]
Virus risk haunts Halloween customs
LOS ANGELES—Forget the princess outfit, the Batman suit, or the Donald Trump mask. The coronavirus pandemic has put a damper on Halloween celebrations in the United States this year with health officials encouraging Americans to avoid heading out for a candy-fueled evening and to instead stay home and hold virtual parties. ADVERTISEMENT “Many traditional Halloween […]