Mayor Sara Duterte on medical leave, ‘Baste’ is acting mayor
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte (right) and brother, Vice Mayor Sebastian Duterte (File photo / ARJOY M. CENIZA) MANILA, Philippines — Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio has filed a one-week medical leave and designated her younger brother, Vice Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte as acting mayor during the period. An announcement from the Office of the […]
Former Trivium Bassist Brent Young Has Died
Former Trivium bassist Brent Young has died, the band have confirmed. A cause of death has not been announced. An early member of the metal outfit, Young played bass on the band’s 2003 debut album Ember to Inferno along with the demo EP Blue, before his departure from the band in 2004. “We have just been given word […]
Zymo Research Granted CE IVD Mark for Sample Collection Devices
IRVINE, California, Sept. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Zymo Research announced that three of its DNA/RNA Shield™ collection devices: 1) DNA/RNA Shield™ collection tube w/ swab, 2) DNA/RNA Shield™ Saliva/Sputum Collection Kit, and 3) DNA/RNA Shield™ Fecal Collection Tube are now CE IVD marked for in vitro diagnostic (IVD) applications. Zymo Research was granted the CE IVD mark […]
Jill Biden, Doug Emhoff team up in final campaign stretch
Jill Biden, front left, wife of Democratic presidential candidate former vice president Joe Biden, and Doug Emhoff, center, husband of Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., place campaign placards into the ground during a campaign stop, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Jill Biden and […]
NY Times: Trump paid $750 in US income taxes in 2016, 2017
President Donald Trump speaking during a news conference at the White House, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) President Donald Trump paid no federal income taxes in 10 of the past 15 years, according to a report Sunday in The New York Times. Trump, who has fiercely guarded his tax filings and […]
Preventative nasal spray shown to reduce viral replication by up to 96% in COVID-19 challenge study
New preventative nasal spray treatment that could protect people from COVID-19 infection and prevent transmission announced Novel therapy developed by Australian biotech company, Ena Respiratory, shown to significantly reduce COVID-19 virus levels in the nose and throat, in a gold-standard animal study Reduced COVID-19 replication by up to 96%, study performed by Public Health England […]
InventisBio Announces $147 Million Series D Financing Led by Hillhouse Affiliate GL Ventures
SHANGHAI, Sept. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — InventisBio, a clinical stage biotech company dedicated to the research and development of innovative small molecule drugs, announced the recent completion of a $147 million series D financing which has attracted participation of many top biopharmaceutical and healthcare venture capital funds. This round of investment was led by Hillhouse […]
OTC Markets Group Welcomes NOVONIX LIMITED to OTCQX
NEW YORK, Sept. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM), operator of financial markets for 11,000 U.S. and global securities, today announced NOVONIX LIMITED (ASX: NVX; OTCQX: NVNXF), an integrated developer and supplier of high-performance materials, equipment and services for the global lithium-ion battery industry with operations in the USA and Canada and sales […]
Greenpeace urges Duterte to declare ‘climate emergency’
REMEMBER ‘ONDOY’ Greenpeace members light candles forming the words “climate justice” on the promenade over the relief map of the Philippines at Rizal Park in Manila to mark the 11th anniversary of Tropical Storm “Ondoy,’’ which left a swath of devastation across Metro Manila on Sept. 26,2009. —RICHARD A. REYES MANILA, Philippines — Environmental group […]
Project Ark medical team defends rapid tests
EARLY VISIT A woman walks through a decontamination booth as she enters the Manila North Cemetery on Sunday, amid the government’s call for Filipinos to visit their dead before the traditional All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day observance to avoid wider transmission of the new coronavirus. —MARIANNE BERMUDEZ MANILA, Philippines — The medical team […]