HIV treatment has no benefit for hospitalized COVID-19 patients — study
LONDON — A combination of antiviral drugs usually used to treat HIV has no beneficial effect in patients hospitalized with COVID-19, a peer-reviewed study said on Monday, confirming the initial results of a large-scale randomized trial of the drug. British scientists running the RECOVERY trial at the University of Oxford in June said interim results […]
AC/DC Preview New Song ‘Shot In The Dark’ Again, This Time Over A ‘Talladega Nights’-Themed Ad
AC/DC are all set to kick things into high voltage once again with their imminent return, and now they’ve once again teased their forthcoming comeback single in somewhat of an unorthodox way. The track, which was initially teased last week, provides the soundtrack for the new Dodge commercial, which is based around Will Ferrell’s classic 2006 […]
‘Victory’ remark was meant for those pushing for academic freeze – Briones
MANILA, Philippines — Education Secretary Leonor Briones clarified on Monday that her declaration that the reopening of classes was a victory was meant for groups pushing for an academic freeze, or the suspension of the current school year. Briones found herself at the end of criticisms after she said that the opening of classes, although […]
Trump pledges return to campaign ‘soon’ as he leaves hospital
US President Donald Trump walks out of Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland before heading to Marine One on October 5, 2020, to return to the White House after being discharged. – Trump announced he would be “back on the campaign trail soon”, just before returning to the White House from a hospital where […]
Bruce Springsteen Announces New Documentary ‘Bruce Springsteen’s Letter To You’
Bruce Springsteen has announced details of a forthcoming documentary, Bruce Springsteen‘s Letter To You, centred around the making of his new album. The doco, which is coming to Apple TV+, follows the making of Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band’s album Letter To You, showing footage of final takes of the majority of the album’s tracks. In addition, the film […]
PhilHealth inquiry may catch more ‘big fish’
Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra. (File photo by Philippine Daily Inquirer) MANILA, Philippines — More “big fish” may be included in the next batch of cases that a task force formed by President Duterte will file in connection with the multibillion-peso corruption scandal in Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth), Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra told the Senate […]
Challenges hound online opening of classes
MANILA, Philippines — Forty-five students logged in for online class on Monday, the first day of the school year, at Caloocan City Business High School, but by the end of the day, only 37 were left, according to Nimfa David, the school principal. David suspected that the decrease in class size was related to poor […]
Velasco ally claims huge infra funds set for Cayetanos’ turf
MANILA, Philippines — The two districts of Taguig-Pateros under Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano and his wife, Rep. Lani Cayetano, will receive a whopping P11.1 billion in infrastructure funds next year from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), according to Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. “This amount is too big considering that in […]
Global democracy, human rights in peril, says report
MANILA, Philippines — Global democracy is in peril as world leaders take advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to suppress civil liberties, and silence critics and the free press, a new international report found. The report highlighted rights advocates’ concerns that the pandemic was being used to tighten state leaders’ grip on power. ADVERTISEMENT In its […]
Ambow Announces Closing of $6 Million Registered Direct Offering
BEIJING, Oct. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Ambow Education Holding Ltd. (“Ambow” or the “Company”) (NYSE American: AMBO), a leading national provider of educational and career enhancement services in China, today announced the closing of its previously announced registered direct offering of 1,507,538 ADSs (representing 3,015,076 of Class A Ordinary Shares), at a purchase price of […]