A little girl holds palm oil fruit collected from a plantation in Sumatra, Indonesia, Nov. 13, 2017. An Associated Press investigation has found many palm oil workers in Indonesia and neighboring Malaysia endure exploitation, including child labor. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara) PENINSULAR, Malaysia — Jum’s words tumble out over the phone, his voice growing ever more […]
12 dead from COVID-19 in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental
BACOLOD CITY –– At least 12 new COVID-19 fatalities were recorded in Bacolod City and Negros Occidental on Tuesday. The Department of Health said Bacolod City had 10 new deaths, bringing its death toll to 61. ADVERTISEMENT Negros Occidental, on the other hand, has two new COVID deaths on Tuesday. The province now has 36 […]
Trump won’t commit to peaceful transfer of power if he loses
President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump again declined to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the Nov. 3 presidential election. “We’re going to have […]
‘Are people to be left to die?’ Vaccine pleas fill UN summit
JOHANNESBURG — If the United Nations was created from the ashes of World War II, what will be born from the global crisis of COVID-19? Many world leaders at this week’s virtual U.N. summit hope it will be a vaccine made available and affordable to all countries, rich and poor. But with the U.S., China, […]
Poe prods telcos: Speed up efforts to make internet connection better, more reliable
This photo shows 4-year-old Senior Nursery student, Raja Filio, attending her online class on August 25, 2020. Contributed photo MANILA, Philippines — Senator Grace Poe has urged telecommunication companies to expedite efforts to improve internet connection and reliability as majority of students depend on the internet for distance learning. Poe said that better internet service […]
New African swine fever outbreaks seen in 6 provinces — Dar
(File Photo) Butchers slaughter hundred of pigs every midnight at the Legazpi City Abattoir in Legazpi City, Albay province. MARK ALVIC ESPLANA / INQUIRER SOUTHERN LUZON. MANILA, Philippines — New outbreaks of the African swine fever (ASF) have been monitored in the provinces of Albay, Laguna, Quirino, Batangas, Quezon, and Cavite, Agriculture Secretary William Dar […]
Stop ‘foreign troll factories’ from ‘polluting’ 2022 polls, Recto tells gov’t
MANILA, Philippines — “Foreign troll factories should be blocked from polluting the 2022 elections,” Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said Thursday, even as he believed that no local candidate “will be in cahoots with alien interests” to advance such a sinister agenda. “I don’t believe that candidates will be in cahoots with alien interests, […]
ABS-CBN chairman Gabby Lopez resigns from network, other Lopez-owned firms
MANILA, Philippines — Citing “personal reasons,” ABS-CBN chairman emeritus and director Eugenio “Gabby” Lopez III tendered his resignation on Thursday, the media giant announced. In a press statement, ABS-CBN said Lopez also tendered his resignation as director of ABS-CBN Holdings Corporation, Sky Vision Corporation, and Rockwell Land Corporation “effective immediately.” ADVERTISEMENT The Board of Directors […]
Magnitude 4.2 earthquake rocks Davao Occidental
MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 4.2 earthquake rocked Davao Occidental on Thursday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. ADVERTISEMENT The earthquake struck at 9:34 a.m. at 423 kilometers southeast of Sarangani. The tremor was of tectonic origin and had a 31-kilometer depth of focus. FEATURED STORIES No aftershocks or damage was expected, […]
Louisville police officer shot amid Breonna Taylor protests
Police move after a Louisville Police officer was shot, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, in Louisville, Ky. A grand jury has indicted one officer on criminal charges six months after Breonna Taylor was fatally shot by police in Kentucky. The jury presented its decision against fired officer Brett Hankison Wednesday to a judge in Louisville, where […]