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FACE MASK. A woman in Pago village in Tanauan, Leyte wears a disposable face mask outdoors. The Department of Health on Friday (Aug. 14, 2020) urged the public to segregate “infectious” used face masks from general waste for proper disposal. (PNA photo by Gerico Sabalza) TACLOBAN CITY – The Department …

People from Red Lake Ont., no longer have access to the town, as of 8 a.m local time Friday, due to an implementation order issued by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) because of a nearby forest fire. The order was issued due to “extreme” forest fire activity …

Vigils will be held Friday evening in Red Deer, Calgary and Edmonton to pay tribute to the life of physician Walter Reynolds. The 45-year-old father of two young girls died Monday after he was attacked in an examination room in a Red Deer walk-in clinic. His patient, 54-year-old Deng Mabiour, …

MANILA – Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano on Friday called on members of the Asean Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) Caucus to cooperate towards a multi-sectoral and whole-of-Asean approach for an effective response to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic. In his opening address during the 11th AIPA Caucus hosted by the Philippines, Cayetano …

ANTI-POLIO DRIVE. A total of 43,392 children 0-4 years old have received free oral polio vaccination since the implementation of “Sabayang Patak Kontra Polio (SPKP)” program of the Department of Health (DOH) in Angeles City, Pampanga. The polio vaccination drive kicked off on Aug. 3 until Aug. 16, 2020. (Photo …

(File photo) MANILA – Private sector employers are instructed to provide shuttle service to their workers who, in turn, are required to wear face masks and face shields and prohibited from talking while inside the company’s vehicle. These new health safety protocols are specified in the Joint Memorandum Circular No. …

BACOLOD CITY – Rice farmers in Negros Occidental received various assistance from the Department of Agriculture (DA), including machinery and hybrid seeds, to boost their productivity. As of Friday, eight rice-based farmer cooperatives and associations (FCAs) in the province were provided with eight units of riding-type transplanter worth PHP1.6 million …

President Rodrigo Duterte confers with Health Secretary Francisco Duque III during a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) core members at the Presidential Guest House in Panacan, Davao City on August 10 , 2020. MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte is studying the proposal …

In 2018, Mary Jane’s parents, Celia and Cesar Veloso, through the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers, asked the SC on Monday to reverse and set aside the Court of Appeals ruling that blocked the appeal to allow a local judge to observe the deposition of their daughter’s testimony. MANILA, Philippines …

Almost all the remaining oil has been pumped from a Japanese ship that ran aground off the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, but its initial spill of 1,000 tons of fuel has severely damaged the island’s coral reefs and once pristine coast, environmental groups said Thursday. Nearly all …