SunStar Cebu Newsletter for August 7, 2020

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Strict measures for Cebu City LSIs coming from Metro Manila August 6, 2020 DUE to a recent spike in the number of Covid-19 infections in Metro Manila, Cebu City residents who are stranded in the country's capital must first comply with... FULL STORY Capitol to release P336.6M THE Cebu Provincial Government will release funds totaling about P336.6 million to help local government units (LGUs) and businesses across the province hurdle the Covid-19 crisis.Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia made the announcement in a speech... More → PRO-Central Visayas to inspect warehouses with explosives THE Police Regional Office 7 will conduct an inspection of the warehouses that have been used to store explosives, following the recent explosion in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, in which over a hundred lives were taken.Rep. Pablo John... More → Cebu City Hall to open 2 dialysis centers THE Cebu City Government will put up two dialysis centers—one for people with kidney ailments who are also found positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), the other for patients who are not infected with the respiratory... More → Frontliners take online course on Covid-19 contact tracing MORE than 400 police officers and medical workers in Central Visayas will graduate from Johns Hopkins University's online course on identifying individuals exposed to people infected with the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).About 250... More → OPINION MORE OPINION Carvajal: Deadly hypocrisy ANY death that is due to the inhumanity of humans to fellow humans should be anathema to anyone... Malilong: Suicide for survival? Crazy! EARLY in my law practice, one of my clients was a company that loaded and unloaded cargoes of...
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The Manila Times Newsletter | August 07, 2020

View in browser PH slips into recession THE Philippines slipped into "technical recession" in the second quarter of 2020, contracting by 16.5 percent as the lockdown to stem the spread of the... China vaccine available in October China could have a coronavirus vaccine available in October, and the Philippines and Brazil... PH becomes Covid epicenter in SEAsia The Philippines is now the Southeast Asian epicenter for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19)... Bong Go eyes panel to cure PhilHealth 'ills' SEN. Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go urged President Rodrigo Duterte to create a task... 'Report corruption in SAP distribution' The Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) has urged the public to report... More news > FAQ SUPPORT Opinion View all OPINION ON PAGE ONE Covid-19 here mainly an NCR plague now QUALIFY that headline: Five contiguous cities — Quezon City, Manila, Makati, Taguig and Caloocan — make up the epicenter of the pandemic now... OPINION ON PAGE ONE Week 11 of the modified coronavirus quarantine WEEK 11 of the modified coronavirus quarantine, and I am glad I did not bother to change the title of this... The Manila Times Publishing Corporation 2/F Sitio Grande Building, 409 A. Soriano Avenue, Intramuros, Manila Philippines You received this email because you signed up on our website. Unsubscribe

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Daily Wrap 6 August 2020 UN/Pasqual Gorriz 'Immediate humanitarian assistance' mobilized in force, to support Beirut after deadly blast The response to Tuesday's explosion in Beirut requires global support in order to "surmount the devastating impact" of the crisis facing the Lebanese people, the UN Deputy Special Coordinator for the country said on Thursday.   Humanitarian Aid UN Mexico/Gabriela Ramirez Global cooperation is our only choice against COVID-19, says WHO chief With more than 18.5 million cases of COVID-19 reported worldwide as of Thursday, and 700,000 deaths, the UN's top health official again appealed to countries to unite in the fight against the disease Health WFP/Allan Stephen New humanitarian air service boosts COVID-19 response in the Pacific A flight carrying protective masks, ventilators and other essential medical supplies for COVID-19 response, landed in Papua New Guinea on Thursday, marking the start of a humanitarian air service for the Pacific region, Governments and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) have announced. Health UN Photo/Eluchi Matsumoto 75 years after the bomb, Hiroshima still chooses 'reconciliation and hope' In a video message delivered to a Peace Memorial Ceremony in Japan on Thursday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has paid tribute to the victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, which devastated the city in 1945.  Peace and Security UN Photo/Stuart Price Cross-border links between terrorists, organized crime, underscore need for coherent global response The nexus between terrorism and organized crime took centre stage in the Security Council on Thursday, with experts raising fresh concerns over opportunistic alliances emerging among belligerents who share a hostility towards national authorities, and seek to exploit vulnerabilities created by the COVID-19 crisis. Peace and Security Mohamed Nasser Yemen: Human right violations against journalists, coming 'from all quarters' Unparalleled rights violations and abuses against journalists are being carried out by all parties to the armed conflict in Yemen, the UN human rights chief said on Thursday Human Rights UNAMA/Shafiqullah Waak Security Council condemns 'heinous and cowardly' terrorist attack in Jalalabad, Afghanistan Members of the UN Security Council have condemned "in the strongest terms" the terrorist attack at a prison complex in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on Monday, that left at least 29 people – including civilians – dead. Peace and Security Coronavirus Portal & News Updates Readers can find information and guidance on the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) from the UN, World Health Organization and UN agencies here. For daily news updates from UN News, click here. unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences