SunStar Cebu Newsletter for August 25, 2020

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Central Visayas Covid-19 recovery hits 78% August 24, 2020 CENTRAL Visayas now has a 78.39 percent recovery rate in its Covid-19 cases, and it is one of the regions in the country that registered high numbers of patients who... FULL STORY Councilor: Number of quarantine violators decreasing THE number of quarantine violators in Cebu City has been declining since the implementation of an ordinance that penalizes any person who does not follow public health guidelines on Aug. 16, 2020.Only 140 violators have been arrested since... More → Burglar runs away with P16,000 from Provincial Accounting Office A THIEF broke into the Provincial Accounting Office in the Cebu Provincial Capitol over the weekend.According to initial information received from Col. Roderick Mariano, Cebu Provincial Police Office director, about P16,000 in cash was... More → P1.2M kapin shabu sakmit; shabu gipasok sa saging KAPIN sa usa ka milyon ka pesos nga balor sa ilegal nga drugas nasakmit sa mga sakop sa Mambaling Police Station atol sa buy-bust sa Sitio Lawis, Mambaling, siyudad sa Sugbo. alas 2 sa hapon niadtong Dominggo, Agusto 2.Ang nasikop sa... More → Dengue cases drop in first 8 months of 2020 THE number of cases of dengue in Central Visayas this year is 41.16 percent lower than of the same period in 2019.Department of Health (DOH) Central Visayas spokesperson Mary Jean Loreche said that from January 2020to Aug. 22, 2020, the DOH... More → OPINION MORE OPINION Editorial: Imagination WITH a bit of imagination, a private school runs ahead in the race for innovation in pushing... Briones: Inevitable ACCORDING to the dictionary, an accident is an unfortunate incident that happens unexpectedly and...
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Alert: Devastated by pandemic, tourism sector must be rebuilt in a safe, equitable and climate friendly way – UN chief

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Instant Alert 25 August 2020 Devastated by pandemic, tourism sector must be rebuilt in a safe, equitable and climate friendly way – UN chief Tourism is much more than visiting cultural landmarks or swimming in tropical beaches; it is "one of the world's most important economic sectors", the UN chief said on Tuesday.   Full story on UN News

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[Daily article] August 25: Wikipedia:Featured topics/Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow is a 2005 action-adventure video game, the
first in the Castlevania series by Konami to be released on the Nintendo
DS. It was written and produced by Koji Igarashi (pictured) and directed
by Satoshi Kushibuchi. Incorporating many elements from its predecessor,
Aria of Sorrow, it was commercially successful, selling more than 15,000
units in its first week in Japan and 164,000 in the United States within
three months. The protagonist, Soma Cruz, manages to escape the fate of
becoming the new Dracula with the help of allies. The game has platform
and role-playing elements, with a dark, gothic atmosphere. It introduces
a multiplayer mode and a "Magic Seal" system that requires the use of
the DS stylus to draw a pattern to defeat enemies. The game received
high scores from many video game publications and was considered one of
the best games on the Nintendo DS for 2005. (This article is part of a
featured topic: Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow.).

Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topics/Castlevania:_Aria_of_Sorrow>

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Today's selected anniversaries:

1609:

Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei demonstrated his first
telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei>

1875:

Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English
Channel, completing the journey in approximately 21 hours 40 minutes.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Webb>

1975:

Bruce Springsteen released his commercial breakthrough album,
Born to Run.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_to_Run>

2012:

NASA's robotic space probe Voyager 1 crossed the heliopause and
entered interstellar space, making it the first spacecraft to do so.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_1>

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Wiktionary's word of the day:

or bust:
(chiefly US, informal) Used to indicate one's intention to do everything
possible to achieve a goal, with failure being the only alternative.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/or_bust>

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Wikiquote quote of the day:

  Weapons are like money; no one knows the meaning of enough.
 
--Martin Amis
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Martin_Amis>

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2 blasts rock Jolo; Abu leader hunted. Inquirer Newsletter. August 25, 2020

No images? Click here   AFTERMATH Government troops converge on Serrantes Street in Jolo where an explosive device was detonated around noon on Monday. Inset shows a scorched motorcycle that the Army suspects was used by the bomber. Another explosion occurred not far from Serrantes soon after. —CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS     Regions COVID beds full in Iloilo, Bacolod Hospitals in Iloilo and Bacolod cities have breached their bed capacity for patients with the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19), with some temporarily stopping the admission of patients due to the continued surge in cases. —STORY BY Nestor P. Burgos Jr. Read more: bit.ly/inquirer-plus   News Robredo says ‘Bayanihan 2’ not enough pandemic response The Bayanihan to Recover as One Act, or “Bayanihan 2,” is not enough to deal with problems brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, Vice President Leni Robredo said. Aside from that, she also questioned in her latest public address why government is still operating on a budget that did not seem to meet the pressing needs of a health crisis. —STORY BY Gabriel Pabico Lalu and DJ Yap Read more on Inquirer Plus: bit.ly/inquirer-plus   Business LGUs to get P 1.1T in funding in 2022 Local governments’ internal revenue allotment (IRA) will balloon to more than P1 trillion in 2022 as a result of the Supreme Court’s ruling that mandated sourcing them from “all” national taxes, putting pressure on the national government’s resources. —STORY BY Ben O. de Vera Read more on Inquirer Plus: bit.ly/inquirer-plus   Newsletter / Join us Has this been forwarded by a friend? Subscribe now to the Philippine Daily Inquirer Newsletter and get your latest news and important updates on COVID-19 and the enhanced community quarantine. Subscribe   FULL mechanics     Banner story 2 blasts rock Jolo; Abu leader hunted By Julie S. Alipala and Jeannette I. Andrade @Team_Inquirer The first explosion from a bomb planted in a motorcycle rocked Jolo, Sulu province, just before noon on Monday. An hour later, a second blast came a hundred meters away, when a soldier accosted a woman wearing a suspiciously swollen clothing, according to authorities. Fifteen people—seven soldiers, six civilians, one policeman and the “suicide bomber”—were killed and 75 were wounded in the two explosions. “Flesh, bones were scattered on the streets, mostly uniformed personnel,” said an owner of the pharmacy on Serrantes Street in Jolo. She preferred not to be named for safety reasons. “I guess they [belong to the Philippine] Army. There were Badjao vendors and children on that street. There were food stall vendors, too,” she said. “We are really afraid.” Malacañang denounced the bombings “in the strongest possible terms.” “We likewise condole with the families and loved ones of those who died in these tragic incidents,” President Duterte’s spokesperson, Harry Roque, said in a statement. —WITH REPORTS FROM JEOFFREY MAITEM AND JULIE M. AURELIO INQ Read more: newsinfo.inquirer.net   Editorial Enough is enough So sordid have been the revelations tumbling out of the Senate hearing on the PhilHealth mess that the senators have had enough, or so they say, of the muck assaulting their senses, and have announced the termination of the hearings.  Read full story: opinion.inquirer.net   Copyright © 2020 PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: P.O. Box 2353, Makati Central Post Office, 1263 Makati City, Philippines.   Share    Tweet    Share    Forward  Preferences  |  Unsubscribe

Daily Wrap

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Daily Wrap 24 August 2020 © OCHA/Gema Cortes WHO presses for greater investment in global COVID-19 vaccine facility Investing in a mechanism that will guarantee all countries have fair and timely access to a COVID-19 vaccine is the only way out of the global pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.  Health © UNICEF/Jennifer Sparks Strengthening global cooperation on counter-terrorism must remain a priority during and after pandemic With Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da'esh) and other terrorist groups attempting to exploit the COVID-19 pandemic for their own ends, the international community must respond with stronger collective action and cooperation,  the top UN counter-terrorism official said on Monday.  Peace and Security © UNFPA Zambia One step at a time: UN women's health agency helping shift dangerous social norms  One of the largest chiefdoms in Zambia's Eastern Province is challenging harmful social norms, including child marriage, risky initiation and impunity for perpetrators of sexual abuse, according to the UN women's health agency, UNFPA. Women UNICEF/Rajat Madhok Imprisoned rights defenders in Egypt at 'grave risk' of COVID-19, warn UN experts A group of independent UN rights experts have raised alarm over "grave and unnecessary" risks faced by imprisoned human rights defenders in Egypt due to lengthy pre-trial detention. Human Rights © UNICEF Pakistan First Person: fighting anti-vaccination rumours in Pakistan Polio, a deadly, debilitating, yet easily curable disease, is eradicated in most countries, but is still endemic in Pakistan, partly due to a reluctance to vaccinate amongst some parts of the population. Dennis Chimenya, a health worker with the UN Children's Fund, UNICEF, is part of a team trying to counter misconceptions, and save lives. Culture and Education 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