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The De La Salle University (DLSU) lit up its century-old St. La Salle Hall to formally begin the 2021 Lasallian Christmas celebration.

The northeast monsoon, locally called “amihan,” will continue to bring light rains and colder weather over most parts of Luzon and Visayas, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said on Sunday, Dec. 5.

Some 13,833 COVID-19 vaccines were administered to residents and non-residents during the five-day mass vaccination in Angono, Rizal.

The new passers of the Physician Licensure Examination will have their online oathtaking on Dec. 13, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced.

An offshore earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 hit 285 kilometers (km) southeast of Sarangani Island in Sarangani, Davao Occidental on Sunday morning, Dec. 5, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.

In the ruins of an Afghan village destroyed by years of war, a deepening economic crisis has left Javid with little hope of rebuilding his home.

OTTAWA, Canada – The signs of an unprecedented labor shortage in Canada are glaring: hospital emergency rooms closed because of a lack of nurses, restaurants skipping meals and fewer Santas in malls.

SEOUL, South Korea — Seoul has started trialling pint-sized robots as teaching aids in kindergartens — a pilot project the city government said would help prepare the next generation for a hi-tech future.

JAKARTA– Indonesia’s Mount Semeru volcano erupted Saturday, killing at least one person, leaving dozens with burns and forcing thousands to flee.

Pope Francis began a landmark trip to Greece on Saturday with the first visit to Athens by a pontiff in two decades, aiming to improve historically fraught relations with the country’s Orthodox Church and highlight the plight of refugees.

SANTIAGO — Chile reported on Saturday its first case of the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) after confirming that the case was discovered in a person entering the country from Ghana on Nov. 25.

When all the figures were finally culled, it was found that the nine-million target for the National Vaccination Days of the government last Nov. 29 to Dec. 1 was surpassed, according to the Department of Health (DOH).

SYDNEY, Australia– Australia on Sunday cleared the first Covid-19 vaccine for children aged five to 11, with the next stage of its vaccine rollout expected to start in early 2022.