PIXABAY/ MANILA BULLETIN The Department of Health (DOH) said it is tracing at least 182 travelers from South Africa who arrived in the Philippines last Nov. 15 to 29. The DOH said that from Nov. 15 to 29, they have recorded a total of 253 arrivals from South Africa. Of these arrivals, 249 were...
PEACE-MAKER Former Speaker of the House Jose C. De Venecia Jr. News footage some two weeks ago showing the son of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam, bearded and wearing the Libyan traditional brown robe and turban, caught our attention. The 49 year old Saif al-Islam was filing...
The suspension of inbound international flights from South Africa, Namibia, and Zimbabwe supersedes the previous green list classification of the three countries. (Viktor Forgacs/ Unsplash) Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles made this clarification on Saturday,...
The Philippines has temporarily suspended international inbound flights from South Africa and six other countries with local cases or with the likelihood of occurrences of the new B.1.1.1529 variant of coronavirus (COVID-19) starting November 26 until December 15. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Scientists in South Africa said Thursday they had detected a new COVID-19 variant with a large number of mutations, blaming it for a surge in infection numbers. The number of daily infections in Africa's hardest-hit country has increased tenfold since the start...
It is an understatement to say that the recently concluded Miss South Africa 2021 is a true celebration of beauty. Apart from the stunning women who walked its stage, Miss Universe winners from its past editions also came to show support as the country crowns its new queens. One of those beauties...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Our foray into entrepreneurship began in the 1950s, when we were lured by the romance of oil exploration and subsequently joined our friend, the late Jose Tiong, founder and president of the old oil company Redeco and a leader in the...
UNITED NATIONS, United States -- NATO is studying options to bolster support for the multinational G5 Sahel force in the troubled three-borders region of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, where a surge in jihadist violence has cost thousands of lives, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a...
BRAZZAVILLE, Congo – Africa faces a 470 million shortfall in COVID-19 vaccine doses this year after the Covax alliance cut its projected shipments, raising the risk of new and deadly variants, the WHO said on Thursday. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO's Africa director (AFP/File) Only 17 percent of the...
Smart Communications, Inc (Smart) has launched its 5G roaming services in South Africa with MTN GlobalConnect, the telco today (Sept. 16) announced.This brings Smart’s 5G roaming services live in five continents, with 50 partners in 34 countries.MTN GlobalConnect, an MTN operating company for...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Saturday, July 3, that 99 overseas Filipinos have contracted coronavirus disease (COVID-19), bringing the total number of positive cases to 20,881. (Department of Foreign Affairs/Facebook) The DFA also reported 88 new recoveries or those who have been...
MOSCOW, Russia – Moscow on Sunday recorded its worst daily coronavirus death toll and South Africa reimposed restrictions for two weeks to combat a surge in the highly contagious coronavirus Delta variant. Indonesia saw more than 21,000 infections in a day, a record, as countries across the...
