When Haiti's pandemic-shuttered schools re-open for classes on Monday, the growing chasm between the country's rich and poor students will be on painfully clear display. Director of the College Catts Pressoir, Guy Etienne (R), and his son Robotics Professor, Guy Philippe Etienne, demonstrate the...
From the sudden loss of loved ones to brushes with death, a struggle to save others and fears for the future -- the pandemic has touched Mexicans in many ways. An employee wears protective gear while working at the Azcapotzalco crematorium in Mexico City, on August 6, 2020, amid the COVID-19...
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT  – The Bureau of Customs (BOC) in the Port of Subic has surpassed its July target by 1.18 percent, with collections amounting to P2.26 billion, despite the tight health measures imposed on investors here because of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Port of...
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – Eleven patients, including eight police personnel, were the latest confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Tarlac, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Friday. This brought the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the province to 113,...
India's official coronavirus case tally passed two million on Friday after a daily jump of more than 60,000. Youths walk past a mural dedicated to frontline workers fighting against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Chennai on August 6, 2020. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP) The South Asian...
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong reported the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases up by five new patients Friday morning. Mayor Benjamin Magalong (JJ Landingin / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Magalong said the five new cases included a 43-year-old male from Barangay Salud Mitra, a...
ILOILO CITY —The Department of Health (DOH-6) is reiterating the call for persons in Western Visayas region not to breach quarantine protocols once they undergo swab tests for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). “They have to undergo quarantine and refrain from going around,” said DOH-6 Regional...
Daily coronavirus deaths in the US surged to a three-month high of over 2,000 on Thursday and the number of cases passed 19 million globally, pushing many nations to further ratchet up restrictions in the battle against the pandemic. Medics with Austin-Travis County EMS transport a nursing home...
Mexico on Thursday passed the grim milestone of 50,000 coronavirus deaths, far more than the worst-case estimates of the government, which faces criticism of its handling of the crisis and the economic fallout. Aerial view of graves at the special area for COVID-19 victims of the Municipal Pantheon...
Coronavirus has now infected more than a million people in Africa, but hopes that the pandemic may be peaking in some countries are also leavened by fear of a second wave. A boy tries to wear a face mask as members of Coalition for grassroots human rights defenders Kenya (CGHRD'S Kenya) work for...
ILOILO CITY – With the rising number of clustered cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in this city, the Iloilo City government is set to re-impose strict measures that aims to curb the spread of the viral disease in communities. A family goes out for an errand as the Iloilo City government is...
The coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 700,000 people worldwide since it first emerged in China in December, according to an AFP tally compiled from official sources at 0655 GMT on Wednesday. Doctor Moyra Lopez comforts a terminal patient at the so-called 'humanized farewell' room, where...
