PRAIA, Cape Verde, June 30, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — In a decision on interim measures dated June 8, the United Nations Human Rights Committee called on Cape Verde to “refrain from extraditing Mr. Alex Saab to the United States of America” and to “take all necessary measures to ensure access to appropriate health care […] […]
New York, June 30, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Open Society Foundations will invest more than $100 million over the next five years in strengthening a range of feminist-led movements and increasing their leadership across a broad range of sectors, from politics and the private sector to civil society and government. The majority of the […]
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday sent 2,400 doses of Sputnik V to Ormoc City, which will serve as a pilot area for the use of the Russian-made anti-coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine in Eastern Visayas. In a phone interview, DOH 8 (Eastern Visayas) information officer Jelyn Lopez-Malibago said Ormoc was picked by the National Task Force Against Covid-19’s vaccine cluster as a pilot area in the region. The DOH-8 office here received the vaccines early Thursday and immediately transported them to Ormoc, some 97 km. northwest of the Tacloban Airport. “This is the region’s first
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – Several unlicensed guns and ammunition were confiscated from a villager after authorities raided his house in Santa Ignacia, Tarlac on Thursday. Armed with a search warrant, joint elements of the 2nd Provincial Mobile Force Company–Tarlac Police Provincial Office (PMFC-TPPO) and Santa Ignacia Municipal Police Station swooped down on the house of Ernie Pablo, 39, a driver and resident of Barangay Poblacion West. Confiscated during the raid were nine pieces of ammunition for shotgun, 57 pieces of .22 -caliber ammunition, one Magnum .22 pistol with 12 ammunition, one unit .22-caliber Rifle Squibman with serial no.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Most workers who volunteered to undergo free antigen testing here for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) came out virus-free, with only two of 80 testing positive. The City Health Office (CHO) reported that two workers from the initial batch came out positive and they were immediately quarantined and subjected to confirmatory reverse transcription – polymerase chain reaction testing. Leonard Flores, head of the City Economic Management and Cooperative Development Office, said the free tests offered by the city government started on June 18. Some 80 employees from random establishments, mostly in the tourism and food sectors,
BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) has called on owners of unlicensed firearms anew to turn over their guns to the nearest police station or face charges. Col. Romy Palgue, police provincial director, issued the appeal in a statement on Thursday as the NOCPPO kicked off the two-day license to own and possess firearms and firearms registration caravan in Cadiz City. “This is a stern warning against those engaging in the sale and possession of loose firearms. Those possessing (unlicensed firearms) should surrender them to avoid facing the full force of the law,” Palgue said. On
