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Duterte also cited the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) as the only acceptable basis for order in the South China Sea during the Retreat Session of the virtual 13th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit on Friday.

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Duterte renews call for peaceful resolution of sea dispute

By Helen Flores

President Duterte has renewed his call for a peaceful resolution in the South China Sea dispute and a stop to acts of intimidation by powerful nations, saying “there can be no real peace if the strong trample on the weak.”

National Task Force against COVID-19 (NTF) chief implementer Carlito Galvez Jr. and Presidential Adviser for COVID-19 Response Vince Dizon made the announcement in a joint statement yesterday.

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            [Body] => The military’s Western Mindanao Command mobilizes the air asset and transports thousands of doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Sulu in preparation for the three-day nationwide National Vaccination Day program that will start on Monday.

The vaccines are transported from Manila to Zamboanga City via a commercial flight earlier and are picked by the personnel from the Ministry of Health of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and troops from Joint Task Force Zamboanga.

Maj. Gen. Alfredo Rosario Jr., commander of Westmincom, says they immediately facilitated the transport of the vaccine to Jolo via the Philippine Air Force’s C-295 light transport plane. — The STAR/Roel Pareño

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            [Body] => Australia bans flights from nine southern African countries on Saturday, tightening its borders to prevent the entry of the new Covid-19 Omicron variant.

Non-Australians who visited South Africa, Zimbabwe and several other nations in the past fortnight will also be barred from Australia, Heath Minister Greg Hunt says.

Citizens and residents travelling from the listed countries will have to quarantine for 14 days. — AFP

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            [Body] =>  The United States and six allies urge the military junta to end all violence in the country, while pressing other states to halt military aid to Yangon.

"We reiterate our grave concern over reports of ongoing human rights violations and abuses by the Myanmar Security Forces across the country," says the joint statement, also signed by Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway and South Korea. 

"We call on the international community to suspend all operational support to the military, and to cease the transfer of arms" as well as any "technical assistance" to Myanmar forces, the statement adds. — AFP 

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The Department of Tourism says that 75.39% or 236,714 of the total active tourism workers in the Philippines are now inoculated against COVID-19.

“We will not stop until we achieve 100% vaccination for all our active tourism workers,” says Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat.

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            [Body] => An anti-Covid pill developed by Merck has proved effective in treating the disease, the US Food and Drug Administration says in a much-awaited preliminary report.  

But the report, from an FDA advisory panel, cautioned that pregnant women should not use the drug, known as molnupiravir, saying the potential benefits do not outweigh the risks for those patients.

The report is meant to provide guidance to an FDA experts panel convening Tuesday to consider whether to authorize emergency use of molnupiravir. — AFP

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The military’s Western Mindanao Command mobilizes the air asset and transports thousands of doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Sulu in preparation for the three-day nationwide National Vaccination Day program that will start on Monday. The vaccines are transported from Manila to Zamboanga City via a commercial flight earlier and are picked by the personnel from the Ministry of Health of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and troops from Joint Task Force Zamboanga. Maj. Gen. Alfredo Rosario Jr., commander of Westmincom, says they immediately facilitated the transport of the vaccine to Jolo via the Philippine Air Force’s C-295 light transport plane. — The STAR/Roel Pareño

13 hours ago

Australia bans flights from nine southern African countries on Saturday, tightening its borders to prevent the entry of the new Covid-19 Omicron variant. Non-Australians who visited South Africa, Zimbabwe and several other nations in the past fortnight will also be barred from Australia, Heath Minister Greg Hunt says. Citizens and residents travelling from the listed countries will have to quarantine for 14 days. — AFP

15 hours ago

The United States and six allies urge the military junta to end all violence in the country, while pressing other states to halt military aid to Yangon. "We reiterate our grave concern over reports of ongoing human rights violations and abuses by the Myanmar Security Forces across the country," says the joint statement, also signed by Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway and South Korea. "We call on the international community to suspend all operational support to the military, and to cease the transfer of arms" as well as any "technical assistance" to Myanmar forces, the statement adds. — AFP

17 hours ago

The Department of Tourism says that 75.39% or 236,714 of the total active tourism workers in the Philippines are now inoculated against COVID-19. “We will not stop until we achieve 100% vaccination for all our active tourism workers,” says Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat.

20 hours ago

An anti-Covid pill developed by Merck has proved effective in treating the disease, the US Food and Drug Administration says in a much-awaited preliminary report. But the report, from an FDA advisory panel, cautioned that pregnant women should not use the drug, known as molnupiravir, saying the potential benefits do not outweigh the risks for those patients. The report is meant to provide guidance to an FDA experts panel convening Tuesday to consider whether to authorize emergency use of molnupiravir. — AFP

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Duterte renews call for peaceful resolution of sea dispute

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