Forty-six people from the ethnic Pygmy group were killed -- some of them decapitated -- on Wednesday in a suspected militant attack in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo, according to an NGO official based in the central African country. [...]

Dutch government resigns over child welfare fraud scandal

The Dutch government has resigned amid a scandal that saw thousands of families wrongly accused of child welfare fraud. [...]

UK hotels open to Covid-19 patients as hospitals overwhelmed

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'Various strains' of Covid-19 detected in the UAE

Dr Nawal noted that mutations are common in SARS-CoV-2 - an RNA virus. [...]

Covid vaccine in UAE: 138,154 people vaccinated in 24 hours

The UAE's vaccine administration rates are just second behind Israel globally. [...]

Sinopharm jab offers immunity for 9 months, says expert

Experts studying the data from clinical trials say volunteers who had taken the jab continue to be immune. [...]

EBC Films’ “Guerrero Dos:Tuloy ang Laban” qualifies as PHL entry to this year’s Golden Globe Awards

By MJ Racadio Eagle News Service entertainment contributor (Eagle News) – EBC Films’ “Guerrero Dos: Tuloy Ang Laban (The Fight Continues)” was selected as one of the two films from the Philippines that have passed the requirements to represent the country as a foreign language film entry to the 78th Golden Globe Awards this year. The list of foreign language films that made it to this year’s submissions to the Golden Globe awards is […] [...]

DILG to rehire 15,000 contact tracers

(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government will rehire some 15,000 contact tracers to sustain the country’s contact tracing efforts. In a statement on Saturday, January 16, the DILG said the rehires will work for at least six months. “While the country’s COVID-19 response is significantly improving, we should sustain our contact tracing efforts especially with the reported entry of the new UK coronavirus variant into the country,” the statement said. […] [...]

Felix Y. Manalo Foundation, Inc. recognized as Daly City’s Philanthropic Organization of the Year 2020

Certificate Awarded to Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) Representatives for Continuous ‘Aid To Humanity’ The Philanthropic Organization of the Year, a first-ever recognition of its kind in Daly City, Californina was awarded to the Felix Y. Manalo Foundation, Inc., the socio-civic platform of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ). The award of recognition was presented by Daly City Mayor Glenn Sylvester and the City Council during a ceremony held through video conferencing […] [...]