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OLONGAPO CITY–The city’s death toll due to the coronavirus disease had swelled to 65 on Friday, Mayor Rolen Paulino Jr. said. The latest fatality is a 64-year-old woman tagged as patient 1309 from Barangay (village) New Ilalim who was hypertensive and diabetic. She contracted the virus on April 17 and was confined at a private hospital where she died. Earlier on Thursday, a 92-year-old man also died of COVID-19. Paulino said 11 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded on Friday. The patients are aged 17-81 years old. Olongapo now has a total 1,473 COVID-19 patients. At least 1,258 of them have healed from the disease. JOANNA ROSE AGLIBOT RELATED STORIES Olongapo’s respite from COVID-19 deaths ends COVID-19 hits orphanage in Olongapo City For more news about the novel coronavirus click here. What you need to know about Coronavirus. The Inquirer Foundation supports our healthcare frontliners and is still accepting cash donations to be deposited at … [Read more...] about 64-year-old Olongapo woman dies of COVID-19; fatalities now at 65

Wong: One in two Australians are either born overseas or have parents who were born overseas so this is a very Australian experience. - A + A SYDNEY (June 30): Visiting the Malaysian city where she was born, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said her story showed that Australia was part of Asia, as new data showed more than half of Australians were born overseas or had an immigrant parent. Wong visited Kota Kinabalu, the capital of Sabah state, where she lived for eight years as a child before migrating to Australia, as part of an official visit to Malaysia. "One in two Australians are either born overseas or have parents who were born overseas so this is a very Australian experience," she told media on her first visit to Malaysia since a Labor government won office last month. "It matters that Australia speaks to South East Asia in a way that recognises that we are part of this region and our futures are shared," she said. Results of a census conducted … [Read more...] about Australia part of Asia, minister says on visit to Malaysian birthplace

A Ukrainian service member inspects destroyed Russian military vehicles OSLO — Sweden will send more anti-tank weapons and machine guns to Ukraine, Sweden’s Defense Ministry said on Thursday. The arms package, which also includes equipment for mine clearing, is valued at around 500 million Swedish crowns ($49 million), it added. ($1 = 10.2204 Swedish crowns) RELATED STORIES If Putin was a woman, there would be no Ukraine war—UK’s Johnson Ukrainian troops in Britain to use advanced rocket systems Putin: Russia will respond if Nato sets up infrastructure in Finland, Sweden War in Ukraine: Latest developments Subscribe to our daily newsletter … [Read more...] about Sweden to send more anti-tank weapons, machine guns to Ukraine

Albay Map LEGAZPI CITY — Authorities on Wednesday, June 29, exhumed the bodies of six people believed to have been killed by the Concepcion criminal group in a remote village in Libon town in Albay, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said Thursday. Paterno Morales, director of NBI in Bicol, said they recovered the first two skeletal remains of two brothers in Barangay (village) Molosbolos at around 7 a.m. Two hours later, another skeletal remains of a woman were also found 500 meters away from the first grave. The three victims, whose names were withheld, were businessmen reported missing in June 2021 and were last seen in the said town. Morales said the witnesses also gave information about the three other bodies buried in two separate graves in the hilly portion of the private land. He said the last two bodies were still decomposing. “The other victims were executed because they have been suspected as police informants,” Morales said. The combined … [Read more...] about 6 skeletal remains of alleged victims of crime gang exhumed in Albay town

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin “My favorite part of Iceland's renewable energy story is that it started small. It started with innovation, entrepreneurship,” Halla Hrund Logadottir , the Director-General of Iceland’s National Energy Authority (INEA), said in an extensive interview for my Electric Ladies Podcast during my whirlwind tour of their clean energy technologies recently. “In terms of how has this developed, originally organically and then supported by the government and by policies and funding, which is essential for any development.” Like any entrepreneurial venture, it started with one inspired person who bucked convention to find another way. “In the case of geothermal, there was a farmer who found a way in the early 1900s to connect his farm to a neighboring hot spring. And then, his municipality, (and) a few other farmers did the same. And then from there, it took off to politics….and became a part of government strategy to … [Read more...] about 7 Renewable Energy Strategies We Can Learn From Iceland

Angelica Ross is the definition of a multi-hyphenate: As a founder, CEO, transgender rights activist, actor, producer, and singer-songwriter, she wears many hats at once. After teaching herself web design and coding, Ross began working as a webmaster. In 2014 she founded TransTech, a Chicago-based social enterprise company that trains transgender people in tech skills and helps to get them jobs. Now, since finding mainstream success on screen starring in FX's Pose and American Horror Story , Ross is launching a sister company, TransTech Global Enterprises, an agency that provides services including web development, app development, marketing, and social media management. In an Inc. Your Next Move interview with The Honey Pot CEO Beatrice Dixon, Ross discusses some of biggest things she's learned in her varied career. Here are three key lessons for entrepreneurs from the conversation. 1. Focus on yourself "People are constantly looking outside of themselves for … [Read more...] about Angelica Ross: 3 Lessons for Overcoming Your Biggest Challenges in Both Life and Business

Juneteenth, on June 19 (marked this year with a day off work for many on June 20), celebrates the day enslaved people in Texas finally learned they had been freed more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, and serves as a more general celebration of Black resilience, accomplishment , and joy. It's long been celebrated by Texans and many Black Americans, but if you don't yet have many traditions to mark the holiday (or if you're in the market for more), why not acknowledge the day with a little reading to get up to speed on its history and significance? Fortunately, historians, publishers, and other experts have plenty of book suggestions for entrepreneurs looking to use the holiday off to widen their understanding of the African American experience. Here are eight great options. 1. The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson Penguin books unsurprisingly touts its own titles as great Juneteenth reads, but this history book is also … [Read more...] about 8 Books to Read to Celebrate Juneteenth

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Endometriosis can often be a misunderstood and misdiagnosed medical condition, even though it affects one in ten women and 25% to 50% of women who deal with infertility . Making matters more frustrating, endometriosis is sometimes mistaken for other conditions such as pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) or ovarian cysts. It may also be confused with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). In other cases, 20–25% of patients are completely asymptomatic. It's these concerns, as well as the lack of support and education for women's reproductive health, that the documentary, Below The Belt highlights. The film is directed by Shannon Cohn and exposes widespread problems in our healthcare systems through the lens of four patients urgently searching for answers to mysterious symptoms. From societal taboos and gender bias to misinformed doctors and profit-driven healthcare, the film reveals how millions of people with … [Read more...] about How The Documentary ‘Below The Belt’ Shines A Light On Endometriosis

New York (CNN Business) Lori Garver spearheaded the NASA program that paved the way for SpaceX to return human spaceflight to the United States after a decade-long wait. In her new book and in a recent interview she reflects on that success, the controversial cast of characters driving this new space race, and the cultural issues that permeate the aerospace industry at large. And the former NASA deputy administrator, when asked by CNN Business how SpaceX's future might play out, had a message for Elon Musk: Don't trip on your ego, adding that the perils and politics of spaceflight are already potential risks to the company's future. In her new memoir, " Escaping Gravity ," Garver wrote about her feelings watching the success of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, the initiative that brought about the first privately owned human spacecraft that culminated in SpaceX's historic 2020 astronaut launch . "SpaceX has a huge lead and is running faster than any of … [Read more...] about Pioneering NASA official on aerospace industry: ‘Bro-culture’ is bad for business

Former President Donald Trump hit back at former aide to the previous White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, Cassidy Hutchinson, on Thursday over her testimony before the Jan. 6 committee. Hutchinson testified under oath that Trump ordered his two Secret Service agents, Robert Engel and Tony Ornato, to take him to the Capitol, then lunged for the steering wheel from the backseat and grabbed Engel by the clavicle. The two agents are both reportedly slated to publicly denounce her testimony. “I thought it was absolutely crazy,” Trump told Newsmax’s John Bachman. “This committee is, a lot of people say, illegally formed, but when you look at what they’re doing and when you look at what they’re saying and what they’re doing to the country — now, the good news is, a lot of people aren’t watching, a lot of people aren’t listening to it — but they’re trying to do real harm.” “This lady yesterday, is there something wrong with her?” he continued. “She said I jumped from a car and I … [Read more...] about ‘Absolutely Crazy’: Trump Hits Back At Hutchinson’s Testimony