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Firm uncovers Chinese 'wide-scale' malware campaign vs Filipino internet users, gov't

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 14 08:57 PM

MANILA — Cybersecurity experts have uncovered a "rare, wide-scale" advanced persistent threat (APT) drive by Chinese "actors" against internet users in Southeast Asia, particularly in the Philippines. Read more »

Renowned painter Angel Cacnio passes away at 90

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 14 04:42 PM

He designed the central bank's 25 and 50 centavo coins, which circulated from 1982 to 1983, as well as the P20 a Read more »

'Pandemic changed everything': Berna Romulo-Puyat shuns possible Senate bid in 2022

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 14 06:21 PM

Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat on Wednesday said she would not run for senator in the upcoming 2022 national elections, saying she would rather finish her term as tourism chief. Read more »

Remembering Noynoy Aquino through The President, Myron's best-selling steak

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 14 04:44 PM

For Myron's co-founder and chef Ramon Eugenio, the best years of their restaurant were from 2010 to 2016 -- or the term of former president Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III.  Read more »

Chinese quantum computer ‘sets record’ in processing test

Holly Chik, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Jul 14 11:47 AM

Developers say the Zuchongzhi device can do in just over an hour a task that supercomputers would take years to achieve. Results surpass those produced by Google’s Sycamore processor in an experiment two years ago, they say. Read more »

More Sinovac vaccines arrive in Philippines

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 14 06:21 PM

A Cebu Pacific flight carrying 1 million doses of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines has arrived in Manila Wednesday morning. Read more »

China offers COVID-19 vaccines to teenagers

South China Morning Post
Updated as of Jul 14 11:48 AM

China has started to offer COVID-19 vaccines to teenagers, with some provinces aiming to inoculate children as young as 12 by the end of September. Read more »

Fitch Ratings revises PH outlook to negative but affirms 'BBB' rating

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 14 11:48 AM

Uncertainties arising from the Duterte administration's new tax reform law lead to a negative credit score for the Philippines.  Read more »

Philippine police win battle of the bulge after body fat rule dropped

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jul 13 06:54 PM

Philippine police have a won a battle for the bulge after the force dropped a requirement for officers seeking promotion to meet body fat targets, an official document showed Tuesday. Read more »

President Quezon's last surviving daughter passes away at 100

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 13 06:09 PM

MANILA — Zeneida Quezon Avanceña, the last surviving daughter of the late President Manuel L. Quezon, passed away on Monday, according to his family. Read more »

PH population overshoots forecast in 2020 but growth rate slows

Warren de Guzman, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 13 05:34 PM

As of May 1 last year, there were over 109 million Filipinos according to the Philippine Statistics Authority; this was higher than the forecast 108 million, according to Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Chua.    Read more »

Risk of rare nerve disorder associated with J&J vaccine 'remains low': DOH

Katrina Domingo and Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 13 05:15 PM

The "increased risk" of a rare neurological disorder called Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) associated with the Johnson & Johnson's Janssen COVID-19 vaccine "still remains low," the Department of Health (DOH) said Tuesday. Read more »

Even with high vaccination rate, Israel changes strategy as Delta variant hits

Maayan Lubell, Reuters
Posted at Jul 13 04:00 PM

After a rapid vaccination drive that had driven down coronavirus infections and deaths, Israelis had stopped wearing face masks and abandoned all social-distancing rules. Read more »

Chinese scientists develop fabric they say can cool the body

Ziyu Zhang and Maryann Xue, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jul 13 11:46 AM

It looks like ordinary T-shirt material and uses technology that causes it to emit mid-infrared radiation to reduce wearer’s temperature. Team designed the ‘metafabric’ to help people cope in a world increasingly feeling the effects of climate change Read more »

Theater icon Celia Diaz Laurel passes on at 93

Mario Dumaual, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 13 05:29 PM

Stage icon Celia Diaz Laurel has passed, leaving behind a rich legacy in theater performance and arts. She was 93.  Read more »

Commuters escape Mexico City gridlock in new cable car

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 13 10:26 AM

MEXICO CITY - Commuters soared over one of the world's biggest and most traffic-clogged cities as a new cable car system went into operation in the Mexican capital on Monday. Read more »

COVID SCIENCE: Dirty air makes COVID worse, beta variant deadlier than original

Nancy Lapid, Reuters
Posted at Jul 13 07:59 AM

Dirty air contributes to COVID-19 severity, according to a study from one of America's most polluted cities.  Read more »

'Increased risk' of rare nerve disorder after J&J COVID vaccine: US

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 13 06:42 AM

The US Food and Drug Administration updated its warning labels Monday for the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to include information about an observed "increased risk" of a rare neurological disorder called Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS). Read more »

WHO slams senseless ‘greed’ prolonging the pandemic agony

Robin Millard, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 13 04:28 AM

The WHO scolded vaccine manufacturers prioritizing deals for booster third doses rather than first and second shots for poorer nations. Read more »

How the late former President Aquino reacted on the day PH won arbitral case vs China

Ronron Calunsod, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 12 11:07 PM

The late former President Benigno Aquino III was promptly notified about the upcoming decision then on the Philippines' arbitration case against China on the South China Sea on the day it was set to be issued, but he was not keen on issuing an immediate statement until "he understood it fully," one of his former spokespersons said Monday. Read more »