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UN rights body passes resolution to help PH promote human rights

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 07 09:36 PM

The United Nations Human Rights Council on Wednesday adopted a resolution that would provide technical cooperation and capacity-building for promotion and protection of human rights in the Philippines, which rights groups say falls short of launching an independent international probe into the human rights situation in the country. Read more »

Iceland closes bars, gyms again to curb coronavirus spread

Reuters
Posted at Oct 05 09:37 PM

COPENHAGEN - Iceland has ordered bars, gyms and entertainment venues to close and has sharply cut the number of people allowed to gather in public in order to curb a recent rise in COVID-19 infections.   Read more »

Ski, party, seed a pandemic: The travel rules that let COVID-19 take flight

Selam Gebrekidan, Katrin Bennhold, Matt Apuzzo and David D. Kirkpatrick, The New York Times
Posted at Oct 02 07:07 AM

They came from across the world to ski in the most famous resorts of the Austrian alps. Then they all went home, unwittingly taking the virus with them. In March, nearly half the cases in Norway were linked to Austrian ski holidays. Read more »

No country for face masks: Nordics brush off mouth covers

Marc Préel with Nioucha Zakavati, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 31 12:18 AM

According to a recent survey by YouGov, only 5 to 10 percent of respondents in the Nordic countries said they used a mask in public settings. Read more »

Spain has lifted its state of emergency and is now opening its borders

ANCX
Updated as of Jun 22 06:43 AM

Plus, an Oxford study shows that a drug can prevent more COVID deaths, the world’s biggest movie theater groups are starting to schedule screenings again, and an airborne diseases expert calculates that a quick hug isn’t all that bad. BY JACS T. SAMPAYAN Read more »

'Heavy-handed' focus on security threats, drugs led to serious rights violations in PH - UN body

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 04 09:35 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) - The Philippine government's emphasis on addressing national security threats and illegal drugs has led to serious human rights violations, a report by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (UN rights office) said Thursday. Read more »

Iceland to test airport passengers for coronavirus

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 13 10:27 AM

REYKJAVIK - Iceland, which has successfully contained the new coronavirus and conducted more tests per capita than any other country, said Tuesday it plans to offer arriving travelers a COVID-19 test to avoid a 14-day quarantine. Read more »

Study shows Iceland got it right with early, widespread virus testing

Ivan Couronne, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 16 01:23 AM

Iceland has tested more people for coronavirus than any other country on earth and it got started a month before the first case was even confirmed in the tiny Nordic island nation.    Read more »

Palace admits: Refusal of aid from drug war inquiry backers an ‘outrage reaction’

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 05 05:17 PM

Malacañang admitted Thursday that the Philippines decision to shun aid and loans from countries who supported a resolution seeking a report on President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs was “more of an outrage reaction.” Read more »

PH resumes loan, aid talks with countries seeking Duterte drug war report

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 04 04:19 PM

The Philippines has allowed the resumption of loan and grant negotiations with countries that supported Iceland’s call for a comprehensive report on President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs. Read more »

VIRAL: Kathryn Bernardo ‘humanized’ in vlog about Iceland adventure

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 20 07:34 PM

On Twitter, the video already had some 112,000 likes and over 36,000 retweets as of Monday afternoon. Read more »

WATCH: Kathryn shares Iceland adventure in first vlog

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 05 11:37 PM

Actress Kathryn Bernardo finally uploaded her first vlog, where she shared snippets of her trip to Iceland with boyfriend Daniel Padilla. Read more »

Your money or your life: Can nations prosper by putting well-being before GDP in 2020?

Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Jan 02 11:42 AM

With protests from Chile to Hong Kong last year over widening inequality, violence against women, and climate change, more policymakers and campaigners started to openly debate potential shifts away from an economic model that relies on growth. Read more »

Killer whales migrate from Iceland to Italy, delighting locals

Reuters
Posted at Dec 31 01:37 AM

Three killer whales have been spotted in the sea that separates the boot of Italy from the Mediterranean island of Sicily, in the first such sighting in the narrow straits. Read more »

LOOK: Kathryn kisses Daniel under Iceland's northern lights

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 30 11:27 AM

Real-life sweethearts Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla are obviously enjoying their trip to Iceland having witnessed the spectacular northern lights on their first day in the Nordic country. Read more »

PH seeks other bilateral partners after shunning aid from anti-drug war nations

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 29 05:18 PM

The Philippines is looking for other bilateral partners after it halted negotiations for loan agreements with 18 governments that supported a UN investigation into President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs. Read more »

LOOK: KathNiel spotted in Iceland’s Blue Lagoon

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 28 05:10 PM

On Twitter, the official fan club of the two Kapamilya artists posted a photo and a video of the lovebirds on vacation. Read more »

Two foreign loans suspended under Duterte's order

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 25 12:24 PM

MANILA - A loan supporting the Philippines’ bus rapid transit program and another meant to fund studies on climate change were affected by the order of President Rodrigo Duterte to to “suspend“ loans and grants from countries that sponsored and backed an inquiry into the Philippine war on drugs, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said Wednesday. Read more »

‘You don’t mess with PH': Palace touts rejection of aid from Iceland resolution backers

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 24 02:31 PM

The Philippines’ rejection of foreign aid from countries supportive of Iceland’s call to investigate its war on drugs should be seen as a message that other nations cannot interfere with Manila’s internal affairs, Malacañang said Tuesday. Read more »

Defense chief mulls seeking exception to foreign aid ban

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 24 07:25 AM

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Tuesday that he might ask President Rodrigo Duterte to exclude the military from his order for government agencies to reject loans and grants from 18 countries that backed an inquiry into the Philippine war on drugs.  Read more »