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Gas explosion kills 9 in Chongqing, China

AFP
Posted at Jan 08 11:50 AM

Rescuers search at the scene of an explosion that caused a building to collapse and killed at least nine people in southwestern China's city of Chongqing on Friday. Read more »

Personal data of some victims of unauthorized bank transactions leaked online

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 16 10:54 PM

Some of the victims of unauthorized withdrawals in one of the country's leading banks were subjected to angry phone calls and messages from other victims. Read more »

Palace: Texts on fake jobs cause for concern

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 23 05:58 PM

Spam text messages offering fake jobs to thousands of Filipinos are a "cause of concern," Malacañang said. Read more »

Global syndicate likely behind SMS spam phishing scheme

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 23 04:34 PM

A global organized syndicate could be behind the recent surge in SMS-based phishing scams, the National Privacy Commission said Tuesday. Read more »

Unity of China, US on COVID-19 probe sought to prevent future outbreaks

Eduardo Baptista, South China Morning Post
Posted at Oct 01 01:10 PM

The US and China need to put aside differences and work together to set new safety standards for laboratories doing virus research, said Jeffrey Sachs, chair of the Lancet Covid-19 Commission that oversees task forces to combat the coronavirus pandemic and prevent future outbreaks. Read more »

China defends cooperation with WHO on COVID-19 origins

Catherine Wong, South China Morning Post
Posted at Sep 30 01:13 PM

China has sought to defend its cooperation with the World Health Organization in the search for the origins of COVID-19, releasing a summary of its actions so far. Read more »

Chinese scientists: COVID could have spread first in US

Josephine Ma, South China Morning Post
Posted at Sep 24 12:49 PM

It was 'highly probable' COVID-19 started to spread in the United States in September 2019, a group of Chinese scientists said in a new paper published on the preprint platform of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Read more »

Biden: China withholding info on COVID-19 origins

Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 28 01:51 PM

President Joe Biden said Friday that China was withholding "critical information" on the origins of COVID-19. Read more »

Iran official apologizes for Evin prison abuse

Reuters
Posted at Aug 24 04:20 PM

The head of Iran's prisons apologized after videos leaked by hackers showed beatings of prisoners, a rare admission of abuse by authorities. Read more »

EXPLAINER: Why is the US probing COVID-19 origins?

Robert Delaney, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Aug 24 12:20 PM

US President Joe Biden’s administration is expected to announce the results of a three-month investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic as soon as this week, potentially aggravating US-China friction as health authorities globally struggle to subdue the ever-evolving contagion. Read more »

Ammonia, tumagas sa planta ng yelo sa Caloocan

Lyza Aquino, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 23 07:26 AM

Pansamantalang itinigil ang operasyon ng isang planta ng yelo sa Brgy 101, caloocan city, dahil sa pagtagas ng ammonia, kahapon. Read more »

COVID-19 Delta variant proves lab leak theory is ‘extremely unlikely' - scientist

Linda Lew, South China Morning Post
Posted at Aug 20 12:20 PM

Evolutionary biologist slams ‘school kids’ politics over COVID-19 origins and says scientists should be ‘more circumspect.' Read more »

WHO urges China to share raw data on early COVID cases

Robin Millard, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 13 05:27 AM

The World Health Organization urged all countries to depoliticize the search for the origins of the pandemic. Read more »

China furious over US hunt for COVID-19 lab leak proof

Amber Wang, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Aug 11 07:07 AM

Foreign ministry decries "obsession" with political manipulation over virus origins and demands investigation into Fort Detrick claims. Read more »

No entry: Trouble ahead in China for the WHO's COVID-19 origins hunt

Simone McCarthy, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jul 28 01:22 PM

The UN mandated body has laid out 5 areas of interest and one of them looks set to thwart hopes for the cooperation needed to track down how this pathogen passed into people.   Read more »

WHO: China must cooperate better with COVID-19 origin probe

Christophe Vogt, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 16 02:05 AM

The WHO chief said his agency was laying the groundwork for moving forward with fresh investigations into where COVID-19 came from.  Read more »

More scientists say coronavirus most likely came from animals, not lab leak

Holly Chik, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jul 09 04:55 AM

International experts post paper online saying their analysis of available data "provided no evidence" that virus escaped from a laboratory. Read more »

COVID-19: Scientists say anew there’s no evidence for lab leak theory

Simone McCarthy, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jul 07 12:42 PM

In a letter published in The Lancet medical journal, 2 dozen prominent international scientists backed a recent call from G7 nations for further inquiry into the origins of the virus that causes COVID-19, and urged the World Health Organization to “expeditiously” continue a study with experts in China and the Chinese government.   Read more »

Ammonia tumagas sa cold storage facility sa Caloocan

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 24 06:47 AM

Ayon sa Bureau of Fire Protection, unang inakala ng guwardiya na may sunog sa Orca Cold Solution sa Tanigue Street, pero ammonia leak na pala ito.  Read more »

Ammonia tumagas sa cold storage facility sa Caloocan

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 24 04:49 AM

Ayon sa Bureau of Fire Protection, unang inakala ng guwardiya na may sunog sa Orca Cold Solution sa Tanigue Street, pero ammonia leak na pala ito.    Read more »