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Peru facing fourth wave of COVID-19: government

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 27 06:11 PM

"We are currently in a fourth wave, as we have seen the increase (of cases)... in different provinces of our country, such as Junin, Arequipa, Cusco and the capital," Health Minister Jorge Lopez told local broadcaster RPP radio. Read more »

Redmayne sees Australia to World Cup win in shootout

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 14 10:07 AM

Australia on Tuesday celebrated the antics of dancing goalkeeper Andrew Redmayne whose penalty shootout save against Peru saw them to a fifth straight World Cup finals. Read more »

Landslide in Peruvian Andes buries dozens of homes

Carlos Mandujano, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 16 07:55 AM

A landslide on Tuesday in the northern Peruvian town of Retamas has buried dozens of homes and trapped at least 15 people. Read more »

1,200-year-old remains of sacrificed adults, kids unearthed in Peru

Marco Aquino, Reuters
Posted at Feb 23 06:32 AM

Peruvian archeologists have unearthed eight children and 12 adults apparently sacrificed around 800-1,200 years ago, they said on Tuesday, in a major dig at the pre-Incan Cajamarquilla complex east of Lima. Read more »

The real spirit of Christmas

Remo Casilli, Reuters
Posted at Dec 13 09:25 PM

Pope Francis exhorted Christians "to keep clear of a fake, commercial Christmas, polluted by consumerism and indifference." Read more »

7.5-magnitude earthquake shakes north Peru

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 29 12:47 AM

A 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck northern Peru on Sunday, destroying buildings including a church tower, injuring at least two people and sending shock waves across the region. Read more »

Peru surpasses 200,000 COVID-19 deaths

Luis Jaime Cisneros, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 23 11:25 AM

Peru, which has the world's highest COVID-19 death rate per capita, has surpassed 200,000 deaths from the coronavirus. Read more »

No data yet on Lambda variant vaccine resistance: DOH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 16 01:18 PM

The World Health Organization is still gathering data on whether COVID-19 Lambda variant is more transmissible or resistant to vaccines, the DOH said. Read more »

PH confirms first case of COVID-19 Lambda variant

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 15 05:52 PM

According to the DOH, the Philippines' first Lambda case is a 35 year old female who has already recovered. Read more »

COVID-19 Lambda variant, resistant nga ba sa vaccine?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 04 09:16 PM

Pinag-aaralan ngayon ng mga eksperto ang COVID-19 variant na nakita sa Peru. Ito ang Lambda variant, na sinasabing resistant umano sa mga bakuna. Read more »

Peru nabs hospital workers charging COVID-19 patients $21,000 per bed

Reuters
Posted at Jul 22 08:15 AM

LIMA - Peruvian police said on Wednesday they had dismantled an alleged criminal ring that had charged as much $21,000 per bed for seriously ill COVID-19 patients in a state-run hospital, aggravating care in a country hit by one of the world's deadliest outbreaks of the virus. Read more »

Leftist Pedro Castillo declared Peru's next president

Francisco Jara, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 20 11:05 PM

Leftist school teacher Pedro Castillo was proclaimed Peru's president-elect Monday, six weeks after a polarizing vote of which the results were delayed by claims of electoral fraud from his right-wing rival, Keiko Fujimori. Read more »

Philippines ranks last in finance magazine's 'safest countries' list

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 11 09:32 AM

MANILA (3rd UPDATE) — The Philippines has landed at the bottom of an international business magazine's list of the "world's safest countries" in 2021, with Iceland figuring at the top of 134 countries evaluated. Read more »

Lambda variant ng COVID-19, binabantayan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 06 08:02 PM

Ayon sa mga eksperto, posibleng mas nakakahawa ang bagong Lambda variant ng COVID-19.  Read more »

Authorities monitoring Lambda mutation, a ‘variant of interest’, PH health official says

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 06 12:21 PM

Lambda is a "variant of interest" and has not yet been detected in the Philippines, the head of the country's vaccine expert panel said Tuesday. Read more »

Peruvians vote to elect president, divided by class, geography

Marco Aquino and Marcelo Rochabrun, Reuters
Posted at Jun 06 10:52 PM

Peruvians began voting to pick a president on Sunday in an election that has bitterly divided them by class and geography, with urban and higher-income citizens preferring right-wing Keiko Fujimori while the rural poor support leftist political novice Pedro Castillo. Read more »

South America COVID situation turning in 'wrong direction': WHO

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 02 06:51 AM

The WHO voiced deep concern on Tuesday at the COVID-19 situation in South America, warning that outbreaks in the already hard-hit region were once again worsening. Read more »

Slow vaccine rollout hits Latin America as Covid-19 claims 1 million lives

María Salas, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 22 10:47 AM

COVID-19 has killed more than 1 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean where slow vaccine rollouts are preventing an exit from the pandemic crisis. Read more »

Miss Peru has heartwarming message for ‘my beautiful Rabiya’

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 19 09:10 PM

Miss Universe 2020 2nd runner-up, Peru’s Janick Maceta, only had sweet words for the Philippines’ Rabiya Mateo, after the latter described her as a “sister” during the pageant. Read more »

Miss Peru calls for respect as she congratulates Miss Mexico for winning Miss Universe

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 19 03:01 PM

Janick Maceta Del Castillo of Peru wrote Miss Universe winner Andrea Meza of Mexico a sweet congratulatory note as she denounced negative comments from netizens.  Read more »