FOLLOW US:newsinfo // 02:13 AM August 03, 2020MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday night encouraged nurses to enter the police force if they would want to get higher pay.“Enter the police force. The salary is higher. If you remain a nurse outside, you only get about eight, nine, ten [thousand pesos,” Duterte said in a taped speech.Last month, government nurses got their as the Department of Budget and Management issued Budget Circular No. 2020-4, which finally implemented Section 32 of the Philippine Nursing Act of 2002, giving nurses a minimum monthly base pay of...…FOLLOW US:newsinfo // 02:13 AM August 03, 2020MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday night encouraged nurses to enter the police force if they would want to get higher pay.“Enter the police force. The salary is higher. If you remain a nurse outside, you only get about eight, nine, ten [thousand pesos,” Duterte said in a taped speech.Last month, government nurses got their as the Department of Budget and Management issued Budget Circular No. 2020-4, which finally implemented Section 32 of the Philippine Nursing Act of 2002, giving nurses a minimum monthly base pay of...WW…

FOLLOW US:newsinfo // 02:40 PM March 28, 2021Armed police officers stand guard along a closed road following an explosion outside a Catholic church in Makassar, South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, March 28, 2021. REUTERS/StringerJAKARTA (Updated) — Two suspected suicide bombers blew themselves up outside a Catholic church in the Indonesian city of Makassar on Sunday, wounding fourteen people on the first day of the Easter Holy Week, the country’s national police said.The congregation had been inside the church on the island of Sulawesi at the time of the explosion, police said, just as...…FOLLOW US:newsinfo // 02:40 PM March 28, 2021Armed police officers stand guard along a closed road following an explosion outside a Catholic church in Makassar, South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, March 28, 2021. REUTERS/StringerJAKARTA (Updated) — Two suspected suicide bombers blew themselves up outside a Catholic church in the Indonesian city of Makassar on Sunday, wounding fourteen people on the first day of the Easter Holy Week, the country’s national police said.The congregation had been inside the church on the island of Sulawesi at the time of the explosion, police said, just as...WW…

FOLLOW US:newsinfo // 02:27 PM March 28, 2021A picture taken on March 27, 2021 in central London shows London landmark the Piccadilly Circus advertising lights before being submerged into darkness for the Earth Hour environmental campaign. – Cities around the world were turning off their lights Saturday for Earth Hour, with this year’s event highlighting the link between the destruction of nature and increasing outbreaks of diseases like Covid-19. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — From Singapore to Buenos Aires, cities around the world turned off their lights Saturday...…FOLLOW US:newsinfo // 02:27 PM March 28, 2021A picture taken on March 27, 2021 in central London shows London landmark the Piccadilly Circus advertising lights before being submerged into darkness for the Earth Hour environmental campaign. – Cities around the world were turning off their lights Saturday for Earth Hour, with this year’s event highlighting the link between the destruction of nature and increasing outbreaks of diseases like Covid-19. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — From Singapore to Buenos Aires, cities around the world turned off their lights Saturday...WW…

FOLLOW US:newsinfo // 07:43 AM March 28, 2021FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Angela Merkel gives a statement after video conference of EU leaders at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, March 25, 2021. Michael Kappeler/Pool via REUTERSBERLIN — Support for German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party has fallen further, a poll released on Sunday indicated, with the ecologist Greens closing in to just two points behind them ahead of a national election September.With popular frustration growing over Merkel’s government’s management of the coronavirus pandemic, support for Merkel’s Christian Democrats...…FOLLOW US:newsinfo // 07:43 AM March 28, 2021FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Angela Merkel gives a statement after video conference of EU leaders at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, March 25, 2021. Michael Kappeler/Pool via REUTERSBERLIN — Support for German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party has fallen further, a poll released on Sunday indicated, with the ecologist Greens closing in to just two points behind them ahead of a national election September.With popular frustration growing over Merkel’s government’s management of the coronavirus pandemic, support for Merkel’s Christian Democrats...WW…

FOLLOW US:newsinfo // 07:54 PM March 29, 2021SINGAPORE — Malaysia has paid Singapore over $76 million compensation following the cancellation of a controversial high-speed rail line between the neighbors after years of stop-start negotiations, officials said Monday.The 350-kilometer (217-mile) railway was expected to cut travel time between the city-state and the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur to 90 minutes from the four or more hours by car currently.But the neighbors scrapped the project in December after failing to agree on changes proposed by a new Malaysian government, which had taken...…FOLLOW US:newsinfo // 07:54 PM March 29, 2021SINGAPORE — Malaysia has paid Singapore over $76 million compensation following the cancellation of a controversial high-speed rail line between the neighbors after years of stop-start negotiations, officials said Monday.The 350-kilometer (217-mile) railway was expected to cut travel time between the city-state and the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur to 90 minutes from the four or more hours by car currently.But the neighbors scrapped the project in December after failing to agree on changes proposed by a new Malaysian government, which had taken...WW…

FOLLOW US:newsinfo // 06:22 PM April 07, 2021People pay their respects during a tribute ceremony to mark the 27th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide at the Memory Garden in the Parc de Choisy public park in Paris on April 7, 2021. – The French government ordered the opening up of significant state archives concerning the genocide in Rwanda, on the 27th anniversary of the start of the slaughter that still casts a shadow over France. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)PARIS — The French government on Wednesday ordered the opening up of significant state archives concerning the genocide in Rwanda,...…FOLLOW US:newsinfo // 06:22 PM April 07, 2021People pay their respects during a tribute ceremony to mark the 27th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide at the Memory Garden in the Parc de Choisy public park in Paris on April 7, 2021. – The French government ordered the opening up of significant state archives concerning the genocide in Rwanda, on the 27th anniversary of the start of the slaughter that still casts a shadow over France. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)PARIS — The French government on Wednesday ordered the opening up of significant state archives concerning the genocide in Rwanda,...WW…

FOLLOW US:newsinfo // 12:57 AM April 02, 2021 (Photo by Don EMMERT / AFP)OTTAWA – A vast majority of Canadians reported being at least as productive working from home, and many prefer not to return to the office after pandemic restrictions are lifted, according to a study released Thursday.About 3.1 million Canadians, or almost one-third of employees, were working mostly from home at the start of the year in response to the pandemic, Statistics Canada said.Of these, 90 percent reported being “at least as productive, i.e., accomplishing at least as much work per hour, at home as they...…FOLLOW US:newsinfo // 12:57 AM April 02, 2021 (Photo by Don EMMERT / AFP)OTTAWA – A vast majority of Canadians reported being at least as productive working from home, and many prefer not to return to the office after pandemic restrictions are lifted, according to a study released Thursday.About 3.1 million Canadians, or almost one-third of employees, were working mostly from home at the start of the year in response to the pandemic, Statistics Canada said.Of these, 90 percent reported being “at least as productive, i.e., accomplishing at least as much work per hour, at home as they...WW…

FOLLOW US:newsinfo // 12:42 AM April 02, 2021In this file photo taken on March 08, 2021 a patient receives an AstraZeneca vaccination against Covid-19 at a new vaccination centre at the former Tempelhof airport in Berlin, amid the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. (Photo by Tobias Schwarz / various sources / AFP)COPENHAGEN – The WHO on Thursday slammed Europe’s “unacceptably slow” vaccine rollout, warning of a worrying surge in cases as France became the latest country to impose new restrictions to combat mounting infections.As European nations scrambled to contain third waves across the...…FOLLOW US:newsinfo // 12:42 AM April 02, 2021In this file photo taken on March 08, 2021 a patient receives an AstraZeneca vaccination against Covid-19 at a new vaccination centre at the former Tempelhof airport in Berlin, amid the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. (Photo by Tobias Schwarz / various sources / AFP)COPENHAGEN – The WHO on Thursday slammed Europe’s “unacceptably slow” vaccine rollout, warning of a worrying surge in cases as France became the latest country to impose new restrictions to combat mounting infections.As European nations scrambled to contain third waves across the...WW…

FOLLOW US:newsinfo // 04:40 PM April 07, 2021TAIPEI — Taiwan on Wednesday accused China of trying to lure Paraguay into switching diplomatic recognition in exchange for coronavirus vaccines as the South American nation struggles with soaring infections.Paraguay is one of only 15 countries that officially recognise Taipei over Beijing, which claims self-ruled Taiwan as part of its territory.Beijing has ramped up pressure on Taiwan since the 2016 election of President Tsai Ing-wen because she rejects its stance that the island is part of China.It has poached seven of Taiwan’s official allies...…FOLLOW US:newsinfo // 04:40 PM April 07, 2021TAIPEI — Taiwan on Wednesday accused China of trying to lure Paraguay into switching diplomatic recognition in exchange for coronavirus vaccines as the South American nation struggles with soaring infections.Paraguay is one of only 15 countries that officially recognise Taipei over Beijing, which claims self-ruled Taiwan as part of its territory.Beijing has ramped up pressure on Taiwan since the 2016 election of President Tsai Ing-wen because she rejects its stance that the island is part of China.It has poached seven of Taiwan’s official allies...WW…

FOLLOW US:newsinfo // 11:26 AM March 27, 2021Demonstrators hold flags as they sit on motorcycles during a protest in Launglone, Dawei district, Myanmar March 26, 2021. Dawei Watch via REUTERSThe leader of Myanmar’s ruling junta said on Saturday that the military will protect the people and strive for democracy, as protesters called for a huge show of defiance against last month’s coup despite warnings they risked being shot.Junta leader Min Aung Hlaing reiterated a promise to hold elections in a speech on Armed Forces Day, after a military parade in the capital Naypyitaw. He gave no date...…FOLLOW US:newsinfo // 11:26 AM March 27, 2021Demonstrators hold flags as they sit on motorcycles during a protest in Launglone, Dawei district, Myanmar March 26, 2021. Dawei Watch via REUTERSThe leader of Myanmar’s ruling junta said on Saturday that the military will protect the people and strive for democracy, as protesters called for a huge show of defiance against last month’s coup despite warnings they risked being shot.Junta leader Min Aung Hlaing reiterated a promise to hold elections in a speech on Armed Forces Day, after a military parade in the capital Naypyitaw. He gave no date...WW…