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DUBAI — Apparently confident about the prospects of finally being employed again as restrictions continue to be eased and business activities gather steam, many overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who have lost their jobs at the height of the pandemic are preferring to stay on,

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Around 20,000 cases of fraudulent claims are still being investigated by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation, according to its chief Ricardo Morales on Tuesday. “‘Yung korapsyon ho dito sa PhilHealth matagal na ho ito, inabot ko ho ito. As a matter of

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The US has begun late stage clinical trials into a drug formulated to fight COVID-19, officials said Tuesday. The medicine is an antibody against the new coronavirus called LY-CoV555, which was identified in the blood sample of a recovered patient by Canada’s Abcellera

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Sweden, whose controversial softer approach to curbing COVID-19 has received worldwide attention, said Thursday it would keep encouraging people to work from home when possible, as the country passed 80,000 recorded cases. The recommendation, which is directed at those

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WASHINGTON – The US economy contracted at its steepest pace since the Great Depression in the second quarter as the COVID-19 pandemic shattered consumer and business spending, and a nascent recovery is under threat from a resurgence in new cases of coronavirus. The

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The US Justice Department said on Wednesday it would send dozens of law enforcement officers to Cleveland, Milwaukee and Detroit to fight violent crime, expanding the deployment of federal agents to major cities under a program promoted by President Donald Trump. The move

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US deaths from the novel coronavirus surpassed 150,000 on Wednesday, a number higher than in any other country and nearly a quarter of the world’s total, according to a Reuters tally. Of the 20 countries with the biggest outbreaks, the United States ranks sixth in

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