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EastWest Bank’s income climbs 65% in the first half East West Banking Corp. (EastWest Bank) booked a higher net income in the first semester on better margins from lending and deposits. The Gotianun-led lender’s net earnings in the January to June period climbed 65% to P4.5 billion, it said in a filing on Wednesday. “The higher income was due to better margins from its core lending and deposit-taking business and higher trading gains,” EastWest Bank said. The bank’s net revenues rose 39% to P18.4 billion in the period. ...
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Samsung unpacks a bigger Galaxy Straight from your screens, Samsung has unpacked a ton of new devices set to roll out soon. Chief among them are the new Galaxy Note 20 and the bigger Note 20 Ultra. The Note 20 sports a 6.7-inch Dynamic AMOLED Infinity-O Display. Three rear cameras: 12MP, 64MP, and 12MP, and a 10MP front camera. Eight gigs of RAM and 256GB internal storage. Battery is set at 4300mAh.The Note 20 Ultra has a 6.9-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2.0, and an edged Infinity-O display. ...
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Pangilinan: P15B PhilHealth scandal further warrants Duque’s removal from post MANILA, Philippines---Sen. Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan on Wednesday said that the P15-billion corruption scandal at the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, is another reason why Health Secretary Francisco Duque III should resign from his post. ...
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Manila City under MECQ: Some businesses ordered shut again MANILA, Philippines --- The Manila City government has reminded the public that some industries in its jurisdiction were again asked to stop operations as the National Capital Region (NCR) reverted to modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ). ...
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Lack of quality control of e-learning materials may lead to ‘diploma mills,’ CHEd warned MANILA, Philippines --- Lack of monitoring and evaluation of the quality of online materials being used for distance learning could lead to "online diploma mills," Senator Imee Marcos cautioned the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) on Wednesday.During a hearing of the Senate Committee on Higher, Technical and Vocational Education, Marcos cited the need for CHED to have a "focused effort to set standards on online and distance learning.""Ang takot natin maging online diploma mill 'yan. ...
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‘Do you really need to party?’ WHO asks world’s youth GENEVA-- Young people must curb their party instincts to help prevent new outbreaks of the COVID-19 disease, officials at the World Health Organization (WHO) pleaded on Wednesday.Tired of lockdowns and eager to enjoy the northern hemisphere summer, young people in some countries have been contributing to resurgences by gathering again for parties, barbecues and holidays.Even in Geneva, where the global U.N. ...
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Face shield requirement is anti-poor if not given free – Bayan MANILA, Philippines --- A Department of Transportation (DOTr) proposal to require commuters to wear face shields reeks of an anti-poor policy if the government would not give free protective gadgets, an activist group claimed.Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) said on Wednesday that this is because not all people can afford to buy face shields, especially now that a lot of workers have little to no income due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
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Beirut blasts: 10 of 11 missing Filipino seafarers now safe, with minor injuries MANILA, Philippines --- The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Wednesday evening that 10 of the 11 Filipino seafarers who were earlier reported missing after the massive explosions in the Port of Beirut in Lebanon have now been accounted for and safe.Citing information from the Philippine Embassy in Beirut, the foreign affairs department added that the 10 Filipino seafarers sustained minor injuries. ...
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Satellites reveal hidden colonies of Emperor penguins PARIS --- Satellite imagery has uncovered 11 new colonies of Emperor penguins in Antarctica, according to new research Wednesday that suggests the global population is up to 10 percent bigger than previously thought.Emperor penguins, which are particularly vulnerable to climate change, are difficult to study because their habitat in Antarctica is extremely remote and temperatures can drop to --50 degrees Celsius. ...
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Facebook launches TikTok-like product inside Instagram SAN FRANCISCO--Facebook rolled out its own version of social media rival TikTok in the United States and more than 50 other countries on Wednesday, embedding a new short-form video service called Reels as a feature within its popular Instagram app.The debut comes days after Microsoft said it was in talks to acquire TikTok's U.S. operations from China's ByteDance. ...
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Pfizer announces deal with Canada for experimental COVID-19 vaccine OTTAWA-- Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and German biotech firm BioNTech SE on Wednesday said they had signed a deal to supply Canada with an experimental coronavirus vaccine.Deliveries of the BNT162 mRNA-based vaccine candidate are planned over the course of 2021, subject to clinical success and Health Canada approval, the two companies said in a statement. They did not reveal financial details. ...
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US Open will still be a proper Grand Slam despite pullouts, says Nadal Rafael Nadal believes this year's U.S. Open champion will still feel like a Grand Slam winner despite the tournament losing some glamour due to the withdrawal of top players amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Spaniard said on Wednesday.The hardcourt Grand Slam, which starts on Aug. 31, lost its men's defending champion in singles with Nadal deciding against traveling to New York.Women's world number one Ash Barty also pulled out last week, worried about significant risks due to COVID-19. ...
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COVID-19 measures could disrupt rare polio-like disease NEW YORK --- Health experts once thought 2020 might be the worst year yet for a rare paralyzing disease that has been hitting U.S. children for the past decade.But they now say the coronavirus pandemic could disrupt the pattern for the mysterious illnesses, which spike every other year starting in late summer. ...
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Liza Diño-Seguerra talks about near-exposure to COVID-19, update on John Regala Two days after John Regala was wheeled to the National Kidney Transplant Institute (NKTI), Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) chair Liza Dio-Seguerra issued an update on the actor."I went tonight... to check on Kuya John Regala because he was rushed to the ER earlier this afternoon," she said via her Facebook page on Aug. 5She then talked about how she was nearly exposed to some COVID-19 patients in the hospital when she was looking for an ATM machine. ...
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House OKs Bayanihan To Recover As One Act on 2nd reading MANILA, Philippines --- The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved on second reading the proposed Bayanihan to Recover As One Act to cushion the impact of the coronavirus pandemic to the country.Through voice voting, members of the lower chamber approved House Bill No. 6953 which would provide Filipinos with various forms of relief during the pandemic.In his earlier sponsorship speech, Deputy Speaker Luis Raymund Villafuerte Jr. ...
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Maine Mendoza apologizes for ‘not-so-clean’ house Kapuso star Maine Mendoza could not stand showing a disorderly home to fans so she was quick to apologize to them about her supposedly messy home when they saw it today.It so happened that Mendoza was reporting for her "Eat! Bulaga" hosting chores from home because of the reimposition of the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ), being observed anew in some parts of the country."Work from home ulit dahil MECQ, pero live na live pa din kami sa @EatBulaga. ...
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Lebanon to put some Beirut port officials under house arrest BEIRUT --- Investigators began searching the wreckage of Beirut's port Wednesday for clues to the cause of the massive explosion that ripped across the Lebanese capital as the government ordered port officials put under house arrest. ...
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Gov’t eyes local production of face shields BY GENALYN KABILING The government is planning to promote the local production of face shields that will provide the people an extra layer of protection from the coronavirus infection. According to Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, wearing a face shield can provide 99 percent protection from virus exposure if accompanied by other measures […]
W23:56 ABS-CBN News L
From summer MMFF to Netflix, Alex and Xian’s ‘Love the Way U Lie’ finds new release venue Directed by RC delos Reyes, “Love the Way U Lie” tells the story of a clairvoyant woman who helps a widower move on by being the medium of his late wife.
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Who’s not a fan of Pacquiao, McGregor boxing? UFC’s Dana White If Manny Pacquiao and UFC superstar Conor McGregor do get inside a boxing ring, Dana White will certainly not be a spectator.
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Boy missing in Davao City flooding BY IVY TEJANO DAVAO CITY – A three-year-old boy went missing after he jumped into an inland waterway in Barangay Ula in Tugbok District amid the heavy downpour in the city on Tuesday afternoon. Members of the Tugbok Police Station conducted a search-and-rescue operation for the boy. Initial police revealed that the […]
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Instagram adds video clips in challenge to TikTok Instagram on Wednesday added a new short-form video feature to the image-focused platform in a direct challenge to TikTok, which is in the crosshairs of US President Donald Trump.
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Basketball: Alapag, Gilas vets sympathize with Lebanon’s El-Khatib after blasts Jimmy Alapag and other members of Gilas Pilipinas sympathized with Lebanese basketball great Fadi El-Khatib following the twin blasts that hit Beirut Tuesday.
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DOH eyes substitution team to help health workers amid rising COVID-19 cases The Department of Health is forming a team to prevent health workers from being overwhelmed by rising coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases.

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