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Vol. 61 No. 24 January 20-26, 2022
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PHL LOGS THOUSANDS MORE COVID-19 CASES Reports first deaths from Omicron variant By ALFRED GABOT, Editor in Chief
MANILA – Thousands more of COVID-19 cases have been logged over the past days by the Department of Health as it reported two people were the first to have died from the omicron variant which has become the dominant variant in the country. In Geneva, meanwhile, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that the Covid-19 pandemic is far from over with Omicron strain spreading, as France, Germany and Brazil posted new records Page 9 of infections.
Robredo unfazed by Marcos disqualification case win By Be�ng Laygo Dolor, Editor
MANILA – What, Leni wor- for president, Robredo said that while she would not comment The camp of Vice President on the merits of the case, she preLeni Robredo said they were un- ferred to beat Marcos Jr. via the affected by the decision of the vote, the same way she defeated Commission on Elections (Come- him in their vice presidential conlec) earlier this week dismissing test in 2016. the first of three remaining disEven before the decision qualification and/or cancellation was made known, Robredo told of the Certificate of Candidacy media in the vernacular that her cases against Ferdinand Marcos camp was not waiting for the reJr. sults “because whatever the deciAs the opposition candidate sion of the Comelec, the Page 8 ry?
More people ending up in ICU as L.A cases surge
By Jo Erlinda Maufit
PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANTS Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and VP Leni Robredo when they filed their cer�ficates of candidacy in October.
LOS ANGELES - With the Omicron variant continuing to spread at a rapid pace, the Department of Public Health data shows more residents are requiring treatment for severe illness in the ICU. This as the Department of Public Health confirmed 37 additional deaths and Page 8
Filipinos in FilAm ‘hero’ nurse, war veteran US and Manila die in Texas, California continue fight By Marie-Alsie G. Penaranda for Malampaya DALLAS, Texas/SAN DIEGO, California - Two heroes, one a FilAm nurse helping save people in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic and another a war veteran with the Philippine Air Force, died miles apart early this month and in December. Filipinos mourned the passing of Marshare Yogi Causing-King who died at the Odessa Regional Medical Center after lingering illness suspected to be COVID-19
CAUSING-KING LAGRIMAS virus here in Dallas, Texas. She was 50. She died after contracting bacterial pneumonia while serving at the ICU for Covid-19 patients of Odessa Regional Medical Center Page 9 in Texas
NEW YORK CITY — Philippines’ Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi, businessman Dennis Uy, Chevron Philippines officials, and several others were charged before the Ombudsman last October 2021 for allegedly violating Republic Act 3019 or the “Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act” — when Chevron sold its share and rights in the Malampaya Project Page 8
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