By PRIME SARMIENTO and JAN YUMUL in Hong Kong | China Daily Global | Updated: 2021-05-24 09:13 Share CLOSE Surfers walk past a sculpture near the Mediterranean Sea during sunset as the Israel-Hamas ceasefire holds, in Ashkelon, Israel May 23, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
Muslim-majority countries in Southeast Asia have been credited with adding their weight to efforts to get Israel to agree to an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire with the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
Mustafa Izzuddin, senior international affairs analyst with the consultancy firm Solaris Strategies Singapore, said an earlier joint call on Gaza s plight by the region s Muslim-majority nations is a watershed event. Words used in the statement are stern, unambiguous , he said of the push for a truce.
May 24, 2021
A group of motorcycle riders and cyclists called on local government units this Sunday to intensify the 30 kilometers per hour (kph) speed limit on crowded roads.
More than 200 riders gathered this Sunday morning at C.P. Garcia Street at the University of the Philippines-Diliman and at the same time went to Pasig City to demand the strict enforcement of the speed limit.
Aside from the speed limit, some LGUs also fail to comply with certain traffic laws under the Land Transportation and Traffic Code, according to Eric Lazarte of the Philippine Advocate for Road Safety and Kapatiran sa Dalawang Gulong.
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MANILA: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday cited the Philippine’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout, rejecting claims of public reluctance to get inoculated against the disease.
“Right now, we don’t see a lot of (COVID-19) vaccine hesitancy in the Philippines. Actually, the issue is that the vaccine supply cannot meet the demand,” Dr. Rabindra Abeyasinghe, WHO representative to the Philippines, said during a virtual press briefing on Monday.
He added that while there had been initial vaccine hesitancy in the Philippines triggered mainly by an anti-dengue vaccine controversy in 2018 in terms of the COVID-19 jabs, many Filipinos were willing to get vaccinated.
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