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Fr. Joaquin Bernas INQUIRER FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — Joaquin Bernas, the Jesuit priest who helped draft the Constitution after the 1986 Edsa People Power Revolution, died early Saturday morning due to serious heart ailments, leaving behind a legacy of helping the country return to democracy and serving as a beacon of idealism for aspiring lawyers. He was 88. “He was a giant,” Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said of the country’s most eminent constitutionalist, who was often called upon by the Supreme Court, political leaders, opinion makers, and journalists to help interpret the intention of the framers of the 1987 Constitution whenever its provisions were being challenged. “Fr. Bernas was a pillar of constitutional law not only in Ateneo Law School but also in our country,” Ateneo de Manila University said in announcing his passing. In a separate statement, Ateneo Law School said: “We take solace in the knowledge that this was an earthly life filled with meaning ... » Learn More about Joaquin Bernas, 88: Jesuit priest, eminent constitutionalist

MANILA, Philippines — Quezon City is eyeing to vaccinate 1.6 million residents against Covid-19 in six to eight months once the vaccine doses become available. “We can inoculate 1,600,000 people in 6 to 8 months. Ideally, that is the target. We will do our very best but definitely, we can do that once the vaccine arrives,”Joseph Juico, co- chair of the city’s Covid-19 Task Force, said in a press conference. “We will make sure that Quezon City will be ready to take on the challenge,” he added. Juico said they are targeting to open the 24 vaccine sites for eight hours a day. Mary Altaffer/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo In the same press briefing, Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte said the vaccination sites were already approved by the Department of Health (DOH). “We have secured 24 vaccination sites. At the moment, these sites were approved by DOH. And these are the ones with sure staff and personnel available,” Belmonte said, partly in Filipino. The religious ... » Learn More about QC eyeing to vaccinate 1.6-M residents in 6 to 8 months

FILE PHOTO: Health workers and volunteers assist as students take coronavirus disease (COVID-19) tests at Harris Academy Beckenham, ahead of full school reopening in England as part of lockdown restrictions being eased, in Beckenham, south east London, Britain, March 5, 2021. REUTERS/Toby Melville LONDON — The reopening of England’s schools to all pupils on Monday will mark the first step back towards normality, and is only possible because of the efforts of the public to bring COVID-19 infection rates down, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said. Johnson has announced a roadmap for lifting lockdown measures that sees schools open first, followed in later stages by the gradual easing of restrictions on mixing with other people and the re-opening of non-essential shops and other venues. In the final stage, which will take place no earlier than June 21, the government hopes to remove all remaining legal limits on contact with others. “The reopening of schools marks a truly ... » Learn More about Reopening England’s schools is step towards normality, PM Johnson says

SINGAPORE - Lightning could strike the same place twice for scam victims, as a survey has found that they are likely to fall prey again. Forty-five per cent of scam victims said they had been scammed more than once between August 2019 and September last year, a survey by the Home Team Behavioural Sciences Centre (HTBSC) revealed on Monday. The online survey, which was conducted between August and September last year, polled 4,043 participants comprising Singapore citizens and permanent residents. They answered questions on their scam experiences, online practices and perception of scam prevention initiatives, among others. Six in 10 respondents said they had encountered scams in Singapore, on an average of 3.17 times a month. Seven per cent said they had fallen prey to scams before. Of these, nearly half of them were young people and working adults aged between 20 and 39 years old. Said Ms Whistine Chai, assistant director of the crime, investigation and forensic ... » Learn More about Scam victims likely to fall prey to scams again, survey found

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Facing elections for the first time in 15 years, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is battling a growing rift within his powerful Fatah party that poses a new threat to his dominance over Palestinian politics. A breakaway bid by one of Abbas's party allies has intensified speculation he might cancel a presidential vote planned for July, fearing a potential challenge by Marwan Barghouti, a popular Palestinian leader jailed by Israel. Abbas's office denies he has plans to delay or scrub the presidential vote. Barghouti, now 61, was a driving force in Palestinians' 2000-2005 uprising in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. He was sentenced by an Israeli court in 2004 to life imprisonment after being convicted over multiple lethal attacks on Israelis by Palestinian militants. Barghouti has always denied the charges. Abbas, 85, has ruled the Palestinian Authority (PA) in self-rule areas of the West Bank by decree for over a decade. In ... » Learn More about Abbas battles Fatah party discord ahead of Palestinian elections

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Saturday passed President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan in a party-line vote after an all-night session that was delayed repeatedly as the Republican minority tried but failed to push through around three dozen amendments. The plan passed in a 50-49 vote with the support of every Democrat but no Republicans. It is one of the largest stimulus bills in U.S. history and gives Biden his first major legislative victory since taking office in January. The partisan victory was made possible by Democrats winning two Senate seats in Georgia special elections in January, giving them narrow control of the chamber. Biden said on Saturday he hoped for quick passage of the revised bill by the House of Representatives so he could sign it and start sending $1,400 direct payments to Americans. "This plan will get checks out the door starting this month to the American people, who so desperately need the help," Biden said at the ... » Learn More about Democrats push Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID bill through Senate on party-line vote

HK / ONTARIO CA, Mar 6, 2021 - (ACN Newswire) - You may recognize the work of the newest addition to the UREEQA Collection of Pledged Assets if you tuned in to the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, or if you've ever visited Edmonton's famed Epcor Tower. Dean Drever Dean Drever is an acclaimed Canadian sculptor whose minimalist and abstract work can be enjoyed at famous landmarks throughout the country, including Toronto's Union Station and the Toronto Sculpture Garden. Drever is a particularly exciting addition to the UREEQA Collection of Pledged Assets, as he is the first artist working in a physical art medium that we are welcoming to the platform. We are pleased that Drever's pledged work can help illustrate the versatility of the UREEQA platform to protect artists from a variety of backgrounds and mediums. As a Creator, Drever's primary reason for joining the UREEQA platform is to protect his work throughout its many iterations and ... » Learn More about UREEQA Welcomes Dean Drever, a Sculptor Who Has Produced Multi-Million Dollar Works of Art

Blair Crichton was four years old when his parents helped him understand the connection between the meat on his plate and the animals it was derived from. Horrified, he put down his fork and refused to eat meat. That was 31 years ago, and today the Hong Kong-born banker turned entrepreneur is co-founder of Asia’s first whole-plant meat company, Karana. From junior school at Kellett School, he went to boarding school in Australia, where it was more challenging to not eat meat. He resumed his vegetarian diet at Durham University in the UK where he did an undergraduate degree in politics, philosophy and economics and wrote a paper on the moral value of animals. After graduation, he joined the international management programme of HSBC, a global bank, which took him to Shanghai, back to Hong Kong and then to the United States. In 2016, after six years with HSBC, he turned his thoughts to business school. At about this time he saw the documentary Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret, ... » Learn More about Asian comfort food next for plant-based meat entrepreneur who is putting his beliefs into practice

For curious adventurers seeking out the furthest-flung corners of the globe, private transportation options are limited. Superyachts require re-fuelling long before reaching the most remote Pacific islands. Tempted to explore the North Pole on foot? Your private jet will need to find a landing strip first. For the modern-day Ulysses, there will soon be alternative means of getting away from it all - in an airship. Harking back to a golden era of 1930s air voyaging, a handful of companies is readying private airships complete with luxurious bedrooms, open-air viewing decks, transparent flooring and even space for a submersible. Wary of the shadow cast by the 1937 Hindenburg disaster, these rigid ships are filled with non-flammable helium, not hydrogen. Most are still in the conception stage. Halo is a residential airship dreamed up by London-based studio Andrew Winch Designs, with a living area the size of four football pitches comprising 20 bedrooms, a spa, a cinema and a ... » Learn More about Is this the future of luxury air travel?

Happiness is something we all strive for, especially in times like these. In spite of, or perhaps because of, the global pandemic and the turmoil in its wake, if ever there was a time to choose to be happy, it is now, says Florian Langenscheidt. The German serial entrepreneur and bestselling author of 1,000 Glucksmomente (1,000 Moments To Be Happy About) and Alt Genug,um Glucklich zu Sein (Old Enough To Be Happly) says many of us have preconceived notions of what will ultimately lead to long-term happiness, be it a promotion, a bigger house or a luxury holiday. But happiness is more complicated, and much simpler, than a list of material desires, he says. Langenscheidt’s “rare, strange obsession” with happiness started more than 40 years ago, while he was studying philosophy. He read heavily on the subject, but wondered, “Why was it so easy for some people to be happy, and so extremely difficult for others?” The father of five, based in Berlin, founded an institute for applied ... » Learn More about How to be happy: The 10 universal principles