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First Tranche of U.S. Pfizer- Biontech Vaccines Delivered to the Philippines MAY 2021 SUBWAY TOWARDS OUR FUTURE First Tranche of U.S. Pfizer- BioNTech Vaccines Delivered to the Philippines MANILA — The United States welcomes the successful May 10 arrival to the Philippines of 193,050 doses of the U.S. Pfizer-BioN- Tech COVID-19 vaccine, one of the safest and most effective vaccines in the world. This delivery is the first tranche of Pfizer- BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines and follows the arrival of 2,030,400 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine on May 8, bringing total COVAX deliveries to the Philippines to 2,673,000 doses. The U.S. is by far the largest contributor to the COVAX effort, funding one in five vaccinations in the Philippines provided by the facility. U.S. Embassy Economic Counselor Chip A VISION OF THE FUTURE THAT LIES AHEAD. The Gamble joined Secretary of Science and Tech- subway is interesting. The Subway stands as a meaningful nology Fortunato de la Peña, Cabinet Secre- U.S. and Philippine government officials welcome the arrival of 193,050 doses of the Pfizer- BioNTech- vision of the future that lies ahead. Thousands of people tary Karlo Nograles, and National Action Plan Covid vaccine to the Philippines on May 10. (of different nationalities, ideologies, creed, religion, etc. ) scientific ingenuity, will protect Filipinos. As we use and pass through the subway everyday to go to vari- Against COVID-19 Deputy Chief Implementer “As the largest contributor to COVAX, ous directions; united for a few minutes to take a journey Vince Dizon from the Philippine government, the United States welcomes the arrival of the fight the pandemic together, the United States together but going to their various destinations. People can and other stakeholders at the Ninoy Aquino Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine here in the Philip- will continue to support the Philippines’ vaccina- miss their station if they are not focused or distracted and International Airport to welcome the first arrival pines. I am proud that this extraordinarily safe tion and COVID-19 mitigation efforts,” said U.S. then they waste time, just like what happens in real life. (Photocredit: INM) of Pfizer-BioNTech on Monday night. and effective vaccine, developed through U.S. Embassy Chargé d’Affaires John Law. Miss Universe Mexico, Andrea Meza, NewsBriefs crowned 69th Miss Universe Paxton sues Austin Eco Bilingual School HOLLYWOOD, FL (– Miss Andrea Meza, 26, is from Chihua- founder accused of labor trafficking Universe Mexico Andrea Meza was hua City, and represented her home Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued Austin Eco Bilingual School, a crowned Miss Universe live on FYI™ country, Mexico, as Miss Universe Spanish immersion preschool, accusing founder Adriana Rodriguez of labor and Telemundo on May 16th from the Mexico, in the 69th annual Miss Uni- trafficking. The victims found themselves in a dangerously mismanaged Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in verse competition. Andrea has a degree daycare that showed total disregard for immigration, labor, and child licensing Hollywood, Florida. in software engineering, and is an laws. The foreign-born employees were lured to Texas with promises of lawful Andrea will use her year as Miss activist, and currently works closely with status, a decent salary and a rewarding career, but were instead victimized by Universe to advocate for women’s rights the Municipal Institute for Women, which an unscrupulous employer who trafficked them for their labor. and against gender-based violence. aims to end gender-based violence. She Rodriguez, who was once named the Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber After a beautiful National Costume is also a certified make-up artist and of Commerce Businesswoman of the Year, sabotaged and controlled her Competition, rounds of interviews, a model, who is passionate about being employees’ ability to work legally in the U.S. preliminary competition and the live active and living a healthy lifestyle. Finals, Andrea was crowned with the selected among the 73 other amazing She is also vegan, and enjoys extreme Canadian sentenced for human smuggling conspiracy beautiful Mouawad Power of Unity women I stood with tonight,” said Miss sports in her free time, including rappel- A Canadian national was sentenced to 32 months in prison for conspira- Crown, presented to her by outgoing Universe Andrea Meza. “It is a dream ling and sand boarding. Andrea is also cy to bring undocumented immigrants to the United States for private financial Miss Universe 2019 Zozibini Tunzi, who come true to wear the Miss Universe the official Tourism Brand Ambassador gain in connection with his role in a scheme to smuggle undocumented im- now holds the title for the longest-ever crown, and I hope to serve the world for her hometown, Chihuahua, promot- migrants from Sri Lanka through the Caribbean and into the United States. reigning Miss Universe. through my advocacy for equality in the ing the best tourist attractions and rich Sri Kajamukam Chelliah, aka Mohan, aka Richie, 55, of Sri Lanka, “I am so honored to have been year to come and beyond.” culture her beautiful home offers. pleaded guilty on Feb. 24, to conspiracy to bring aliens to the United States for private financial gain. Chelliah admitted to conspiring with others to facilitate the travel of undocumented immigrants from Sri Lanka through Haiti, Turks New international expert panel to address the and Caicos Islands, and the Bahamas to the United States from on or about emergence and spread of zoonotic diseases July 1, 2019, through on or about Oct. 10, 2019. International organizations have VID-19. Three quarters of all emerging and prepare for zoonotic outbreaks. Six indicted for recruiting unqualified linguists for come together to launch a new One infectious diseases originate in animals. The panel will consider the impact deployment with US Armed Forces in Afghanistan Health High-Level Expert Panel to It will operate under the One Health of human activity on the environment A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia returned an indict- improve understanding of how diseases Approach, which recognizes the links and wildlife habitats. Critical areas will ment Wednesday charging six former employees of a government contractor with the potential to trigger pandemics, between the health of people, animals, include food production and distribu- for their role in a conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a U.S. emerge and spread. and the environment and highlights the tion; urbanization and infrastructure government contract to recruit and deploy qualified linguists toAfghanistan The panel will advise four interna- need for specialists in multiple sectors to development; international travel and where they would provide language services in Dari and Pashto to the U.S. tional organizations - the Food and Ag- address any health threats and prevent trade; activities that lead to biodiversity military, including interacting with Afghan civilians and military forces. riculture Organization of the United Na- disruption to agri-food systems. loss and climate change; and those that According to court documents, Mezghan N. Anwari, 41, of Centerville, tions (FAO); the World Organisation for Key first steps will include system- put increased pressure on the natural Virginia, Abdul Q. Latifi, 45, of Irvine, California, Mahjoba Raofi, 47, of San Animal Health (OIE); the United Nations atic analyses of scientific knowledge resource base - all of which can lead to Diego, California, Laila Anwari, 54, of Fredericksburg, Virginia, Rafi M. Anwari, Environment Programme (UNEP); and about the factors that lead to transmis- the emergence of zoonotic diseases. 54, of Centerville, Virginia, and Zarghona Alizai, 48, of Annandale, Virginia, the World Health Organization (WHO) sion of a disease from animal to human The panel will guide development were employed as linguist recruiters for the Arlington, Virginia-based govern- - on the development of a long-term and vice versa; development of risk as- of a dynamic new research agenda and ment contractor, which performed subcontract services such as recruiting global plan of action to avert outbreaks sessment and surveillance frameworks; draw up evidence-based recommenda- linguists to serve in support of U.S. military operations, pursuant to a U.S. of diseases like H5N1 avian influenza; identification of capacity gaps as well as tions for global, regional, national and government prime contract valued in excess of $700 million. MERS; Ebola; Zika, and, possibly, CO- agreement on good practices to prevent local action. - WHO International News Media • INTERNATIONAL • NATIONAL • LOCAL • INTERNATIONAL NEWS MEDIA AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY AWEE ABAYARI WITH AWEE ABAYARI For more interviews: www.youtube.com/ Awee Abayari INTERNATIONAL NEWS MEDIA 2 International News Media MAY 2021 Four distinguished University of the Philippines Alumni honored in the first Alumni Awards Night LOS ANGELES, California March 27, 2021. – Mario C. Ignacio, retired Chief All four awardees at- Accounting Employee of the L.A. tributed a great part of their Department of Water & Power; achievement and success from Marlon Saria, Nurse Specialist & the world-class education they Nurse Scientist; Elsa Mateo Gill- got from U.P. ham, past Rotary Club District For Elsa Gillham, it was Governor; and Nenita Pambid in living in campus dormitories, Domingo, UCLA Philippine Stud- joining out-of-campus rallies, and ies lecturer were awarded Life- tackling community and world is- time Distinguished Achievement sues that got her to a life of lead- Alumnus, Most Distinguished ership. Gillham was instrumental MARIO C. IGNACIO MARLON SARIA ELSA MATEO GILHAM NENITA PAMBID DOMINGO Alumnus, Leadership Recogni- in the forming of the Rotary old Marlon Saria says, his U.P. is what she has been imparting President, Danilo Concepcion as Virgilio Guinto and UPAAGLA tion, and Service Recognition Club of Historic FilipinoTown. education prepared him to use to her students here in the U.S. guest speakers and Ryan Cay- Past President Alma Onrubia respectively in Explore.
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