Alexandra “Alex” Eala
The Philippines’ teen tennis star Alexandra “Alex” Eala has sealed a spot in the quarterfinals at the 2020 French Open girls’ singles in Paris. The World no. 4 tennis sensation defeated Leyre Romero Gormaz of Spain scoring 6-1, 4-6, 6-1 in a game that lasted for an hour and 48 minutes on October 7, 2020 (See GoodNewsPilipinas.com for story).
The Philippines is among the top 20 countries with the most number of novel coronavirus infections in the world after the Department of Health logged 2,415 additional cases on Thursday, October 1 (See Asian Journal for story).
Broadcast giant ABS-CBN Corp. is returning to free TV starting Saturday after striking a deal with Zoe Broadcasting Network Inc. operating channel 11 (See Philstar.com for story).
PNP chief General Camilo Pancratius Cascolan (Source: manilatimes.net)
In the aftermath of the decision of Facebook to take down fake accounts and pages sharing fake news and inciting hate and misbehavior that were associated with the police and the military, PNP chief General Camilo Pancratius Cascolan said all of these accounts are now being monitored to ensure that the administrators comply with the police guidelines on the use of the social media (See Manila Bulletin for story).
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US President Donald Trump has been the world’s biggest driver of COVID-19 misinformation during the pandemic, a study from Cornell University said Thursday. A team from the Cornell Alliance for Science evaluated 38 million articles published by English-language, traditional media worldwide between January 1 and May 26 of this year (See Inquirer.net for story)..
Archbishop Charles J. Brown
Pope Francis has named U.S. Archbishop Charles J. Brown as the new nuncio to the Philippines, the Vatican announced Sept. 28. The New York native, who will turn 61 Oct. 13, has been the Vatican’s diplomatic representative in Albania since March 201 (See Cruxnow.com for story).
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday that Facebook <FB.O> could not stop him from promoting the objectives of his government, telling the social media giant that they should talk about its purpose in his country (See Yahoo/Reuters for story).
President Donald Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes the year he ran for president and in his first year in the White House, according to a report in The New York Times. The president in 2017 paid $145,400 in taxes in India and $156,824 in the Philippines, compared to just $750 in U.S. income taxes (See story in Associated Press).
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