ASEANEWS: HEADLINES- ENTERTAINMENT / CELEBRITY PROFILES- Filipina Cinderella crowned Miss Intercontinental 2021
The 25-year-old, stunning model from Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental, was also named Miss Intercontinental-Asia Oceania with Mexico (Miss InterContinental North America) finishing as 1st runner up; England (Miss InterContinental Europe), 2nd runner up; Seychelles (Miss InterContinental Africa), 3rd runner up; Canada (Miss Power of Beauty), 4th runner up; and Colombia (Miss InterContinental South America), 5th runner up.
Others in the Top 20 were South Africa, Mauritius, Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic, Crimea, Italy, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Cuba, Guatemala, Peru, Paraguay, and Canada who won
A Mass Communication magna cum laude graduate of Liceo de Cagayan University, Obeñita advocates cancer prevention awareness and press freedom and works as tourism operations officer of the provincial government of Misamis Oriental.Obeñita wore a Diwata-inspired national costume, symbolic of the Filipina folklore goddess’ legend’s fighting spirit, designer for her by Odelon Simpao. She was a head-turner in her sexy Darna costume during the pageant’s Halloween costume party.
The Binibining Pilipinas Charities, Inc (BPCI). led by chairperson Madam Stella Marquez Araneta, congratulated Obeñita for bringing home the second Miss Intercontinental crown to the Philippines, impressing the whole world with her grace and charm throughout her pageant performance in Egypt.
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PHILIPPINES (Covid-19 Update)
PH logs 4,008 new COVID-19 cases — DOH
FILE PHOTO: Colorized scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic cell (red) infected with SARS-COV-2 virus particles (yellow), also known as novel coronavirus, isolated from a patient sample. Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH/Handout via REUTERS.
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MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines on Saturday logged 4,008 cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections to 2,783,893, the Department of Health (DOH) reported.
Of the total number of cases, 47,690 or 1.7 percent are still tagged as active cases but most of these patients only have mild and asymptomatic cases, at 79.5 percent.
The total number of recoveries is now at 2,693,162, or 96.7 percent of cases, after 6,887 cases were reported.
There were 423 deaths to push the death toll to 43,044, which is 1.55 percent of all cases.
The current positivity rate of cases is currently at 7.8 percent. The World Health Organization said positivity rate must be 5 percent or below to indicate controlled transmission of the virus.
DOH noted that 54 duplicates were removed from the total case count including 44 recoveries.
A case was found to have tested negative and has been removed from the total case count, according to DOH.
“Moreover, 373 cases that were previously tagged as recoveries were reclassified as deaths after final validation,” the DOH noted.
Meanwhile, the global infection now stands at 246 million including 4.99 million deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University Case Tracker.
ASEAN Covid-19 Table – 31 October 2021
