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Geo Connect Asia 2021 comes to Singapore in a hybrid format
By adopting a hybrid format that provides both interactivity and a robust level of safety, the resumption of events like Geo Connect Asia 2021 could prove a turning point for the region’s MICE industry as it recovers from the impact of the pandemic.
Geo Connect Asia (GCA), the keystone event for the ASEAN geospatial community, will be held in Singapore this year in a prototype hybrid format. The event will provide a crucial springboard to recovery and growth for the regional geospatial community and the MICE industry, as the ASEAN economies recover from the impact of the pandemic.
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“It is possible that we would not have any cyclone this month, or we could have at least one,” said Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) weather specialist Benison Estareja.
Citing statistics from the PAGASA’s Climate Data Section, he said that the country’s tropical cyclone tracks in March, from 1948 to 2017, either made landfall or “recurved” away from the Philippines.
“In recent years, 50 percent of tropical cyclones that entered PAR has made landfall, with initial landfall points in southern Bicol, Eastern Visayas, Caraga, and Davao region,” Estareja said.
“Ang iba ay humihina o pa-recurve palayo sa ating bansa. (Other cyclones weakened or recurved away from the country),” he added.
WHO Webinar - Confronting Poverty and Income Insecurity during COVID-19 through Strengthening Social Protection
WHO Webinar - Confronting Poverty and Income Insecurity during COVID-19 through Strengthening Social Protection 25 February 2021 12:00 – 13:00 CET
Via Zoom
Background on the WHO webinar series
The COVID-19 pandemic and containment responses have exacerbated existing social, economic, gender, ethnic and health inequities. The WHO Global Webinar Series on Equity, COVID-19 and the Social Determinants of Health (SDH) discusses the disproportionate impacts that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on more disadvantaged population groups, with a focus on how it is widening health inequities. It should serve as a call for action to support those groups most affected, to mitigate impacts, and to take the opportunity of the pandemic to revisit how societies deal with the SDH and health equity. Each seminar in this Series will cover the evidence on inequities in health exa