Global Nation: Filipina nurse in California thrilled to be among first to get Covid vaccine; U.S. whistleblower was pressed to blame leftists in urban protests, lawyer says; New app links Calgary shoppers to ‘sari-sari’ style grocery outlets

[Inquirer.Net]( Global Nation  USA & CANADA  [Filipina nurse in California thrilled to be among first to get Covid vaccine]( OAKLAND, California – A Filipina nurse made history as one of the first Filipinos to be injected with the much-awaited anti-COVID-19 vaccine, in the hospital she works for. Elgie Agcoaili Camales, a mother of two, from Vintar, Ilocos Norte and Stockton, California, was prioritized to be given the first of two doses of Pfizer vaccine... [Share this article](  --------------------------------------------------------------- [U.S. whistleblower was pressed to blame leftists in urban protests, lawyer says]( WASHINGTON – A former acting chief of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s intelligence office has told Congress that DHS leaders pressed him to overstate illegal border crossings from Mexico and overplay the role of far left groups in violence during anti-government protests last summer, his lawyer said. In testimony before the U.S. House of... [Share this article](  --------------------------------------------------------------- [New app links Calgary shoppers to ‘sari-sari’ style grocery outlets]( CALGARY, Alberta — Two young Filipino Canadians have started an online delivery platform that connects Calgarians with home-based grocery stores that sell special imports from the Philippines. Rico de la Torre and Brian Morales co-founded Nimbly Market, an app similar to now popular online food home delivery services. The duo connects home-bound buyers to grocery outlets... [Share this article](  --------------------------------------------------------------- [Irked by loss, Trump hunkers down, avoids talk of future]( WASHINGTON – Hunkered down in what one former White House official called the “presidential man cave” of the Oval Office, President Donald Trump does not want to talk about what lies ahead once he leaves office next month. Several people familiar with the situation say he knows his time is up even as he presses... [Share this article](  --------------------------------------------------------------- [Zoom’s Christmas gift: No cap on call lengths over the holidays]( Friends and families kept apart by COVID this Christmas and New Year will not find their virtual gatherings over Zoom cut short by the usual 40-minute limit for free subscribers. Zoom Video Communications Inc, whose technology has become a feature of household get togethers in 2020’s socially distanced world, said it was removing the time... [Share this article](  --------------------------------------------------------------- [California Equal Pay Act bans pay bias due to gender or race]( Bettina Boxall, a reporter for the Los Angeles Times for more than 30 years, has received several awards, including a Pulitzer Prize for her reporting on the wildfire in the west. Boxall is white and female. Gregory Braxton has worked for the LA Times for 36 years, and was part of teams that won three... [Share this article](  --------------------------------------------------------------- [10 Incredibly Toxic Foods You Can Consume Without Knowing It]( What if everyday snacks or meals are toxic foods? Most people never care about what they eat as long as it’s tasty and acceptable to their palates (even though they are composed of dangerous toxins), which is why we have provided a list of some foods containing toxic substances. Nevertheless, toxic does not immediately put... [Share this article](  Want to see more latest news? [Visit our website]( FOLLOW US © Copyright 2020 [INQUIRER.net]( [INQUIRER.net]( is the official news website of the INQUIRER Group of Companies (IGC) Your privacy is important to us. We will not share, sell or authorize any third party to use your email address for commercial or other purposes without your permission. You can opt-out of any emails from us by [updating your preferences](. [Forward to a Friend]( | [Feedback](