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Europe could be headed for pandemic ‘endgame’: WHO

January 24, 2022
Palace urges Filipinos to get booster shots, warns against disinformation on Covid vaccines and booster doses

January 24, 2022
PHL reports 29,828 more COVID-19 cases

January 23, 2022
Filipino Magsayo captures WBC featherweight title

January 23, 2022
Omicron ‘sub-variant’ throws up new virus questions

January 23, 2022

National

Parents urged to limit exposure of minors outdoors even in areas under alert level 2, 3

January 24, 2022

(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police has urged parents to limit the exposure of minors outdoors even if they are already allowed to go outside in areas under alert level 2 and 3. The PNP issued the reminder following the Department of Health’s statement that many COVID-19 patients were unvaccinated. According to the PNP, while pediatric inoculation was ongoing in the country, a large number was still awaiting their turn to get inoculated. “We […]

Palace urges Filipinos to get booster shots, warns against disinformation on Covid vaccines and booster doses

January 24, 2022

(Eagle News) – Malacanang encouraged Filipinos to get booster shots amid the continuing spread of COVID-19 and the highly infectious Omicron variant. The Palace also warned against spreading misinformation and disinformation on COVID-19 vaccines and booster shots as it clarified a video clip of President Rodrigo Duterte that was recorded on Sept. 30, 2021 that was being circulated recently to “campaign against the administration of booster shots.” In the video, Duterte said that two […]

PHL reports 29,828 more COVID-19 cases

January 23, 2022

(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 3417216 on Sunday, Jan. 23, after the Department of Health reported 29828 additional cases. According to the DOH, all laboratories were operational on Jan. 21 while two did not provide data to the COVID-19 Document Repository System. The DOH said of the total cases, 273,580 were active. Of these, 8371 were asymptomatic, 260399 were mild, 3006 were moderate, 1496 were severe, and 308 were critical. […]

Filipino Magsayo captures WBC featherweight title

January 23, 2022

Filipino Mark Magsayo dethroned WBC featherweight champ Gary Russell on Saturday with a majority decision to end the longest championship reign in professional boxing. The 26-year-old undefeated Magsayo won on points on two of the three judges’ scorecards as he handed Russell his first defeat since 2015. Two judges had 115-113 for Magsayo while the other scored it even, 114-114. “This is my dream since I was a kid,” said Magsayo. “I am so proud […]

International

Europe could be headed for pandemic ‘endgame’: WHO

January 24, 2022

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) — The Omicron variant has moved the Covid-19 pandemic into a new phase and could bring it to an end in Europe, the WHO Europe director said Sunday. “It’s plausible that the region is moving towards a kind of pandemic endgame,” Hans Kluge told AFP in an interview, adding that Omicron could infect 60 percent of Europeans by March. Once the current surge of Omicron currently sweeping across Europe subsides, “there […]

UAE intercepts two ballistic missiles fired by Yemen rebels: defense ministry

January 24, 2022

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — Two ballistic missiles fired by Yemen’s Huthi rebels have been intercepted and destroyed over the United Arab Emirates, the defence ministry said on Monday. “The attack did not result in any casualties, while the remnants of the intercepted and destroyed ballistic missiles fell in separate areas around the Emirate of Abu Dhabi,” a statement said. The ministry added that it was “ready to deal with any threats” and […]

China lifts Xi’an lockdown as Beijing virus fight ramps up

January 24, 2022

BEIJING, China (AFP) — One of China’s longest coronavirus lockdowns since the start of the pandemic came to an end on Monday as authorities announced the lifting of most restrictions in the northern megacity of Xi’an. The historic city’s 13 million residents had been confined to their homes since December 22 after the discovery of a Covid-19 cluster that grew to over 2,100 cases — China’s largest local outbreak in months. With the Winter Olympics […]

Tonga eruption equivalent to hundreds of Hiroshimas: NASA

January 24, 2022

NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga (AFP) – The Tonga volcanic eruption unleashed explosive forces that dwarfed the power of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, NASA scientists have said, as survivors on Monday described how the devastating Pacific blast “messed up our brains”. The NASA Earth Observatory said the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano spewed debris as high as 40 kilometres (25 miles) into the atmosphere during the January 15 eruption that triggered huge tsunami waves. “We think the amount of […]

Headlines

Europe could be headed for pandemic ‘endgame’: WHO

Palace urges Filipinos to get booster shots, warns against disinformation on Covid vaccines and booster doses

PHL reports 29,828 more COVID-19 cases

Filipino Magsayo captures WBC featherweight title

Omicron ‘sub-variant’ throws up new virus questions

International

UAE intercepts two ballistic missiles fired by Yemen rebels: defense ministry

China lifts Xi’an lockdown as Beijing virus fight ramps up

Life

Peru races to save birds threatened by oil spill

Lab monkeys found, killed after fleeing US road crash

National

Parents urged to limit exposure of minors outdoors even in areas under alert level 2, 3

Palace urges Filipinos to get booster shots, warns against disinformation on Covid vaccines and booster doses

PHL reports 29,828 more COVID-19 cases

Filipino Magsayo captures WBC featherweight title

Metro

146 immigration personnel assigned to NAIA, Clark airport tested positive for COVID-19: Immigration bureau

PNP COVID-19 cases breach 47,000 mark

Provincial News

4.3-magnitude earthquake strikes off Davao Occidental

DOTr eyes start of PNR Bicol operations in 2027

International

Europe could be headed for pandemic ‘endgame’: WHO

UAE intercepts two ballistic missiles fired by Yemen rebels: defense ministry

China lifts Xi’an lockdown as Beijing virus fight ramps up

Tonga eruption equivalent to hundreds of Hiroshimas: NASA

Health

Omicron ‘sub-variant’ throws up new virus questions

Antibiotic-resistant superbugs killed 1.2 mn in 2019: study

Environment

Peru races to save birds threatened by oil spill

EU nations quarrel over whether nuclear, gas are ‘green’

News in Photos

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Scenes of destruction in Kabankalan, Negros Occidental in the aftermath of supertyphoon Odette

In photos: Concrete road in Surigao del Norte breaks into pieces as Typhoon Odette hits province

Donaire defends WBC title with body shot KO of Gaballo

PHL bet Beatrice Gomez makes it to top five, but fails to advance to top 3 of Miss Universe pageant