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PAGASA monitoring LPA off Guiuan, Eastern Samar

Tropical depression off Itbayat, Batanes outside PAR also being monitored (Eagle News) — The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a low pressure area off Guiuan, Eastern Samar. According to the weather bureau, a tropical depression was also spotted 665 kilometers west northwest of Itbayat, Batanes, outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility. PAGASA said the tropical depression is moving northwestward at 15 kilometers per hour, packing maximum sustained winds of 45 kph. […]

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Philippines logs 3,047 new COVID-19 cases

(Eagle News)–The Philippines logged over 3,000 more COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, Aug. 3. According to the Department of Health, the additional 3047 cases pushed the total COVID-19 cases to 3785869. Of these, 31992 were active. Of the regions, Metro Manila registered the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in the last 14 days, with 14704. It was followed by Calabarzon with 9485, Central Luzon with 4478, Western Visayas with 2660, and Central Visayas with 1995. […]

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Three killed, six wounded in China kindergarten stabbing: police

Beijing, China | AFP Three people were killed and six others wounded in a knife attack Wednesday at a kindergarten in southeast China’s Jiangxi province. A “gangster wearing a cap and mask” stormed the private kindergarten in Anfu county at about 10:00 am local time (0200 GMT), police said in a statement published on China’s Twitter-like Weibo. The 48-year-old suspect is still at large, they added. “Public security organs are making every effort to hunt […]

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Pelosi: a long history of provoking China over human rights

    by Paul HANDLEY Agence France Presse US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has a long history of riling Beijing over democracy and human rights, whether by unveiling a banner on Tiananmen Square or in regular meetings with Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. Pelosi, the United States’ most powerful lawmaker, stoked fresh tensions in US-China relations Tuesday when she flew into Taiwan, the highest-ranked elected US official to visit the island in 25 […]

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First two cases of Omicron subvariant BA.2.75 or “Centaurus” detected in Philippines: DOH

(Eagle News) — The Philippines has detected its first two cases of the Omicron subvariant BA.2.75. According to Department of Health officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire, 1015 more cases of the Omicron subvariant BA.5 were also detected in all regions except Zamboanga Peninsula and Northern Mindanao. Six more people have  also tested positive for the BA.4 subvariant. Eighteen more were also found to carry the BA.2.12.1 subvariant. BA.2.75 According to Vergeire, the two who tested positive for […]

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Bankrupt Sri Lanka seeks urgent help to feed children

  COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AFP) — Sri Lanka issued an urgent appeal on Monday to tackle rapidly spreading malnutrition among children as its economic crisis leaves nine out of 10 people dependent on state handouts. The Ministry for Women and Child Affairs said they were seeking private donations to feed possibly several hundred thousand children wasting due to insufficient food. The bankrupt state, grappling with Sri Lanka’s worst economic crisis since independence, was unable to […]

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PBBM says PHL “has no intention of rejoining” ICC

Pres. Marcos Jr., says PHL already investigating drug-related killings that happened during Duterte administration   (Eagle News) — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said on Monday, Aug. 1, that the Philippines “has no intention of rejoining” the International Criminal Court (ICC). The decision came about after President Marcos Jr., convened his legal team to discuss what would be the strategy of his administration in dealing with the ICC. The ICC, through Prosecutor Karim Khan, had […]

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Indonesia, US begin ‘Super Garuda Shield’ military exercise

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Thousands of Indonesian and American troops began a two-week joint military exercise on Monday that Washington said aims to advance “regional cooperation in support of a free and open” Asia-Pacific region. The US and its Asian allies have expressed growing concern about China’s increasing assertiveness in the Pacific, but Washington said the drills were not aimed at any country even though they would be significantly larger than previous exercises. At least […]

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President Marcos appoints new AFP, PNP, NBI chiefs

(Eagle News) — President Bongbong Marcos has picked the new chiefs of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police and the National Bureau of Investigation. According to the Palace, the following have been appointed: Lt. Gen. Bartolome Vicente O. Bacarro as AFP chief of staff Police Lt. Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr. as PNP chief Medardo de Lemos as NBI director. Bacarro, who is a member of the Philippine Military Academy “Maringal” Class of […]

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Kentucky flood death toll hits 28 with more bodies expected

by Seth Herald Agence France-Presse JACKSON, United States (AFP) — Kentucky’s governor predicted bodies will continue to be found “for weeks” as the death toll from devastating flooding rose Sunday to 28 and rescuers embarked on a long and grueling effort to locate victims. Some areas in the mountainous region are still inaccessible following the flooding in the state’s east that turned roads into rivers, washed out bridges and swept away houses. Off-and-on rain plus […]

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Pelosi’s Asia tour set to kick off under Taiwan cloud

by Martin Abbugao Agence France-Presse SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi was expected to begin her Asia tour Monday in the shadow of diplomatic tensions with China, with no word yet if she will make a stop in Taiwan. Her reported plans to visit the island have sparked strong warnings from Beijing, and even unease in the White House with President Joe Biden trying to lower the temperature with China. […]

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Tropical Depression “Ester” exits PAR

(Eagle News)–Tropical Depression “Ester” has exited the Philippine Area of Responsibility. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, “Ester” exited PAR at 5 a.m. Metro Manila, Pangasinan, Zambales, Pampanga, Bataan , Bulacan, Cavite, Batangas, Occidental Mindoro and Palawan are still expected to have monsoon rains due to the southwest monsoon affecting the country. Visayas, Bicol Region, Zamboanga Peninsula, Northern Mindanao and the rest of Ilocos Region, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, and Mimaropa will […]

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