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(Eagle News)–The Philippines logged over 3,000 more COVID-19 cases on Saturday, July 30. According to the Department of Health, the additional 3996 cases pushed the total COVID-19 cases to 3772468. Of these, 33509 were active. Of the regions, Metro Manila registered the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in the last 14 days, with 13837. It was followed by Calabarzon with 9069, Central Luzon with 4273, Western Visayas with 2482, and Central Visayas with 1725. […]
(Eagle News)–Tropical Depression “Ester” has accelerated while moving westward over the Philippine Sea east of extreme Northern Luzon. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, “Ester” was so far estimated 550 kilometers east of Itbayat, Batanes. It is packing maximum sustained winds of 45 kph and a gustiness of up to 55 kph, while moving at 20 kph. PAGASA said no tropical cyclone wind signal is currently raised in the country over […]
Rains expected over western part of Southern Luzon, including Metro Manila, and Visayas: PAGASA (Eagle News) — Tropical Depression “Ester” is forecast to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Saturday afternoon. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, so far, “Ester” is over the Philippine Sea off extreme Northern Luzon, packing maximum sustained winds of 45 kph near the center and a gustiness of up to 55 kph. It is moving […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck Ilocos Sur on Friday, July 29. The earthquake struck at 9:38 p.m., days after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit Abra. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the earthquake’s epicenter was five kilometers southeast of Magsingal. The depth of focus was eight kilometers. The following intensities and instrumental intensities were reported: Intensity Intensity IV – Bangued, Abra; Bantay, Ilocos Sur Instrumental Intensities: Intensity III – Vigan City and Sinait, […]
Metro Manila with 13461 new COVID-19 cases in last 14 days (Eagle News)–The Philippines logged over 4,000 more COVID-19 cases on Friday, July 30. According to the Department of Health, the additional 4127 cases pushed the total COVID-19 cases to 3768474. Of these, 32637 were active. Of the regions, Metro Manila registered the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in the last 14 days, with 13461. It was followed by Calabarzon with 8773, Central Luzon […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippine death toll due to the strong magnitude 7 quake that shook northern Luzon rose to six, with the number of injured also rising to 136, the country’s disaster agency said. There are still four missing persons as of Friday morning, July 29. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said the affected population by the strong quake and its aftershocks has also reached almost 80,000 coming […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines has recorded its first case of the monkeypox virus – a 31-year old Filipino who arrived from abroad on July 19, the Department of Health said on Friday, July 29. The patient also had prior travel to countries with confirmed monkeypox cases, according to Health Undersecretary Beverly Ho. The DOH official, however, did not reveal the gender of the Filipino who is now confirmed to be the first monkeypox case […]
by Natsuko Fukue Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — The assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe by a man resentful of the Unification Church has resurfaced years of controversy over the group. Police say Tetsuya Yamagami targeted Abe because he believed the former prime minister supported a “certain group” to which the man’s mother had made large donations. In a letter published by local media, Yamagami accused Abe of supporting the Unification Church […]
by Sebastian Smith Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping agreed to schedule their first in-person summit during a sometimes tense phone call Thursday where Xi warned the United States not to “play with fire” in Taiwan. Although this was their fifth phone or video call since Biden took office a year and a half ago, the summit would be their first in-person meeting as leaders. […]
Metro Manila with 13,135 new COVID-19 cases in last 14 days (Eagle News) — The Philippines registered over 3,000 more COVID-19 cases on Thursday, July 28. The 3,858 additional cases constitute the highest daily tally in the country since February. According to Department of Health data, the new cases pushed the total number of new COVID-19 cases to 3764346. Of these, 29897 were active. Of the regions, Metro Manila logged the highest number of new […]
(Eagle News) — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., inspected the damage done by the strong magnitude 7 quake that shook Abra last Wednesday, July 27, and visited some of the injured who were being treated in hospitals. During his visit to the quake’s epicenter in Abra on Thursday, July 28, the President also checked the condition of the provincial hospital and visited patients who were evacuated to the grounds of the hospital in the […]
18 more Omicron BA.4 subvariant cases, 15 additional BA.2.12.1 cases also monitored (Eagle News) — Nearly 900 additional cases of the Omicron subvariant BA.5 have been detected in the country, the Department of Health said. According to Health Undersecretary Beverly Ho, based on genome sequencing results covering July 22 to 26, also detected were 18 additional Omicron BA.4 subvariant cases. Fifteen additional Omicron subvariant BA.2.12.1 cases were also detected. BA.5 According to Ho, these additional […]
