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(Eagle News) — A 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck off Surigao del Norte on Thursday, Dec. 9. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 8:18 a.m. It had its epicenter 30 kilometers northeast of Burgos. The depth of focus was eight kilometers. The following instrumental intensity was reported: Instrumental Intensity: Intensity I – Surigao City No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News) — The Philippines has included France in its “red” list over the Omicron threat. According to Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles, the ban on travelers from that country is effective 12:01 a.m. on December 10 and will end on December 15. Nograles said travelers who have been to France in the last 14 days who will arrive on any of the days from December 10 to 12 will be required to undergo facility-based […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Health has located one of the eight travelers from South Africa, where the Omicron variant was first announced. With the development, Health Undersecretary Ma. Rosario Vergeire said there are seven who remain unlocated. She said all are returning overseas Filipinos. According to the health official, the located traveler has so far tested negative for COVID-19 in the RT-PCR test. The person remains in home quarantine. The seven travelers who […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Embassy in Pretoria urged Filipinos in South Africa to remain calm amid the “challenging and uncertain times” brought about by COVID-19, including the Omicron threat. It urged them to “closely coordinate” with their agencies and employers on the rescheduling of their flights, following the travel ban imposed on travelers from South Africa by the Philippine government. It also urged them to seek assistance from their sponsors on the extension of […]
(Eagle News) — The University of the Philippines will not be administering its College Admissions Test for the academic year 2022 to 2023. In suspending the conduct of the UPCAT for the second consecutive year, UP, through Memorandum No. OVPAA 2021-158 released by the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs on November 18, cited “immense logistical challenge” of administering the test “in the UP campuses and 95 testing centers throughout the archipelago while […]
(Eagle News) — Inflation or the rate of increase in the prices of commodity goods and services over a period of time, clocked in at 4.2 percent in November, indicating slower growth in such prices. According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the 4.2 percent was slower than the 4.6 percent inflation rate recorded in October. With the 4.2 percent inflation rate, the PSA said the average inflation from January to November 2021 remained at 4.5 […]
(Eagle News) — The eight travelers from South Africa who have yet to be located were unresponsive or provided wrong or incomplete details on their personal information sheets. In an interview, Health Undersecretary Ma. Rosario Vergeire said of the eight, four listed down their agencies’ contact numbers. However, the numbers cannot be reached. Meanwhile, one gave a mobile number but was lacking one figure. One gave an incomplete address, while two others were not responding […]
Three, including barangay official, nabbed (Eagle News) — Sulu police seized over P13 million worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation in Indanan, Sulu, and arrested a barangay official and two others. Quoting an Indanan Municipal Police station report, the Philippine National Police said the P13.6 million worth of shabu was seized from Ilahan Sabdain Yahya, 48 barangay kagawad of Gata-Gata, Panglima Estino; Muride Jarih Ahajan, 31; and Elmina Hamidan Unaid, 24; on Dec. […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a low pressure area off Mindanao. According to the weather bureau, the LPA was so far located 1,055 km east of Mindanao. Eastern Visayas, Caraga and Davao Region, as a result, will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms, also due to the shear line affecting the eastern section of Mindanao. Flash floods or landslides during moderate to at times […]
(Eagle News) — Eight travelers who arrived from South Africa—which first announced the detection of the Omicron variant–have yet to be located. According to Health Undersecretary Ma. Rosario Vergeire, the eight were among the 253 individuals who arrived in the country before the Philippines imposed restrictions on travelers from South Africa and other adjacent countries amid the Omicron variant threat. She said 80 have so far been located. Of these, she said 71 ROFs and […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines has logged an additional 571 Delta variant cases, pushing the total cases for such a variant to 7,848. According to Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire, apart from the additional Delta variant cases, one additional Beta variant and one additional Alpha variant were logged from the sequenced 629 samples. With the additional Beta and Alpha variant cases, the total Beta variant cases are now at 3,630 while the total Alpha variant […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Transportation commended one of its employees after he returned $10,000 or P500,000 he had found while cleaning at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Nov. 27. Transportation Secetary Art Tugade hailed janitor Jhun Telewik for his honesty and dedication to work as part of the airport workforce. Tugade asked for Telewik after he found out about what he did following an activity in Zamboanga. “Nabigyan ako ng puwang ngayon […]
