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(Eagle News) — Authorities destroyed P5.2 million worth of marijuana plants in a three-day operation in Davao del Sur over the weekend, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, also arrested during the operation was Lima Cansing, whom the authorities identified as the cultivator of the more or less 26,350 food-grade marijuana plants seized in barangay Bolol Salo in Kiblawan. All marijuana plants with an estimated street value of P5,270,000. were uprooted, the […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines logged 3,572 additional COVID-19 cases from March 14 to March 20, the Department of Health said on Monday, March 21. According to the DOH, over 600, or 655, additional deaths were also reported. Over 800, or 805, severe and critical cases are currently admitted in hospitals. “Pinapaalalalahan ang lahat na huwag maging kampante sa banta ng COVID-19. Bagkus, dapat natin ipagpatuloy ang tamang pagsunod sa minimum public health standards sa […]
(Eagle News) — Around 1.8 million people were vaccinated during Part 4 of the country’s last national vaccination campaign, Bayanihan, Bakunahan” that ended on March 18. The phase 4 of the nationwide vaccination campaign became a one-week event with the extension of the “Bayanihan, Bakunanahan.” The event which started on March 10 was supposed to end on March 12, but was extended until Friday, March 18. Dr. Kezia Rosario, co-lead ng National Vaccination Operations […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — A China Eastern passenger jet carrying 133 people has crashed in southwest China with an unknown number of casualties, state broadcaster CCTV reported Monday. The Boeing 737 plane crashed in the rural countryside near Wuzhou city, Guangxi region and “caused a mountain fire”, CCTV said, adding that rescue teams were dispatched to the scene. © Agence France-Presse
Rollback was in reaction to decrease in oil prices in world market last week (Eagle News) – Philippine oil companies are set to implement a price rollback of P11.45 price for diesel and P5.45 per liter for gasoline on Tuesday, March 22, in the first ever fuel price reduction this year after 11 straight weeks of price hikes. Kerosene prices will also be reduced by P8.55 per liter. Oil companies already issued their advisories […]
MEDAN, Indonesia (AFP) — Twenty-six passengers reported missing when a fishing boat carrying undocumented migrant workers sank off the coast of Indonesia have been found alive, some after drifting for two days, officials said Monday. Two of the vessel’s 86 passengers, who were seeking work in neighboring Malaysia, were killed when it capsized Saturday, said Rully Ramadhiansyah, spokesman for the Belawan naval base on Sumatra island. The captain and three crew members all survived. “We […]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — Wild storms lashed New Zealand’s North Island Monday, claiming at least four lives when a fishing vessel sank and causing chaos in the country’s biggest city Auckland, officials said. Four bodies were recovered and another person was missing after a chartered fishing boat went down off the remote Northland coast late Sunday, police said, with five survivors stable after being plucked from the raging seas. The military sent two air […]
by Su Xinqi HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong is set to resume international flights from the United States, Britain and seven other countries, the government said Monday as it announced a loosening of some of the world’s toughest Covid-19 restrictions. The finance hub has struggled to maintain China’s zero-Covid policy during an Omicron-fuelled outbreak. After the highly transmissible variant fuelled a fresh wave of cases in January, authorities quickly put in place flight […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) – The United Nations began a monitoring mission on the Great Barrier Reef Monday, assessing whether the World Heritage site is being protected from climate change as it suffers further widespread bleaching. Higher-than-average temperatures have again caused severe bleaching in parts of the reef, authorities confirmed last week, dashing hopes a cooler La Nina summer could spare corals from another season of heat damage. UNESCO’s mission will assess whether the Australian government […]
(Eagle News) — A rainfall advisory has been raised over parts of Southern Luzon and Mindanao. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, light to moderate to at times heavy rain showers with lightning and strong winds are being experienced over Sorsogon, Masbate (Balud, Mandaon, Aroroy), and Northern Samar (Lapinig, Gamay, Mapanas, Las Navas). Light to moderate to at times heavy rains, meanwhile, are observed in Zamboanga del Norte (Manukan, Pres. Manuel […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Joe Biden will travel to Poland on Friday to meet with President Andrzej Duda for discussions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the White House said Sunday. “The President will discuss how the United States, alongside our Allies and partners, is responding to the humanitarian and human rights crisis that Russia’s unjustified and unprovoked war on Ukraine has created,” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement. […]
DOHA, Qatar (AFP) – Germany has committed to “fast track” the construction of two liquefied natural gas terminals as part of a new long-term deal with Qatar as it looks to reduce dependence on Russian gas, the Gulf state said Sunday. Economic Affairs Minister Robert Habeck secured the accord during talks in Doha with its emir and energy minister who have been pressing European nations to strike long-term deals to guarantee their supplies. European states […]
