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HOUSTON, Texas (AFP) — A 13-year-old boy was driving a pickup truck that collided with a van carrying a college golf team in west Texas, killing nine people, officials said Thursday. Six members of the New Mexico-based University of the Southwest golf team were killed in Tuesday night’s crash along with their coach, according to police. The 13-year-old boy and his 38-year-old father who was riding in the pickup truck also died in the accident, […]
MEJILLONE, Chile (AFP) — When Chilean scientist Osvaldo Ulloa led an expedition 8,000 meters under the sea to an area where no human had ever been, his team discovered microscopic organisms that generated more questions than answers. The January submarine expedition dove into the Atacama Trench, created by the meeting of two tectonic plates in the eastern Pacific Ocean. “We pulled off the feat of taking humans into the trench where no other human being […]
by Sebastian Smith WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Joe Biden will warn his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Friday that he will face “costs” if Beijing rescues fellow authoritarian ally Russia from intense Western sanctions aimed at punishing Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The two leaders’ 9:00 am (1300 GMT) scheduled phone call, their first since a video summit in November, will be a chance to air differences as the United States spearheads an […]
APIA, Samoa (AFP) — The Pacific island nation of Samoa sealed its borders Friday as it prepares to enter a nationwide lockdown after recording its first case of Covid-19 in the community. The government issued an emergency order suspending all international travel by air and sea in the wake of the positive case, which was detected Thursday on the main island of Upolu. The nation of about 200,000 has been one of the few places […]
(Eagle News) — The number of unemployed Filipinos went down to 2.93 million in January 2022. According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, this was 1.04 million less than the figure reported in January of 2021. The employment situation in the country for the first month of 2022 also improved, according to the PSA, from 91.2 percent in January 2021 to 93.6 percent this year. This translates to 43.02 million people in January 2022, a 1.77 […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine National Police has logged 17 additional COVID-19 cases, it said on Friday, March 18. With the additional cases, PNP data showed the total PNP COVID-19 cases were now at 20. Two recoveries pushed the total PNP COVID-19 recoveries to 48705. No additional deaths were reported. The PNP COVID-19 death toll therefore remains at 128. Metro Manila is under a COVID-19 alert level 1. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III has said the alert […]
(Eagle News) — The easterlies are affecting Southern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, Metro Manila, as a result, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms. The rest of the country will also experience the same conditions. Northern and Central Luzon, PAGASA said, will have light to moderate winds and slight to moderate coastal waters. The rest of the country will […]
Metro Manila with 2,179 new COVID-19 cases logged in recent 14 days, DOH data shows (Eagle News) –COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 3,672,661 on Thursday, March 17, after the Department of Health reported 598 more cases on that day. According to the DOH, of the regions, Metro Manila had the most COVID-19 cases added in the last 14 days, with 2179. It was followed by Region 5A with 1,114; Region VI or Western […]
by Sebastian Smith and Frankie Taggart Agence France Presse Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelensky made a desperate appeal for help against Russia to the US Congress on Wednesday, and within hours of the speech, President Joe Biden responded by promising $1 billion in new weapons to fight “war criminal” Vladimir Putin’s invading army. The Ukrainian president’s video address from embattled Kyiv, bolstered by a montage of horrific TV footage of Ukrainian civilians under Russian assault, […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Oil prices soared Thursday on tensions surrounding key producer Russia, as equities diverged with traders tracking interest rate decisions, the Ukraine conflict and China’s pledge to support volatile markets. The price of benchmark oil contract, Brent North Sea crude, jumped more than five percent to return above $100 per barrel after Russia rejected a ruling from the UN’s top court to suspend its Ukraine offensive. “Russia’s invasion is still […]
Claims suspending fuel excise tax would largely benefit the rich (Eagle News) – Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said that the government expects to collect P147 billion in taxes this year from fuel, particularly P131.4 billion in excise taxes and P15.8 billion in VAT or value added tax. The funds to be generated from these taxes would be used for the government’s ‘Build, Build, Build” projects, and for the salaries of government employees, including […]
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) — The death toll from a cyclone that lashed northern Mozambique last week has risen to 53, authorities in the northern Nampula province said. The last official toll was 22 but 31 more bodies have been found in Mossuril district in the wake of Cyclone Gombe, local authorities said late Wednesday. The area on the Indian Ocean coast is largely inaccessible now as road links have been disrupted by felled […]
