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(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 3,661,049 on Sunday, Feb. 27, after the Department of Health reported 1038 additional cases. According to the DOH, of the total cases, 52961 were active. Of these, 556 were asymptomatic, 47910 were mild, 2780 were moderate, 1417 were severe, and 298 were critical. Almost 2000, or 1999, more recoveries were reported, pushing the total recoveries to 3551687. Fifty-one additional deaths were reported, pushing the COVID-19 […]
(Eagle News) — Metro Manila and 38 other areas in the country were placed under Alert Level 1 effective Tuesday, March 1, Malacanang said. The announcement was made on Sunday, February 27, after the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) approved placing the National Capital Region under Alert Level 1 from March 1, 2022 until March 15, 2022. Other areas in Luzon placed under Alert Level 1 from March 1 to 15, 2022 are the following: • […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Exclusion from SWIFT, a very discreet but important cog in the machinery of international finance, is one of the most disruptive sanctions the West has deployed against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. The move had been threatened in recent weeks by the United States, the European Union and other Western allies as a means of escalating punishment of Russia for its aggressions against its ex-Soviet neighbour. On Saturday, as […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Western allies on Saturday agreed on a new volley of financial sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, including taking the key step of banishing a number of Russian banks from the SWIFT interbank system. In a joint statement, the White House said the group of world powers were “resolved to continue imposing costs on Russia that will further isolate Russia from the international financial system and our […]
(Eagle News) — The first group of Filipino evacuees from Ukraine arrived in Poland over the weekend, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. The DFA said the evacuees were welcomed by Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr., after attending the European Union Ministerial Forum for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific in Paris. The department said the DFA chief welcomed the evacuees on board a bus. Food and bottled water were also distributed to the evacuees. According […]
(Eagle News) — The easterlies are affecting the country. As a result, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. According to the weather bureau, the eastern sections of Central and Southern Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao and Northern Luzon will have moderate to strong winds […]
(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 3,660,020 after the Department of Health reported 1,223 additional cases. According to the DOH, of the total cases, 53,934 were active. Of these, 597 were asymptomatic, 48842 were mild, 2780 were moderate, 1417 were severe, and 298 were critical. Over 2000, or 2400, more recoveries were reported, pushing the total recoveries to 3549735. Over 100, or 128, more deaths were reported, pushing the total COVID-19 death toll […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Facebook on Friday restricted Russian state media’s ability to earn money on the social media platform as Moscow’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine reached the streets of Kyiv. “We are now prohibiting Russian state media from running ads or monetizing on our platform anywhere in the world,” Nathaniel Gleicher, the social media giant’s security policy head, said on Twitter. He added that Facebook would “continue to apply labels to […]
After Ukrainian forces said they had repulsed a Russian attack on their capital Saturday, President Volodymyr Zelensky shot a selfie-style video to vow to stay and fight on. “I am here. We will not lay down any weapons. We will defend our state, because our weapons are our truth,” he declared, denouncing as disinformation claims that he had surrendered or fled. “A lot of fake information has appeared on the internet saying that I allegedly […]
by Dave CLARK and Dmytro GORSHKOV Agence France Presse KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Ukrainian soldiers repulsed a Russian attack in the capital, the military said early Saturday, only hours after President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Moscow would attempt to take Kyiv before dawn. Russian leader Vladimir Putin unleashed a full-scale invasion on Thursday that has killed dozens of people, forced more than 50,000 to flee Ukraine in just 48 hours and sparked fears of […]
UN Photo/Mark Garten Security Council votes on draft resolution on Ukraine, 25 February 2022. Russia vetoed a UN Security Council resolution on Friday that would have demanded that Moscow immediately stop its attack on Ukraine and withdraw all troops, a move several Council members said was deplorable, but inevitable. Although Russia, a permanent member of the Council, refused to support the draft resolution, eleven of the 15-member UN body voted in favour while India, China and […]
The UN’s civil aviation body condemned on Friday the “violation” of Ukraine’s territory and airspace after Russia invaded. The 36 states on the International Civil Aviation Organization Council (ICAO) “condemned the violation of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of a United Nations Member State, including its airspace,” the agency said in a statement after a meeting of its governing body. It said the invasion also violated Article 1 of the Chicago Convention, which established […]
