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PAGASA: Northeast monsoon affecting N. Luzon

(Eagle News) — The northeast monsoon is affecting Northern Luzon. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, Batanes and Babuyan Islands will have cloudy skies with rains as a result. Flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, and the rest of Cagayan Valley, meanwhile, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains. Metro Manila and the rest […]

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Rescued condors spread wings in Chilean Andes

by Pablo COZZAGLIO / Alberto PEÑA Agence France-Presse PARQUE NACIONAL PATAGONIA, Chile (AFP) – Pumalin and Liquine, two juvenile condors rescued from certain death, have been released back into the wild in a much-needed boost for a dwindling species emblematic of the Chilean Andes. After 14 months of rehabilitation, the pair of scavengers were freed last week in the Patagonian National Park in Chile’s extreme south, where every individual counts for a species listed by […]

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Controversy as UK pushes ‘anti-woke’ schools guidance

by Jitendra JOSHI Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) – Britain’s government on Thursday stoked controversy by issuing new schools guidance that urges teachers to avoid “contested” areas in history, anti-racism and climate change. The guidance, which singles out the activist group Black Lives Matter, comes with Prime Minister Boris Johnson fighting for his political survival and accused of trying to distract voters’ attention by pushing an “anti-woke” agenda. Citing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the […]

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Swiss president tests positive as Covid rules lifted

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — President Ignazio Cassis has tested positive for Covid-19, the government said on Thursday — the same day Switzerland lifted almost all remaining coronavirus restrictions despite high case numbers. Wednesday’s “test came back positive and the president went into self-isolation this morning as soon as he learned of the test result,” a government statement said. “Mr Cassis has no symptoms and is in good health.” The former cantonal doctor, aged 60, who […]

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Japan eases virus border rules for workers, students

  TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan will ease its strict virus border rules to allow students and businesspeople into the country from March, but tourists will still be barred, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday. The move comes with growing pressure on Japan from the business community and academics to loosen the border restrictions, which are the toughest in the G7 but have broad support from Japanese voters. Japan has barred tourists since the early […]

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DOH reports 2,196 new COVID-19 cases, 107 more deaths

(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 3,646,793 on Thursday, Feb. 17, after the Department of Health reported 2196 other cases. According to the DOH, of the total cases, 66588 were active. Of these, 1090 were asymptomatic, 60848 were mild, 2913 were moderate, 11428 were severe, and 309 were critical. Recoveries rose to 3,524,875 with the additional 4409 recoveries. Over 100, or 107, more deaths were reported, pushing the total COVID-19 deaths […]

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PHL starts preparing for transition to “new normal”; DOH eyes house-to-house vaccination campaign

New normal roadmap to be presented by March to President Duterte (Eagle News) – The Philippines has started to prepare for the transition to the new normal as the government intensifies its vaccination campaign, moving towards house-to-house vaccination as a strategy to reach the unvaccinated population. Malacanang said that “Alert Level 1” is considered the new normal amid the continuing pandemic. To attain this, the government needs to prioritize the vaccination of the elderly which […]

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Storm halts rail, air travel in Germany

FRANKFURT, Germany (AFP) — A heavy storm swept across Germany on the night of Wednesday into Thursday, grounding flights and trains and forcing schools in several states to close. Police warned residents to stay home and avoid parks or forests, as gale-force winds whipped in from the north of the country. The strongest winds were felt on Brocken, the highest point in the Harz highlands in central Germany, with speeds of up to 152 kilometres […]

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Rescuers scour for survivors after Brazil floods, landslides kill 94

by Louis GENOT / Florian PLAUCHEUR PETROPOLIS, Brazil (AFP) — Rescue workers raced against the clock Wednesday searching for any remaining survivors among mud and wreckage after devastating flash floods and landslides hit the picturesque Brazilian city of Petropolis, killing at least 94 people. Streets were turned into torrential rivers and houses swept away Tuesday when heavy storms dumped a month’s worth of rain in three hours on the scenic tourist town in the hills […]

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$600 million pledged for Haiti earthquake relief

PORT-AU- PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — The international community pledged $600 million Wednesday to help rebuild Haiti’s devastated south, where an earthquake killed more than 2,200 people six months ago. “These contributions went well above our expectations,” said Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry, after the conclusion of an international summit in Port-au-Prince. With a total estimated cost of $2 billion over four years to build back the areas hardest hit by the August 14 earthquake, the […]

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Mexico’s nature defenders put lives on line

by Jennifer Gonzalez Covarrubias Agence France-Presse OCAMPO, Mexico (AFP) – In the fir forests of Mexico, one of the world’s most dangerous countries for environmentalists, the legacy of butterfly defender Homero Gomez lives on two years after his suspected murder. Despite the dangers of standing up to illegal loggers, fellow conservationists continue Gomez’s work guarding the El Rosario monarch butterfly sanctuary in Mexico’s central highlands. The agricultural engineer dedicated much of his life to protecting […]

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Lakers rally to beat Jazz after Davis hurt, Nuggets stun Warriors

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Anthony Davis went down hard but LeBron James picked up the Los Angeles Lakers and carried them to a 106-101 NBA victory over the Utah Jazz on Wednesday. James scored 15 of his 33 points in the fourth quarter, when the Lakers erased a 12-point deficit. James keyed the comeback, his contribution including a huge dunk off a pass from Russell Westbrook that put the Lakers up by two […]

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