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by Florence GOISNARD FRANCO DA ROCHA, Brazil (AFP) — Knee-deep in the mud left by a horrific landslide in southeastern Brazil, dozens of rescue workers and volunteers raced Monday to find any remaining survivors before it was too late. Floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains have killed at least 24 people, including eight children, since Friday in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil’s industrial hub and home to 46 million people. In the city […]
(Eagle News) — Over 800 areas in the country are under a granular lockdown, according to the Philippine National Police. The PNP said of the total 884 areas, 406 were in Cordillera, 292 in Ilocos, and 152 in Cagayan. There are 14 areas in the National Capital Region that are under a granular lockdown and 12 in Zamboanga. Eight areas in Mimaropa, meanwhile, are under granular lockdown. The PNP said 2,359 people have been affected […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases among overseas Filipinos have risen to 24768. According to Department of Foreign Affairs data, this was after 250 more cases were reported from consular posts. Sixty-four more have recovered, pushing the COVID-19 recovery tally among Filipinos abroad to 14544. One more fatality was reported, bringing the total COVID-19 deaths to 1459. According to DFA data, the Middle East and Africa are still the regions with the most COVID-19 cases, recoveries, […]
WASHINGTON, D.C., United States (AFP) – The US government announced Monday it wants to revive a regulation limiting air emissions of mercury and other toxic substances from fossil fuel-fired power plants that had been undermined by the previous administration. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) “is proposing to reaffirm that it is appropriate and necessary to regulate emissions of hazardous air pollutants from coal- and oil-fired power plants,” the agency said in a statement. In May […]
(Eagle News) — The northeast monsoon is affecting Luzon. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, as a result, Bicol Region and the provinces of Northern Samar, Eastern Samar and Samar will have cloudy skies with rains. Flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Cagayan Valley, Aurora, and Quezon, meanwhile, will have cloudy skies with light rains. Metro Manila and the rest Luzon, the weather […]
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) – An oil spill in eastern Ecuador has reached a nature reserve and polluted a river that supplies water to indigenous communities, the country’s environmental ministry said Monday. Nearly two hectares (five acres) of a protected area of the Cayambe-Coca national park have been contaminated, as well as the Coca river — one of the biggest in the Ecuadoran Amazon, the ministry said in a statement. The park of some 400,000 hectares […]
MARSEILLE, France (AFP) – French authorities said Monday they would begin testing limited daily permits to visit one of the most pristine coves near the Mediterranean city of Marseille, where summer crowds have sharply increased erosion risks. The high cliffs and sapphire-blue waters at the Sugiton pebble beach are a main tourist draw for the Calanques National Park, not least because other areas of the forest reserve are often closed due to fire risks. Some […]
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) – A sub-variant of the highly contagious Omicron coronavirus strain is even more infectious than the original version, according to a Danish study published on Monday. Sub-variant BA.2 — also called “stealth Omicron” — was detected earlier this year and has displaced the first Omicron variant, known as BA.1, as the dominant strain in Denmark. A person infected with BA.2 has a 39 percent chance of transmitting the virus to someone else […]
by Kelly MACNAMARA Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) – Climate change is on track to ramp up the annual cost of US flood damage more than 25 percent by 2050, according to new research Monday that warns disadvantaged communities will likely bear the brunt of the financial burden. The study published in the journal Nature Climate Change used new flood models to map out the present and future impact of sea level rise, tropical cyclones and […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Monday that it has granted full approval to Moderna’s Covid-19 “Spikevax” vaccine, which had previously received an emergency use authorization in the United States. “The public can be assured that Spikevax meets the FDA’s high standards for safety, effectiveness and manufacturing quality required of any vaccine approved for use in the United States,” acting FDA commissioner Janet Woodcock said in a statement. […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Researchers estimate there are significantly more species of trees on Earth than currently known, with more than 9,000 species yet to be discovered, according to a study published Monday. “Estimating the number of tree species is essential to inform, optimize, and prioritize forest conservation efforts across the globe,” said the study, which was published in the US National Academy of Sciences journal PNAS and involved dozens of scientists. About 64,100 […]
Medical certificate stating passenger is no longer infectious needed, says Palace (Eagle News) – Internationally arriving Filipino travelers who recently recovered from Covid-19 but still tested positive in RT-PCR pre-departure tests could now enter the Philippines, according to Malacanang on Monday, January 31. What a traveler or passenger has to present is a “medical certificate issued by a licensed physician stating that the traveler has completed the mandatory isolation period, and is no longer […]
