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DOH targets to vaccinate 15.5 million kids aged 5 to 11 for entire immunization rollout (Eagle News) – Children aged five to 11, both those with comorbidities or those with no comorbidities, could get vaccinated during the pilot run of the vaccination of minors in this age group from February 4 to 11, 2022, the Department of Health said. Health Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje said that they target to vaccinate 15.5 million kids in this […]
(Eagle News) — The frontal system is affecting the eastern section of Central Luzon. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, Aurora, Quezon and Bicol Region, as a result, will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. PAGASA said Cagayan Valley will also have cloudy skies with light rains. Metro Manila and the rest Luzon will […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) – A United Nations report seen Sunday says the Taliban and its allies allegedly killed more than 100 former Afghan government members, security personnel and people who worked with international forces. The report, an advance copy of which was seen by AFP, describes severe curtailing of human rights by Afghanistan’s new fundamentalist rulers. In addition to the political killings, women’s rights and the right to protest have also been curbed. […]
by Francisco JARA Agence France-Presse LIMA, Peru (AFP) – The oil spill off the coast of Peru sparked by a volcanic eruption thousands of miles away is twice as big as previously reported, the government said Friday. The announcement came hours after a court banned four directors from the Spanish oil company Repsol, which owns the refinery where the accident took place, from leaving the country for 18 months. Environment Minister Ruben Ramirez told reporters […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James missed his third consecutive NBA contest on Sunday with left knee soreness . Lakers coach Frank Vogel gave the status update before the Lakers’ game Sunday in Atlanta, saying James was in Los Angeles to begin treatment for the injury. Vogel said an MRI exam showed general swelling and that James would be out as long as the knee is swollen, but could […]
RAYONG, Thailand (AFP) – Oil washing up on a beach on Thailand’s east coast could be the “nail in the coffin” for pandemic-hit hotels and restaurants, local hospitality businesses said Saturday. The Thai navy and pollution experts are scrambling to clean up Tuesday night’s spill in the Gulf of Thailand where at least 60 tonnes of crude leaked about 20 kilometres (12 miles) off the coast of Rayong province. Crews in yellow plastic protective suits […]
by Jack McBrams with Aunicio DA SILVA in Nampula Agence France-Presse LILONGWE, Malawi (AFP) – Torrential rains from deadly Tropical Storm Ana subsided on Friday leaving tens of thousands of people across three countries in southern Africa cut off by flood damage, without power and living in shelters. The death toll stood at 86 across Madagascar, Mozambique and Malawi, as rescue crews battled on to access regions where roads and bridges had washed away. In […]
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) — Torrential rains in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state between Friday and Sunday left at least 18 people dead, authorities said. “Since last Friday, the turmoil caused by the bad weather caused 18 deaths, including seven children and left around 500 people without homes or displaced,” said the Sao Paulo state government, citing the Civil Defense body. After flying over affected areas, governor Joao Doria announced he was releasing 15 million reales […]
ATHENS, Greece (AFP) – An ailing young whale found near the coast of Athens in a rare sighting has returned to deeper waters after receiving medication, Greek officials said on Saturday. The male Cuvier’s beaked whale is now swimming near the southern island of Salamis, deputy environment minister Georgios Amyras told state TV ERT, adding that its condition remained precarious. The dolphin-like whale, which normally lives in waters more than 1,000 metres (3,280 feet) deep, […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea confirmed it had fired a Hwasong-12 “mid-range ballistic missile”, state media reported Monday, the first time it has tested a weapon that powerful since 2017. Seoul’s military said it had detected the launch Sunday of an intermediate-range ballistic missile — Pyongyang’s seventh weapons test in January. North Korea has never test-fired this many missiles in a calendar month before and last week threatened to abandon a nearly five-year-long […]
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — A “Freedom Convoy” of trucks joined by thousands of demonstrators brought Ottawa to a virtual standstill for a second day Sunday to protest Canada’s vaccine mandates, as other sympathetic truckers blocked a border highway into the United States. “This afternoon, a large presence of police continues throughout the downtown core and the movement of protestors and trucks continues to be managed,” the Ottawa police said in a statement. “These high-risk situations […]
by Yann SCHREIBER Agence France-Presse CHAK TWENTY-SIX SP, Pakistan (AFP) – Agriculture entrepreneurs are bringing the digital age to Pakistan’s farmers, helping them plan crops better and distribute their produce when the time is right. Until recently, “the most modern machine we had was the tractor”, Aamer Hayat Bhandara, a farmer and local councillor behind one such project told AFP in “Chak 26”, a village in the agricultural heartland of Punjab province. Even making mobile […]
