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New Delhi’s homeless shiver through harsh cold snap

by Archana THIYAGARAJAN Agence France-Presse NEW DELHI, India (AFP) – India’s capital New Delhi is shivering through an unusually harsh bout of winter cold, blamed for killing scores of homeless people and leaving other hard-up residents struggling to keep warm. The sprawling megacity’s 20 million inhabitants are accustomed to year-round weather extremes, from blistering summer heat to torrential downpours and thick, toxic smog at the end of autumn. Still, the bracing chill and blustery rains […]

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Ecuador monitoring oil leak threatening river in Amazon

QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) – Ecuador said it was monitoring the progress of an operation to clean up an oil leak in the Amazon jungle that threatens to pollute a river. Heavy rains caused a mudslide at Piedra Fina in the eastern Napo province on Friday. A rock struck and ruptured an oil pipeline resulting in the leak of a “huge quantity” of oil, a ministry official said on Saturday. The environment ministry said on Sunday […]

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NCR, 7 provinces under Alert Level 2 starting Tuesday, Feb. 1

Several areas placed under Alert Level 3 (Eagle News) — Metro Manila will revert to an alert level 2 starting February 1, Tuesday. According to Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, also under the alert level until Feb. 15 are Batanes, Bulacan, Cavite, Rizal in Luzon; Biliran and Southern Leyte in the Visayas; and Basilan in Mindanao. Meanwhile, the following areas will be under an alert level 3 during the same period: Cordillera Administrative Region: Abra, Apayao, […]

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PNP COVID-19 cases breach 48,000 mark

(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases among police personnel have breached the 48,000 mark. According to the Philippine National Police, this was after the 111 more COVID-19 cases have been reported. Of the total cases, 1597 were active. Over 200, or 207, more have recovered, pushing the total PNP COVID-19 recovery to 46,363. According to the PNP, no additional deaths were reported, which means the PNP COVID-19 death toll remains at 126. President Rodrigo Duterte has […]

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First-time seafarers can now get seaman’s book for free: DOTr

(Eagle News) — First-time seafarers can now get their seaman’s book for free. According to the Department of Transportation, this was after the Maritime Industry Authority, which is attached to the department, approved the proposal to remove the cost of obtaining the required book for the first time. Each book costs P1,000 to P1800. Meanwhile, seafarers who renew their seaman’s books will be given a 50% discount until December 2022, the DOTr said. “Ito ay […]

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Frontal system affecting extreme Northern Luzon: PAGASA

Cloudy skies, rains expected in parts of PHL (Eagle News) — The frontal system is affecting extreme Northern Luzon. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Batanes, and Cagayan, 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. Metro Manila and the rest of the country, meanwhile, will have […]

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Snow ‘bomb’ unleashes blizzard on eastern US

Blinding snow whipped up by near-hurricane force winds pummeled the eastern United States on Saturday, as one of the strongest winter storms in years triggered severe weather alerts, transport chaos and power outages across a region of some 70 million people. With multiple blizzard warnings in effect, cities like New York and Boston bore the brunt of the storm, which the National Weather Service (NWS) confirmed Saturday morning had intensified into a “bomb cyclone” — […]

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Powerful winter storm slams into eastern US

A powerful winter storm packing heavy snow and high winds pummeled the US East Coast Saturday, forcing the cancellation of thousands of flights as severe weather alerts were sounded across a region of around 70 million people. With blizzard warnings in effect, cities like New York and Boston bore the brunt of the storm Saturday morning, but the far-reaching system also hit the Mid-Atlantic. Freeze alerts were raised as far south as Florida, where the […]

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DOH reports less new Covid-19 cases at 17,382, and more recoveries at 35,382

Covid-19 positivity rate drops to 33.3 percent   (Eagle News) – The Philippines posted 17,382 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, January 29, which were less than the previous day’s 18,638. There were also higher new recoveries at 35,382, or more than double the number of new cases today. The improving numbers contributed to a decrease in the total number of Covid-19 active cases – 213,587 from Friday’s 231,658. The number of total active cases is […]

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PHIVOLCS: No tsunami threat to PHL following strong quake off Kermadec Islands region

(Eagle News) — There is no tsunami threat to the Philippines. This is according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, which issued the advisory following the 6.4-magnitude quake that struck the Kermadec Islands region north of New Zealand on Saturday, Jan. 29. According to PHIVOLCS, the quake hit at 10:46 a.m. It was at an approximate distance of 8472 kilometers from Manila. New Zealand’s National Emergency Management Agency has also said there was […]

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DFA reports 145 more COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad

(Eagle News) — Over 100 more COVID-19 cases have been reported among overseas Filipinos. According to recent Department of Foreign Affairs data, the additional 145 cases pushed the total COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad to 24,518. Thirty-nine more have recovered, pushing the COVID-19 recovery tally to 14480. The DFA said no additional deaths were reported, which means the death toll remains at 1458. According to the department, the total number of countries and territories with […]

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Thousands of flights canceled as Eastern US braces for winter storm

  NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Thousands of flights in the United States were canceled Saturday as parts of the East Coast braced for a shellacking by a powerful winter storm packing heavy snow and high winds. Places in the North East, including New York and Boston, were expected to bear the brunt of the far-reaching system, which is also predicted to pummel the Mid-Atlantic. Salt machines and snowplows were at the ready in […]

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