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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Taiwan will not send an official delegation to the opening or closing of the Beijing Winter Olympics due to China’s strict pandemic controls and flight disruptions, the self-ruled island’s governing body for sport said. The decision comes at a time when relations between Beijing and Taipei are at their lowest in decades with China ramping up military and economic pressure under President Xi Jinping. Taiwan’s Sports Administration said late Friday […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the promotion of nine Philippine Coast Guard captains. According to the PCG, the following have been promoted to Commodore upon the recommendation of Transportation Secretary Art Tugade: CG Captain Rommel A Supangan – Chief of Staff of Coast Guard Fleet CG Captain Marco Antonio P Gines – Commander of PCG District Eastern Visayas CG Captain Vivien Jane E Cay – Deputy Chief of Coast Guard Staff for […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases among police personnel rose to 47,994. According to the Philippine National Police, this was after 132 more cases were reported. Of the total cases, 1693 were active. Over 300–or 301–more COVID-19 recoveries were reported among police personnel, resulting in an increase in PNP COVID19 recoveries to 46175. No additional deaths were reported. The PNP COVID-19 death toll, therefore, remains at 126. President Rodrigo Duterte has said uniformed personnel, including policemen, […]
(Eagle News) — Over 100 Metro Rail Transit-3 employees received their COVID-19 booster shots on Thursday, Jan. 29, as added layers of protection against the virus. According to the MRT-3, the 130 employees from the MRT-3’s maintenance and its station and depot units received their shots at the East Avenue Medical Center. “Tinitiyak talaga natin na bakunado ang ating mga empleyado dahil tayo sa hanay ng MRT-3 ang araw-araw na sumasabak para magserbisyo sa mga […]
(Eagle News) — The shear line is affecting Northern Luzon. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Batanes, and Cagayan 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 partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms. Extreme […]
by Robbie COREY-BOULET Agence France Presse ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AFP) — Nearly 40 percent of people in Ethiopia’s Tigray are suffering “an extreme lack of food” in the face of an extended de-facto blockade of the war-hit region, a UN agency said Friday. The dire assessment published by the World Food Programme (WFP) comes as humanitarian groups are forced to increasingly curtail activities because of fuel and supply shortages, with aid having to be […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia’s population declined by more than one million people in 2021, the statistics agency Rosstat reported Friday, a historic drop not seen since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Ongoing demographic woes have been exacerbated by the pandemic with Rosstat figures showing more than 660,000 had died with coronavirus since health officials recorded the first case in the country. The new figures continue a downward trend from the previous year […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Moscow doesn’t want war but will not allow its interests to be ignored, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday as tensions continue to simmer over Ukraine. The West has accused Russia of massing 100,000 troops on the border with Ukraine and has threatened unprecedented sanctions if Moscow invades. “If it depends on Russia, there will be no war. We do not want wars,” Lavrov said in an interview with the […]
(Eagle News) — Facility-based quarantine is no longer required for international travelers and returning overseas Filipino workers who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 starting Feb. 1. According to Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, international travelers and ROFs, however, must still self-monitor for seven days from the date of their arrival in the country. They must also present an RT-PCR test that yields negative results within 48 hours prior to departure from the country of origin. […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Devastating floods that hit Malaysia in recent weeks caused about $1.4 billion in losses, with widespread damage to homes, businesses and factories, the country’s statistics department said on Friday. Heavy monsoon rains triggered the country’s worst flooding in years from mid-December to early January, with about 50 people killed and 125,000 forced from their homes. The disaster caused losses amounting to 6.1 billion ringgit ($1.45 billion), the government’s statistics […]
Total active cases rise slightly to 231,658 (Eagle News) – For the second straight day, new Covid-19 cases inched higher on Friday, January 28, as the Department of Health recorded 18,638 new cases. The new cases were slightly higher than Thursday’s number of 18,191, and Wednesday’s (Jan. 26) 15,789 cases. But this time, it broke the six-day streak of new recoveries exceeding new Covid cases because on Friday, there were only 13,106 new recoveries. From […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippines will re-open to fully vaccinated tourists from most countries on February 10 and lift quarantine requirements, officials said Friday, nearly two years after closing its borders to contain the coronavirus. Tourism operators across the archipelago nation famed for its beaches and dive spots have been devastated by a plunge in international visitors and restrictions on domestic travel. Their misery was worsened by a super typhoon that smashed into the […]
