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(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration said it denied entry to over 1000 foreign nationals in 2021 after deeming their presence in the country to be inimical to national interest. Bureau Port Operations Division Chief Carlos Capulong said the 1,320 aliens who were refused entry were less than the over 3,000 foreign nationals who were intercepted in 2020. Capulong clarified, however, that the decline was expected with the travel bans imposed for the whole […]
Davao City topping other areas with high number of new Covid-19 cases on Jan. 24 alarms President Duterte (Eagle News) – The Philippines is now classified under high-risk classification from critical risk classification due to a decrease in the percentage of the two-week growth rate of Covid-19 cases, and daily reported cases on the national average. Health secretary Francisco Duque III noted the decrease in the country’s two-week Covid-19 growth rate to 178 percent, while […]
VIENNA, Austria (AFP) — Austria on Wednesday announced it was ending a lockdown for those unvaccinated as it prepares to become the first EU country to make Covid-19 jabs mandatory from next week. The government last November ordered those not vaccinated or recently recovered from coronavirus to stay at home with limited exceptions, such as going to work, as the country battled a surge in cases. But with intensive care units no longer at capacity, […]
by Jonathan BROWN MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia hit back Wednesday at US threats of direct sanctions against President Vladimir Putin, saying moves against the Russian leader would be ineffective and hurt efforts to lower tensions over Ukraine. Officials from France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine were set for talks in Paris on Wednesday in the latest bid to ease a crisis sparked by fears that Moscow is preparing an invasion of its pro-Western neighbour. The […]
New recoveries outnumber new Covid cases for fifth straight day (Eagle News) – The Department of Health reported 15,789 new Covid-19 cases and 32,712 new recoveries on Wednesday, January 26. Since January 22, there has been a decreasing trend in cases, thus the fifth straight day that new virus cases have been decreasing, and coincidentally the fifth day too that there are more Covid recoveries compared to new cases. Because of this, total active […]
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — An Indigenous community in Canada has identified nearly 100 “potential” graves at a residential school site, months after the discovery of hundreds of children’s remains at former boarding schools rocked the country. The Williams Lake First Nation (WLFN) community said on Tuesday that a geophysical survey revealed “93 reflections” with characteristics “indicative of potential human burials” at the former St. Joseph’s Mission residential school in British Columbia. Investigators “surveyed approximately […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A US appeals court on Tuesday upheld the conviction of Mexican drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman, rejecting his request for a new trial and keeping him in prison for life. Guzman was convicted in February 2019 of trafficking hundreds of tons of cocaine and other drugs into the United States over the course of 25 years, as well as money laundering and racketeering. He was later sentenced to […]
58.7 percent mula sa mga ito ang fully vaccinated na, 71.21 percent ang partially vaccinated Ni Madelyn Villar Moratillo Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Karamihan sa mga kabataang nasa edad 12 hanggang 17 sa bansa ay fully vaccinated na kontra Covid-19, ayon sa isang miyembro ng Philippine Vaccine Expert Panel. Sinabi ni Dr. Mary Ann Bunyi, na pangulo rin ng Pediatric Infectious Disease Society of the Philippines, na 58.7 percent o katumbas ng […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — LeBron James scored a team-high 33 points and Anthony Davis returned to spark the offense as the Los Angeles Lakers beat the short-handed Brooklyn Nets 106-96 on Tuesday in New York. James shot 14-of-21 from the floor and added seven rebounds and six assists for the Lakers, who have lost five of their last eight and are struggling to maintain a .500 win-loss record this season in the Western […]
NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga (AFP) — A coronavirus-hit Australian warship docked in Tonga on Wednesday, delivering desperately needed aid to the volcano-and-tsunami-struck nation under strict “no-contact” protocols. Tongan Health Minister Saia Piukala said the crew of the HMAS Adelaide would follow drastic health protocols to ensure the remote Pacific kingdom remains one of the few places in the world still free of Covid-19. “The ship will berth and no contacts will be made. Australians from the ship […]
by Lucie PEYTERMANN Agence France-Presse VANVESS, France (AFP) – A Syrian neighbourhood targeted by regime bombing lies in ruins, with bodies and broken toys poking out of the rubble; tall, grey buildings are reduced to crumbling, empty shells, their walls blown away or pockmarked by the blast. The scene, captured in devastating detail, has been created by artist Khaled Dawwa, a Syrian exile and prison survivor who now works in France. In his colossal work […]
by Pierre DONADIEU Agence France-Presse KAFOLO, Ivory Coast (AFP) – Jihadist attacks in northern Ivory Coast have ramped up hostility towards the Fulani, a mainly Muslim ethnic group that some accuse of providing the bulk of the raiders. Friction and suspicion are almost palpable in Kafolo, a small town near the border with Burkina Faso where jihadists have struck twice in less than 18 months, killing 16 soldiers. The army has established a large camp […]
