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(Eagle News) — Pasig Mayor Vico Sotto has tested positive for COVID-19. The mayor made the announcement in a Facebook post. He said, so far, he was experiencing sore throat, fever, and body aches. He said he would continue working remotely while in isolation for seven days. Sotto urged the public to take care, and ensure a strengthened immune system. He also urged the public to be responsible. “Kung may sintomas wag na munang lumabas,” […]
(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies and rains are expected in parts of the country on Sunday, Jan. 16. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms, in particular, are expected in Mindanao due to the shear line affecting the eastern section of Mindanao. PAGASA said flash floods or landslides during moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Meanwhile, Cagayan Valley, Bicol Region, Apayao, Kalinga, […]
by Alfred Acenas and Arianne Torres (EBC Hawaii-Pacific) HONOLULU (Eagle News) – A powerful underwater volcanic eruption and 7.6-magnitude earthquake shook the Tonga Islands at 4:26am local time on Saturday, January 15. A tsunami warning was soon issued for all of Tonga by the island nation’s meteorological services agency. Local resident Dr. Faka’iloatonga Taumoefolau took to social media to post photographs of the volcano’s violent eruption and waves crashing ashore. He also described the […]
TOKYO, Jan 15, 2022 (AFP) – Three people were stabbed outside the prestigious University of Tokyo ahead of nationwide college entrance exams Saturday, with police saying they had arrested a high-schooler for allegedly carrying out the attack. The victims included an 18-year-old boy, a 17-year-old girl and a 72-year-old man, police said. “We arrested a 17-year-old male student for allegedly slashing in the back (of the three) with the intent to kill,” a Tokyo police […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 3,168,379 after the Department of Health reported a new record 39,004 additional cases. According to the DOH, all laboratories were operational on January 13, 2022 while eight labs did not submit data to the COVID-19 Document Repository System. Of the total cases, 280813 were active. Of these, 8928 were asymptomatic, 267185 were mild, 2925 were moderate, 1472 were severe, and 303 were critical. Recoveries rose […]
NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga, Jan 15, 2022 (AFP) – Large waves crashed ashore in Tonga Saturday after a massive volcanic eruption that was heard in neighbouring countries triggered the area’s second tsunami in as many days. “A 1.2 metre tsunami wave has been observed at Nukualofa,” Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology tweeted. The maximum tsunami wave recorded following Friday’s explosion was 30 centimetres. The latest eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano came just a few hours after […]
(Eagle News) — Classes in some schools in Pampanga are suspended from Jan. 17 to 21. According to the Department of Education Schools Division Office in Pampanga, the suspension that applies to all public schools in the province was “to allow for health break and recuperation of our teachers and learners amid the surge of flu and Covid-19.” “Private schools, in consultation with their respective parents’ associations, may exercise their own direction relative to the […]
(Eagle News) — Over 300 more COVID-19 cases have been reported among police personnel. According to the Philippine National Police, the additional 390 cases pushed the total PNP COVID-19 total to 45321. Of these, 4028 were active. Recoveries rose to 41168 with the additional 129 recoveries. The PNP COVID-19 death toll remains at 125, with no additional deaths reported. Health Undersecretary Ma. Rosario Vergeire has said the surge in COVID-19 cases in the country was […]
Rest of PHL affected by northeast monsoon, weather bureau says (Eagle News) — The shear line is affecting the eastern section of Mindanao. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, the northeast monsoon is also affecting the rest of the country. PAGASA said Northern Mindanao, Caraga, SOCCSKSARGEN, Davao Region, and BARMM, as a result, will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides during moderate to at […]
(Eagle News) – The New Era University announced a university-wide recovery break from Monday, January 17, to Saturday, January 22, in connection with the Commission on Higher Education’s earlier pronouncement on various schools’ initiatives to go on academic break amid the surge in COVID-19 cases. In an announcement on Friday, January 14, 2022, NEU said that the Jan. 17 to 22 “recovery break” would be implemented in all levels and in all branches of […]
Travelers from red-listed countries can enter PHL upon negative RT-PCR within 48 hours from leaving their country, and strict quarantine, testing protocols Bares latest country-risk classifications from January 16 to 31, 2022 (Eagle News) – Malacanang announced the latest country risk classification that would take effect from January 16 to 31, 2022 where 14 countries and territories including Canada, Saudi Arabia and Spain had been placed under the Red List. The Palace also announced that […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — North Korean hackers stole around $400 million worth of cryptocurrency through cyberattacks on digital currency outlets last year, blockchain data platform Chainalysis said on Thursday. Pyongyang is under multiple international sanctions over its atomic bomb and ballistic missile developments but analysts say the North has also built up its cyber capabilities with an army of thousands of well-trained hackers who extract finances to fund the state’s weapons programs. In 2021, […]
