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by Jerome TAYLOR HONG, KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong announced a ban on passengers from more than 150 nations transiting its airport on Friday as China ramps up strict anti-virus travel measures ahead of the Winter Olympics. The move deepens Hong Kong’s global isolation and comes as Beijing battles to stamp out a flurry of Delta and Omicron outbreaks in the only major economy still pursuing a staunch zero-Covid strategy. Like mainland China, Hong […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia’s Java island on Friday, the United States Geological Survey said, as buildings were reported shaking in the capital Jakarta. The quake hit to the island’s southwest and at a depth of 37 kilometres (23 miles) at 0905 GMT, the USGS said. No tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, but the tremor was felt in the […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Friday his government cancelled Novak Djokovic’s visa to protect Australia’s hard-won gains against the Covid-19 pandemic. “Australians have made many sacrifices during this pandemic, and they rightly expect the result of those sacrifices to be protected,” Morrison said in a statement. © Agence France-Presse
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has rescheduled anew the conduct of the 2020/2021 bar examinations. 2020/2021 bar chair Associate Justice Marvic Leonen said the exams, which were supposed to take place on Jan. 23 and 25, were moved to Feb. 4 and 6 instead following results of an SC survey that showed 16.8 percent of the 8,546 bar examinees who responded to the SC email were either positive for COVID-19, living with someone positive […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea has fired an unidentified projectile eastward, South Korean and Japanese officials said Friday, the nuclear-armed country’s third suspected weapons test in just over a week. The new suspected test comes after the United States imposed new sanctions this week, prompting Pyongyang to vow never to give up its “right to self defense”. “North Korea fires unidentified projectile eastward,” Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Friday without giving further […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 3,129,512 on Friday, Jan. 14, after the Department of Health reported 37207 additional cases. According to the DOH, all laboratories were operational on Jan. 12 while eight did not submit data to the COVID-19 repository system. The DOH said of the total cases, 265509 were active. Of these, 8325 were asymptomatic, 252502 were mild, 2913 were moderate, 1469 were severe, and 300 were critical. The […]
Other areas also under the same alert level for the same period (Eagle News) — Metro Manila will remain under an Alert Level 3 until Jan. 31. According to the Palace, also under the alert level starting Jan. 16 are the following: Agusan del Norte Angeles City Aurora Baguio City Bataan Batangas Biliran Bohol Bukidnon Bulacan Cagayan Camarines Norte Catanduanes Cavite Cebu province City of Isabela in Region 9 Dagupan City Davao del Norte Davao […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The man convicted of shooting dead Robert Kennedy in 1968 will not be released from prison, after California Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday denied his request for parole. Sirhan Sirhan, now 77, has been behind bars for five decades — despite doubts that he fired the shots that likely changed the course of US politics. Kennedy, the younger brother of slain president John F. Kennedy, was campaigning for the […]
(Eagle News) — Classes in CALABARZON are suspended from January 17 to 29. The Department of Education-Region IV-A, which covers Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon, said the suspension that applies to all grade levels–whether attending classes physically or virtually–was the region’s “initiative for safe operations and well-being of stakeholders.” Mayor Jun Ynares of Antipolo, a part of Rizal, said in a Facebook post that in the city, the suspension applies to all levels in public […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Labor and Employment has suspended operations in its main office in Intramuros. According to the DOLE, also covered by the suspension of operations on Jan. 14 and Jan. 17 are the DOLE offices in Metro Manila. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III suspended work for the period noting “the increasing number of cases in the department” and the surge of COVID-19 cases in the National Capital Region. According to Bello, […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — A remote town in Western Australia has equalled the country’s hottest day on record, reporting a scorching 50.7 degrees Celsius (123.26 degrees Fahrenheit), the Bureau of Meteorology said. Such temperatures could become commonplace in Australia due to global warming, the country’s Climate Council warned. The coastal town of Onslow hit the blistering high on Thursday afternoon. “NEW Western Australian maximum temperature record and equal National temperature record!” the state’s Bureau of […]
by Isabel MALSANG Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) – Europe is seeking to expand its lithium mining and refining capacity and wean itself off imports as the “white gold” becomes a vital resource in the fight against climate change. Alongside nickel and cobalt, lithium allows electricity to be stored and transported, making them essential in electric battery production as car manufacturers move away from polluting fossil fuels. But Europe mostly depends on external sources for […]
