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Chief executive garners high marks across classes (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte’s approval rating rose to 72%, making the chief executive the country’s ranking national official with the best performance this December, results of a recent Pulse Asia survey showed. President Duterte’s approval rating registered in the survey conducted from December 1 to 6 was an increase of 8 percentage points from the 64% approval rating he posted in September. Of the total 2400 […]
by Sebastian Smith with Anna Smolchenko in Moscow WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday warned his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin of a tough US response to any invasion of Ukraine, while the Kremlin leader said anti-Moscow sanctions would be a “colossal mistake.” After a 50 minute phone call — their second in just over three weeks — both presidents indicated support for further diplomacy on the tense standoff between Russia and […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Thousands of people were told to flee fast-moving wildfires in the US state of Colorado on Thursday, as flames tore through areas desiccated by a historic drought. Powerlines toppled by gusting winds sparked a number of small blazes which took hold of the tinder-dry landscape in Boulder County. The 20,000-strong city of Louisville, along with the 13,000 residents of Superior have been told to get out, with the National […]
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Canada’s Quebec province on Thursday announced a nighttime curfew ahead of New Year’s Eve celebrations as Covid cases across the country soar. Several provinces in recent days introduced stricter gathering limits, while delaying students’ return to school after the Christmas holidays. Quebec Premier Francois Legault said the 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew would start on Friday, and that it was needed to slow a Covid-19 surge that is threatening to overwhelm […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin was satisfied with his phone call with Joe Biden but warned the US leader against introducing major sanctions amid tensions over Ukraine, the Kremlin said. Putin’s foreign policy adviser Yury Ushakov said the Kremlin was “pleased” overall with the talks, but said Putin warned Biden Moscow needed a concrete “result” from upcoming security talks and warned against introducing major sanctions. “This will be a colossal mistake. We […]
by AFP bureaus PARIS, France (AFP) — Millions around the world braced Thursday for drastically curtailed New Year celebrations as record coronavirus cases fuelled by the Omicron variant saw the WHO warn a Covid “tsunami” threatens to overwhelm healthcare systems. Coronavirus, first detected two years ago and declared a global pandemic in March 2020, has killed more than 5.4 million people, triggered economic crises and seen societies ricochet in and out of lockdowns. The latest […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A 61-year-old man suspected of starting a fire at a Japanese mental health clinic that claimed 25 lives died in hospital on Thursday, local media said. Morio Tanimoto had been in critical condition due to burns and carbon monoxide poisoning following the deadly attack in Osaka on December 17. Tanimoto, a former patient of the clinic, died without being interrogated by police, public broadcaster NHK said, citing investigative sources. An Osaka […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Residents in the locked-down Chinese city of Xi’an said they were struggling to find enough food, despite Beijing insisting Thursday that there were now adequate supplies. China has followed a strict “zero Covid” approach involving tight border restrictions and swift, targeted lockdowns since the virus first surfaced in a central city in late 2019. The country’s commerce ministry told reporters on Thursday that Xi’an’s 13 million residents — who were placed […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Health on Thursday, Dec. 30, called on the public to “act with utmost vigilance as if the highly transmissible Omicron variant is already here,” noting the doubling of newly-reported COVID-19 cases in the past two days. According to the DOH, despite the Philippines’ progress in vaccination, approximately 1.5 million senior citizens have yet to be vaccinated. It implored all families and caregivers to “facilitate immediate vaccination and boosting of all senior […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 2841260 on Thursday, Dec. 30, after the Department of Health reported 1623 additional cases. The additional cases are almost double the additional cases reported the day before. COVID-19 positivity rate also rose to 6.6%, an increase from Wednesday’s 4.5%, and above the World Health Organization’s acceptable threshold of 5%. According to the DOH, of the total cases, 11772 were active. Of these, 577 were asymptomatic, […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has signed Republic Act 11641 creating a Department of Migrant Workers. Under the law, the department will oversee all policies protecting the welfare of Overseas Filipino Workers, effectively assuming the functions in that regard of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration. The department, which shall be headed by a secretary and aided by four undersecretaries and assistant secretaries, will also formulate and promote policies aimed at the reintegration of OFWs […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has signed the P5.024-trillion national budget for 2022 into law. The President’s signing came 15 days after Congress ratified the same. The budget includes a P50-billion funding for COVID-19 vaccines and P50 billion for the Special Risk Allowances of medical frontliners. It also includes P22.9 billion for the improvement of health facilities and funding for the recovery of areas severely hit by Typhoon “Odette.” The Palace earlier said it was […]
