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(Eagle News) — All passports which were scheduled for release before December 2020 but remain unclaimed on January 10, 2022 will be cancelled and disposed of. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs-Office of Consular Affairs, this was in accordance with DFA Department Order No. 2021-012 on the Disposal of Unclaimed and Spoiled Passports. The department said those who have yet to claim their passports, which were scheduled for release in December 2020 or earlier, […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Coast Guard has rescued two people off the waters of El Nido, Palawan after their plane crashed. According to the PCG, the passengers of RPC979, a Cessna owned by Aerohub, were taken to the Coast Guard Station El Nido following the incident on December 10. The aircraft was on its way to Sangley Point Airport in Cavite when it encountered engine trouble and crashed in the waters of Barangay Tinegueban. […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad rose to 24,222 after the Department of Foreign Affairs reported 32 additional cases. According to the DFA, 50 additional recoveries also pushed the total recoveries among Filipinos abroad to 14356. Five additional deaths led to an increase in the total number of deaths, now at 1443. According to the DFA, the Middle East and Africa are the regions with the most COVID-19 cases, recoveries, and deaths, among […]
(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies and rains are expected in parts of the Philippines. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, CALABARZON, Bicol Region, Eastern Visayas, Marinduque, and Romblon will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms due to the shear line affecting Southern Luzon. Flooding or landslides during moderate to heavy with at times intense rains are possible. Cagayan Valley, Apayao, Kalinga, Ifugao, Mt. Province, and Aurora, meanwhile, will […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Taiwan on Friday said it was investigating whether a mouse bite may have been responsible for a worker at a high-security laboratory testing positive for the coronavirus, the island’s first local infection in weeks. Health officials are scrambling to work out how a female employee at Academia Sinica, Taiwan’s top research institute, contracted the virus last month. Thanks to largely closed borders and strict quarantines, Taiwan has managed to stay […]
by Gabriela Coutino with Jean Arce in Mexico City Agence France Presse TUXTLA GUTIÉRREZ, Mexico (AFP) — At least 53 migrants crammed into a truck traveling at high speed were killed Thursday in Mexico after the vehicle overturned in the southern state of Chiapas, a major transit point for those trying to reach the United States. Thousands of people attempt the long and hugely dangerous journey, often seeking a life free of violence and […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang said that Portugal will be added to the Philippines’ “Red List” of countries and territories effective Sunday, December 12, as more European countries are affected by the Omicron COVID-19 variant. The inclusion of Portugal to the Philippines’ Red List came shortly after France was also included in the list. The countries now included in the Philippines’ Red List are South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Eswatini and Mozambique, Austria, Czech […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 2,836,200 after the Department of Health reported 379 additional cases. According to the DOH, of the total cases, 11905 were active. Of these, 757 were asymptomatic, 4860 were mild, 3797 moderate, 2060 were severe, and 431 were critical. Recoveries rose to 2774334 with the addition of 631 recoveries. The COVID-19 death toll is now at 49961 with the additional 25 deaths. Metro Manila is under […]
MAGARET RIVER, Australia (AFP) — Australia battled twin natural disasters Friday, with bushfires cutting through a picturesque west coast region, while serious flooding and heavy rains lashed the country’s east. After weeks of high temperatures, fires flanked the western tourist hotspot of Margaret River — famed for its fine wine and big surf. No homes have been damaged or injuries reported, but flames have been seen over a wide area, sending smoke billowing high into […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Jaren Jackson scored 25 points and Desmond Bane added 23 as the Memphis Grizzlies withstood LeBron James’s 100th career triple-double in a 108-95 NBA victory on Thursday. Lakers superstar James scored 20 points, pulled down 10 rebounds and handed out 11 assists and Anthony Davis added 22 points for Los Angeles, but it wasn’t enough as the Lakers coughed up 22 turnovers to fall to a Grizzlies team still […]
by Claire DOYEN JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) — Access to the laboratory is strictly limited, for the risk of accidental infection is just too high. Here, technicians at whirring machines analyze 18,000 PCR tests a day, looking for signatures of coronavirus. Their work is so precise that just a handful of samples helped the team to discover Omicron — the new virus variant that has triggered global fears of yet another surge in the […]
Luzon affected by northeast monsoon (Eagle News) — The shear line is affecting the northeastern portion of Mindanao. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, the northeast monsoon is also affecting Luzon. As a result, Bicol Region, Caraga, Northern Mindanao, Eastern and Central Visayas will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flooding or landslides during moderate to heavy with at times intense rains are possible. Meanwhile, Cagayan Valley, Apayao, […]
