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Northeast monsoon affecting Northern, Central Luzon: PAGASA

Mindanao affected by ITCZ, PAGASA says (Eagle News) — The northeast monsoon is affecting Northern and Central Luzon. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) is also affecting Mindanao. Batanes and Babuyan Islands will have cloudy skies with rains as a result. Flash floods or landslides during moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Isabela, Aurora, and mainland Cagayan, meanwhile, will have cloudy skies with scattered […]

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Marcos Jr., says he tested negative in cocaine drug test; Pacquiao, Lacson also take drug tests, show negative results

Claims BBM-Sara Uniteam will remain a “a vigilant anti-illegal drugs campaigner”   (Eagle News) –Presidential aspirant former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. said that he had tested negative in a recent cocaine test that he took on Monday, Nov. 22. He took the drug test amid allegations made by President Rodrigo Duterte that there was a presidential aspirant who was cocaine user. Marcos Jr., however, clarified that he did not felt alluded to by the […]

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Child injured in US parade crash dies, taking toll to six

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A child injured when a car plowed into a parade in the US state of Wisconsin has died, taking the toll from the tragedy to six, a local prosecutor said Tuesday as the suspect appeared in court. Darrell Brooks, 39, was charged with five counts of intentional homicide, and now faces a sixth murder charge, prosecutor Susan Opper said. Brooks allegedly steered his red SUV into marching musicians, dancers and […]

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The Chinese dad making medicine to treat his dying son

by Patrick Baert with Danni Zhu KUNMING, China (AFP) — Two-year-old Haoyang has likely just months to live — but the only medicine that can help his rare genetic condition is not found anywhere in China and closed borders due to the Covid-19 pandemic mean he cannot travel for treatment. Instead, his desperate father, Xu Wei, has created a home laboratory to create a remedy for the boy himself. “I didn’t really have time to […]

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Europe battles Covid surge as WHO warns of 700,000 more deaths

by Camille BAS-WOHLERT COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) — Europe remains “in the firm grip” of Covid and the continent’s death toll could top 2.2 million this winter if current trends continue, the World Health Organization warned on Tuesday. Europe is battling an upsurge in the pandemic that saw Austria return to lockdown this week while Germany and the Netherlands are poised to announce new restrictions. A further 700,000 people in the 53 countries that comprise the […]

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NASA launches spacecraft to kick an asteroid off course

by Issam AHMED WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — NASA is preparing to launch a mission to deliberately smash a spacecraft into an asteroid — a test run should humanity ever need to stop a giant space rock from wiping out life on Earth. It may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but the DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) is a real proof-of-concept experiment, blasting off at 10:21 pm Pacific Time Tuesday (0621 GMT Wednesday) […]

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US sends Vietnam 4.1 million Covid vaccine doses

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States is shipping another four million Covid-19 vaccine doses to Vietnam, the White House said Tuesday, bringing the total of US doses donated globally to nearly 270 million. A senior administration official told AFP that 4,149,990 doses of the Pfizer vaccine are being sent, bringing the total delivered to Vietnam by the United States to 17,589,110 doses. Shipments began Tuesday. Globally, there have now been 268,472,780 doses sent […]

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Quake rattles Quito, but no major damage

QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) — A tremor measuring 4.6 hit the Ecuador capital Quito on Tuesday, rattling the city of 2.7 million people but without causing any major damage, authorities said. The epicenter of the quake was a few kilometers from the city center, at a depth of some 12 kilometers, according to the Geophysical Institute of Ecuador. Hospitals and other public buildings were evacuated, and workers rushed out of office buildings as alarms sounded, to […]

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PHL logs 1,153 more COVID-19 cases

(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 2,827,820 with the addition of 1,153 cases. According to the Department of Health, of the total cases, 18,721 were active. Of these, 55.2 percent were mild, 4.7 percent were asymptomatic, 5.8 percent were critical, 13.8 percent were severe, and 20.51 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 2761617 with the addition of 2182 recoveries. The COVID-19 death toll is now at 47482 with the addition of […]

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PNP COVID-19 tally rises to 42,173

(Eagle News) — Eleven more COVID-19 cases have been reported among police personnel. According to the Philippine National Police, data from the health service showed the additional COVID-19 cases pushed the PNP COVID-19 tally to 42,173. Of the additional 11 cases, three were from Metro Manila while eight were from other regions. Eighteen more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19, pushing the COVID-19 recovery total among the police to 41,951. COVID-19 deaths in the police […]

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PNP to candidates: Coordinate with authorities, ensure crowd control plan in place for in-person campaign activities

(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police said candidates organizing in-person activities should properly coordinate with authorities and ensure a crowd control plan is in place. PNP Chief Dionardo Carlos made the statement after the Commission on Elections said health protocol violations during campaign activities are considered election offenses. Carlos said the PNP was so far coordinating with the poll body “on the participation of the PNP in the implementation of the said provision for […]

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At least 45 people killed in bus accident in Bulgaria

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AFP) — At least 45 people were killed in an overnight bus accident on a highway south of the Bulgarian capital, officials said Tuesday. The cause of the accident has yet to be determined. “Forty-five or 46 people were killed” on a highway about 40 kilometres (26 miles) from Sofia, Nikolay Nikolov, head of the Fire Safety and Civil Protection department at the interior ministry, told public broadcaster BNT. “Seven passengers were saved” […]

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