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Use of face shield still mandatory in areas under Alert Level 5, granular lockdown areas (Eagle News) – The use of face shields in areas under COvid-19 alert levels 3, 2 and 1 “shall be voluntary,” according to a Nov. 15, 2021 memorandum from the Office of the President. In a memo issued by the Office of the Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea on “protocols on the use of face shields,” it said that President Duterte […]
(Eagle News) — All fully-vaccinated health care workers may start availing of COVID-19 booster shots starting Wednesday, Nov. 17, the Department of Health said. According to the DOH, based on the Emergency Use Authorization issued by the Food and Drug Administration, the agency recommends using either Moderna, Pfizer, or Sinovac as booster doses “regardless of the brand used for the primary series.” “Sinovac will also be offered as a booster for those that had Sinovac […]
(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies and rains are expected in parts of the country on Tuesday, Nov. 16. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, Visayas, Mindanao and Palawan, in particular, will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms due to the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) affecting Palawan, Visayas, and Mindanao. Meanwhile, PAGASA said Cagayan Valley, Bicol Region, Aurora and Quezon will have cloudy skies with rains due to the […]
Reminds parents not to expose their children below 12 years old to COVID danger after death of 2 year old who got COVID after mall visit (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte instructed the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases to come out with rules that would not allow minors, especially those below 12 years old, to go to malls and other closed spaces so that they would not be exposed to […]
by Aurelia End and Sebastian Smith WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping opened a virtual summit Monday with an appeal for better communication between the superpowers and “guardrails” to avoid conflict. Speaking from the White House to Xi on a television screen, Biden said they must develop “guardrails” to “ensure that the competition between our countries does not veer into conflict, whether intended or unintended.” He said they […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — An apparent drive-by shooting Monday near a Colorado high school left six teenagers in hospital, police said, as the specter of gun violence raised its head again in the United States. Witnesses spoke of around 30 shots being fired, and police said they had recovered multiple rounds of different calibers at a park in Aurora, a municipality in Denver’s suburbs. Aurora Police Chief Vanessa Wilson said there appeared to […]
by Issam AHMED WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States denounced Russia on Monday for conducting a “dangerous and irresponsible” missile strike that blew up one of its own satellites, creating a debris cloud that forced the International Space Station’s crew to take evasive action. Washington wasn’t informed in advance about the test, only the fourth ever to hit a spacecraft from the ground, and will talk to allies about how to respond, said […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Video gaming platform Roblox is using its massive popularity amongst younger players to support projects that weave educational video games into school programs, the company said Monday. With its Lego-like avatars and easy-to-learn coding for budding programmers, the online gaming app has become a thriving clubhouse for young gamers, most of them no older than 16. Roblox is already a venue where students learn computer coding skills while designing […]
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Relentless rain battered Canada’s Pacific coast on Monday, forcing a town’s evacuation and trapping motorists as mudslides, rocks and debris were washed across major highways. “Heavy rains and subsequent mudslides/flooding have impacted various highways in the BC interior,” British Columbia’s transportation ministry said on Twitter. Rescuers were deployed to free people trapped for hours in 80-100 cars and trucks between two mudslides near the town of Agassiz, the province’s safety minister, […]
by Julia ZAPPEI and Blaise GAUQUELIN VIENNA, Austria (AFP) — Austria on Monday became the first country in the European Union to impose a lockdown on the unvaccinated and start inoculating children as young as five after coronavirus cases surged across the continent. Infection rates have surged, placing Western Europe once again at the heart of the global epidemic and governments are being forced to take action, with the Netherlands already announcing the region’s first […]
Total COVID jabs administered in PHL close to 70 million doses as of Nov. 14 (Eagle News) – The country reached the milestone of administering around 1 million COVID jabs each day for the last three days of last week, as total administered vaccines nationwide reached almost 70 million doses, according to Malacanang “For three straight days in a row last week, pumapalo po tayo ng one million jabs,” said Secretary Roque in his […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a low pressure area off Surigao del Sur. According to PAGASA, the LPA is so far located 615 km east southeast of Hinatuan, and is embedded along the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) affecting Palawan, Visayas, and Mindanao. Meanwhile, the shear line is affecting the eastern section of Northern Luzon. According to the weather bureau, Eastern Visayas, Caraga, and Davao Region will have […]
