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(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 2,818,511 on Monday, Nov. 15, after the Department of Health reported 1,547 additional cases. According to the DOH, of the total cases, 27025 were active. Of these, 61 percent were mild, 5.9 percent were asymptomatic, 4.6 percent were critical, 10.8 percent were severe, and 17.59 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 2,745,777 with the addition of 2,601 recoveries. The COVID-19 death toll is now at […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is running as a senatorial candidate in the 2022 national elections. Duterte, through a lawyer, filed his certificate of candidacy as a senatoriable under the Pederalismo ng Dugong Dakilang Samahan (PDDS) an allied party of PDP-Laban, which was also the declared party of presidential candidate, Senator Christopher “Bong” Go. Duterte’s candidacy under PDDS was filed minutes before the 5 p.m. deadline set by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) […]
Austria will begin a lockdown for people not vaccinated against Covid-19, a first in the EU as the Alpine member fights a record surge in cases, Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said on Sunday. About 65 percent of Austria’s almost nine million people are vaccinated, below the EU average of 67 percent, while daily increases in infections have hit records this week. Other European governments are also eyeing unpopular Covid curbs, with the Netherlands opting for Western […]
BOGO, Philippines (AFP) — Thousands of children in the Philippines were allowed to return to classrooms Monday for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, as a pilot re-opening of schools got under way. While nearly every country in the world has already partially or fully re-opened their schools to face-to-face learning, the Philippines has kept them closed since March 2020. Kindergarten teacher Zyrex Damayo said he was “a bit nervous” […]
by Anna CUENCA Agence France-Presse GLASGOW, United Kingdom (AFP) – Glasgow was a vital cog in the machine of Britain’s Industrial Revolution, which brought the baleful impact of carbon emissions and eventually climate change to the world. Today, the venue for the COP26 environmental summit is home to a pioneering project to counteract the effects of planetary warming, centred on Glasgow’s Forth and Clyde Canal. Coinciding with COP26, its managers have launched “Europe’s first ‘smart […]
by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA Agence France-Presse NEW DELHI, India (AFP) – Even as its capital was blanketed by toxic smog, India led the charge to weaken anti-coal pledges at the COP26 summit, with experts saying it is prioritising its economic growth over the planet’s future. The world’s third-largest emitter teamed up with China to water down language on fossil fuels at the Glasgow conference, forcing a compromise: a climate deal that bound countries to “phase down” […]
by Camille BAS-WOHLERT Agence France Presse COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) — Premature deaths caused by fine particle air pollution have fallen 10 percent annually across Europe, but the invisible killer still accounts for 307,000 premature deaths a year, the European Environment Agency said Monday. If the latest air quality guidelines from the World Health Organisation were followed by EU members, the latest number of fatalities recorded in 2019 could be cut in half, according to […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines has logged over 600 more cases of the highly contagious Delta variant, the Department of Health announced on Monday, Nov. 15. According to Health Undersecretary Ma. Rosario Vergeire, with the 630 additional cases, the total Delta variant cases in the country is now at 6,612. One Alpha variant case was logged from the 666 samples collected in March, September, October, and November, Vergeire said. She said based on recent data, […]
(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque announced on Monday, Nov. 15, that he would be running for the Senate in next year’s elections, as he bid farewell to all government media staff thanking them for their support. He made his last appearance as Palace spokesperson on Monday, saying he would be returning to the political arena. “Babalik po tayo sa larangan ng pulitika. Babalik po sana tayo sa Kongreso ng Pilipinas, doon sa […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — Thailand’s economy shrank in the third quarter, official data showed Monday, but hopes for a gradual recovery are picking up following this month’s return of foreign tourists after the kingdom’s reopening. The country last year suffered its worst performance since the Asian financial crisis of 1997 with a 6.1 percent economic contraction. The Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) said gross domestic product shrank 0.3 percent year-on-year […]
by Kaouthar Oudrhiri SAIDIA, Morocco (AFP) — Moroccan environmentalist Mohamed Benata stood taking photos of what should be the mouth of the Moulouya river — but after years of drought and over-pumping, it comes to a halt just short of the sea. One of the longest rivers in the North African kingdom and a vital lifeline for farmers in the area near the Algerian border, the final few paces of the 500-kilometre (310-mile) waterway are […]
by Raad Al-Jammas Agence France-Presse Iraqi wheat farmer Khamis Ahmad Abbas lost it all when his battle with drought forced him to abandon his land, pushing him into unemployment. Experts have warned that record low rainfall, compounded by climate change, are threatening social and economic disaster in war-scarred Iraq. “Growing wheat and barley is a gamble. It all depends on the rain,” said the 42-year-old father of nine. Unable to make ends meet, Abbas quit […]
