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(Eagle News) — Fifteen more COVID-19 cases have been reported among police personnel. Data on Sunday, Nov. 7, showed the additional cases pushed the total PNP COVID-19 cases to 42,017 cases. Of these, 319 are active. Recoveries rose to 41,575 with the addition of 34 recoveries. The PNP COVID-19 death toll is at 123, with no additional deaths reported. The police are among the country’s frontliners amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The PNP has said over […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines breached the, 2,800,000 mark on Saturday, Nov. 6, after the Department of Health reported 2,656 additional cases. According to the DOH, of the total 2,800,621 cases, 34866 were active. Of these, 67.1 percent were mild, 5.6 percent asymptomatic, 3.7 percent critical, 8.7 percent severe, and 14.86 percent were moderate. The figures represent an increase in the number of moderate cases, which in the early stages of the […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Zambales early Sunday, Nov. 7. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit at 3:59 a.m. It had its epicenter 54 kilometers southwest of San Antonio. The depth of focus was eight kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar has ordered a manhunt operation against a person who went on a rampage and killed four individuals in Camarines Sur recently. In a statement, the Philippine National Police said Eleazar gave the order to the Police Regional Office 5, which has police jurisdiction over Milaor, where the shooting took place. The PNP said the suspect, who has yet to be identified, entered the victims’ residence at […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a low pressure area off Leyte. PAGASA said the LPA was so far estimated based on all available data in the vicinity of Tanauan. The northeast monsoon, meanwhile, is affecting Northern Luzon. According to PAGASA, cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms are expected over Eastern Visayas. PAGASA said flash floods or landslides during moderate to at times heavy rains are […]
(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Sunday, Nov. 7: Flight schedules may change at any given time. MIAA advised passengers to get confirmation of their flights as only those with the confirmation will be allowed to enter the airport. The Bureau of Immigration has said tourists are still not allowed to enter the Philippines.
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A US federal appeals court Saturday halted a vaccine mandate by President Joe Biden’s administration that is intended to push millions of workers at businesses with more than 100 employees into getting Covid-19 shots. The New Orleans-based US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit said that because petitioners “give cause to believe there are grave statutory and constitutional issues with the Mandate, the Mandate is hereby STAYED […]
by Karine PERRET Agence France Presse LOURDES, France (AFP) — Senior members of France’s Catholic hierarchy knelt in a show of penance at the shrine of Lourdes Saturday, a day after bishops accepted the church’s responsibility for decades of child abuse. But some of the victims of the abuse — and lay members supporting them — said they were still waiting for details of compensation and of a comprehensive reform of the church. In Lourdes, […]
by Francois Picard Agence France Presse HOUSTON, United States (AFP) — Authorities in Texas were investigating Saturday a tragedy in which the crowd at a huge Travis Scott rap concert surged toward the stage in a crush that killed eight people and sent 25 to the hospital. Around 50,000 people were in the audience at Houston’s NRG Park Friday night when the crowd started pushing toward the stage as Scott was performing, triggering chaotic […]
Percentage of active cases at only 1.2 percent, the lowest so far since the pandemic (Eagle News) — The Philippines continued to post more than 2,000 new cases for the second straight day on Saturday, Nov. 6, as the country breached more than 2.8 million total cases, majority of which are recoveries. On Saturday, there were 2,656 new COVID-19 cases reported by the Department of Health. On Friday, Nov. 5, new cases posted were […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Lawyers representing the woman who loaded Alec Baldwin’s gun said an act of “sabotage” by disgruntled crew members may have caused the tragic shooting on the set of “Rust.” Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was the armorer in charge of weapons on the Western movie set in New Mexico, where Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer last month after being told his firearm was safe. Her lawyers told the “Today” program, on […]
VIENNA, Austria (AFP) — Austria on Friday said only those vaccinated or cured from coronavirus would be allowed to frequent restaurants, hotels and cultural venues as the Alpine nation battles a surge in cases. The new rule takes effect on Monday with a four-week transition phase to incentivise people to get jabbed, Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said. “No one wants to split the society, but it is our responsibility to protect the people in our […]
