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Over 100M of COVID vaccine doses already delivered to PHL; target breached ahead of Oct 31 deadline

  (Eagle News) – More than 100 million COVID-19 vaccines have already been delivered to the Philippines as of Thursday, Oct. 28, as officials announced the country had breached its target a few days earlier than the set end-of-the-month deadline. The country received a total of 100,528,240 COVID-19 vaccine doses after the delivery on Thursday of 976,950 government-procured Pfizer-BioNTech jabs. “Today, we celebrate another milestone in our national vaccination program. Initially, there were those who […]

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W.House expects Biden-Erdogan meeting in Glasgow: official

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AFP) — US President Joe Biden expects to meet with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of a UN climate summit in Glasgow next week, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Thursday. “I anticipate he will meet with the president of Turkey in Glasgow,” he told reporters aboard Biden’s plane headed to Rome for an earlier G20 summit. “I don’t have confirmation, but that’s the present expectation.” Biden […]

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British fishermen ground down by fishing row with France

NEWHAVEN, United Kingdom  (AFP) — As a row over post-Brexit fishing rights between Britain and France escalated on Thursday, British fishermen complained they were being worn down as their livelihoods were forgotten during the standoff. In Newhaven on Britain’s southern coast, the fishing town’s main quay was almost deserted as a week of bad weather forced the local fleet, comprised of small trawlers, to remain in harbour. But amid threats from Paris to target British […]

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Third Chinese city placed under Covid lockdown

BEIJING, China (AFP) — China placed a third city under lockdown on Thursday to tackle Covid-19 numbers, with around six million people now under orders to stay home as Beijing chases zero cases before the upcoming Winter Olympics. The country has taken a zero tolerance approach to the virus since it first emerged in central China in 2019, stamping out emerging flare-ups with border closures, targeted lockdowns and strict quarantines. Although the hard-line measures have […]

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Former New York governor Cuomo charged with sex crime

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Former New York governor Andrew Cuomo was on Thursday charged with a misdemeanor sex crime for forcible touching, a court spokesperson said. The charge is the first to be filed since the once-powerful politician was forced to resign this year following a slew of sexual harassment allegations. “A misdemeanor complaint against former governor Andrew Cuomo has been filed in Albany City Court,” said Lucian Chalfen, a spokesman for the […]

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PNP: Total crime incidents in past five years down by 49.6 percent

(Eagle News) — The number of crime incidents reported in the past five years has gone down by 49.6 percent, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP,  a comparative analysis of the  Crime Information Reporting and Analysis System data showed 1.36 million cases were logged from 2016 to 2021, as opposed to the 2.67 million crime incidents reported from 2010 to 2015. The PNP said the biggest decline in crime incidents was posted […]

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Immigration bureau to employees: Ban on posting of TikTok videos in uniform still in effect

(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has reiterated the ban on the posting of TikTok videos while in their uniforms to employees. In a memorandum to all BI port personnel, Immigration Port Operations Chief  Carlos Capulong made the statement anew following reports that some bureau employees assigned to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) continued to post videos on the social media platform which were taken while they were on duty and wearing their […]

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Embattled Facebook changes parent company name to ‘Meta’

  by Glenn CHAPMAN Agence France Presse Facebook changed its parent company name to “Meta” on Thursday as the tech giant tries to move past being a scandal-plagued social network to its virtual reality vision for the future. The new handle comes as the company battles to fend off one of its worst crises yet and pivot to its ambitions for the “metaverse,” which would blur the lines between the physical world and the digital […]

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Eleazar orders thorough probe into attack on DOST official in Koronadal City

(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar has ordered a thorough investigation into the attack on a Department of Science and Technology official in Koronadal recently. In a statement, Eleazar said so far, the police investigators are checking the closed-circuit television camera footage of the area where Engineer Normina Pahm was waiting for her ride with her coworkers when she was approached by an unidentified person and shot her. Pahm was rushed to […]

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Cloudy skies, rains expected as northeast monsoon affects Luzon, Visayas

(Eagle News) — The northeast monsoon is affecting Luzon and Visayas. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said as a result, Bicol Region, Eastern Visayas, and Southern Quezon will have cloudy skies with rain showers and thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. Meanwhile, Metro Manila, the rest of Luzon, and the rest of Visayas will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains. Mindanao will have partly […]

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MIAA releases list of operational commercial flights for Friday, Oct. 29

(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Friday, Oct. 29: Flight schedules may change at any given time. MIAA advised passengers to coordinate with their airlines for confirmation of their flights. The Bureau of Immigration has said tourists are still not allowed into the country even if they come from countries on the Philippines’ green list. Metro Manila is under a COVID-19 alert level 3 […]

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Gas giants: Can we stop cows from emitting so much methane?

  by Myriam LEMETAYER Agence France Presse That cow may look peaceful and harmless, munching on some grass in a verdant pasture. But don’t be fooled — it is emitting methane, a particularly potent greenhouse gas contributing to runaway global climate change. Agriculture is responsible for 12 percent of global man-made greenhouse gas emissions, much of it due to methane, the second most warming gas after carbon dioxide. Methane is around 25 times more potent […]

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