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QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) — Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso on Monday declared a state of emergency in the country grappling with a surge in drug-related violence, and ordered the mobilization of police and military in the streets. “Starting immediately, our Armed Forces and police will be felt with force in the streets because we are decreeing a state of emergency throughout the national territory,” said the president in a speech broadcast by the state channel EcuadorTV. […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar on Tuesday, Oct. 19, ordered all unit commanders to increase police visibility in areas where people flock to following the downgrading of the COVID-19 alert level in Metro Manila. In a statement, the PNP said this was following a directive from Secretary Eduardo Año, who gave the order following the Department of Health’s appear for the implementation of the minimum public health safety protocol. The department […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets rose Tuesday, extending a Wall Street rally as optimism over corporate earnings provided some respite from long-running worries about inflation, central bank tightening and signs of a slowing economic recovery. A string of forecast-beating profit reports from businesses over the past week has provided a much-needed boost to investors who have for much of the year been waiting nervously for finance chiefs to start winding in the vast […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang announced the expansion of the alert level system in more areas of the country which will be in effect starting Wednesday, Oct. 20 until Oct 31. Under Alert Level 4 are Negros Oriental in Region 7 (Central Visayas), and Davao Occidental in Region 11 (Davao Region). Under Alert Level 3 are six areas, namely Cavite, Laguna, Rizal in Region 4-A; Siquijor in Central Visayas (Region 7); and Davao City and […]
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — Singapore on Tuesday began quarantine-free entry for fully vaccinated passengers from eight countries, part of a plan to ease restrictions as the business hub gears up to live with the coronavirus. The latest easing expanded a programme that began with vaccinated air travel lanes with Germany and Brunei last month, and is now open to passengers from the United States, Canada, Britain, Denmark, France, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands. Singapore Airlines […]
by Sunghee Hwang SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea fired a suspected submarine-launched ballistic missile into the sea on Tuesday, the South’s military said, the nuclear-armed country’s latest advance in weapons technology and one that could give it a second-strike capability. The test came with both Koreas building up their weapons capabilities in what could become an arms race on the peninsula, and with the Washington-Pyongyang dialogue at a standstill. The “short-range ballistic missile […]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — New Zealand recorded its highest number of daily coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic on Tuesday as a Delta-variant outbreak that dashed the nation’s “Covid Zero” hopes showed no signs of easing. Health authorities announced 94 new virus cases, exceeding the previous daily record of 89 set in April last year during the first wave of Covid-19 infections. While case numbers remain low by most international standards, they […]
(Eagle News) — Eighty-four more COVID-19 cases have been reported among overseas Filipinos. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the additional cases pushed the total cases among Filipinos abroad to 23468. Sixty-eight recoveries, meanwhile, pushed the total recoveries to 13731. The death toll due to COVID-19 among overseas Filipinos is now at 1395, with the addition of six deaths. DFA data showed the Middle East and Africa are still the regions with the most COVID-19 […]
(Eagle News) — The government has extended the modified enhanced community quarantine in Batanes to Oct. 31. The Batanes government said the extension mandated by the national Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases would enable the province’s Health Cluster to continue its case finding and surveillance and treat COVID-19 patients. The provincial government said the extension would also ensure the virus no longer spreads, despite the decrease in active cases in […]
(Eagle News) — Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III urged workers who have not been receiving any pay from their employers because of their failure to get vaccinated, to report this to the Department of Labor and Employment. Bello said that non-payment of wages just because a worker had not yet received a vaccine is illegal. “Yung hindi pagkabakuna, hindi legal basis yun,” Bello stressed in an interview with the NET25-Radyo Agila program “Ano Sa Palagay […]
(Eagle News) — The northeasterly surface windflow is affecting extreme Northern Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services said as a result, Batanes and Babuyan Islands will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains. Metro Manila and the rest of the country, meanwhile, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms. According to PAGASA, Northern Luzon will have moderate to strong winds and moderate to rough […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Tuesday, Oct. 19: Flight schedules may change at any given time. MIAA advised passengers to coordinate with their airlines prior to the scheduled travel as only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry into the airport. The Bureau of Immigration has reminded the public that tourists are still not allowed into the Philippines even if they come […]
