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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Former US president Bill Clinton, 75, was released from a California hospital Sunday after spending five nights in treatment for an infection. Clinton, arm in arm with his wife and former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, gave a thumbs up after he walked slowly out of the hospital and shook hands with staff in front of television cameras. “President Clinton was discharged from UC Irvine Medical Center today,” said a […]
MADRID, Spain (AFP) — Rescue workers searched the seas of southern Spain on Sunday for 12 migrants who went missing after their boat overturned during an attempted crossing to the country from Algeria, Spain’s coastguard said. A rescue operation was launched after a Norwegian sailboat reported picking up an Algerian man in the sea around seven nautical miles off the southwestern province of Almeria, a coastguard spokeswoman said. A coastguard helicopter dispatched to the scene […]
(Eagle News) — The death toll due to severe tropical storm “Maring” had risen to 40 with 18 stil missing, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said. Half of the casualties were between 26 to 60 years old. The search for the missing continues with their kin hoping that they did not perish Damage to agriculture had also risen to over P2 billion (₱ 2,173,030,545.15), while damage to infrastructure was placed at […]
(Eagle News) — Eagle Broadcasting Corporation’s TV portal NET25 launches its newest program, “A.S.P.N.” or “Ano sa Palagay N’yo?” on Monday, Oct. 18, with noted broadcast personalities Ali Sotto and Pat Daza. “A.S.P.N.” airs from Monday to Friday, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. on NET 25, and will also be heard on EBC’s AM and FM radio stations — DZEC Radyo Agila 1062 and Eagle FM 95.5. The two powerhouse hosts, known news […]
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to visit the indigenous community of Kamloops where the remains of 215 children were found in May at a former residential school. It will be the prime minister’s first on-site visit to the British Columbia community, in the west of the country, since the unmarked graves were uncovered, sparking fury across the country. A statement from the Kamloops community said Trudeau would visit on October […]
by Tolga AKMEN with James PHEBY and Joe JACKSON in London Agence France Presse The fatal stabbing of British MP David Amess was a terrorist incident, police said Saturday, at they investigated the second killing of a UK politician while meeting voters since 2016. The Metropolitan Police said its preliminary findings had revealed “a potential motivation linked to Islamist extremism”. Amess, a 69-year-old pro-Brexit Conservative lawmaker, was stabbed to death inside a church on Friday […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russian authorities said on Saturday they had arrested two people as part of an investigation into the death of 18 people in the Urals who drank bootleg alcohol, in the second such incident in recent weeks. Investigators said “several individuals sold people an alcohol liquid that was dangerous for their health” over the past two weeks in Yekaterinburg, Russia’s fourth-largest city. “Eighteen people died after drinking the liquid,” the statement […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Sunday, Oct. 17: Flight schedules may change at any given time. MIAA advised passengers to coordinate with their airlines as only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry into the airport. Earlier, the Palace said only Bermuda was on its updated red list with travel restrictions. Some local government units are also easing travel restrictions. Bacolod City, […]
(Eagle News) — A thunderstorm advisory has been raised over parts of Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said moderate to heavy rain showers are being experienced over portions of Ilocos Sur, particularly in Burgos, Lidlidda, San Esteban and Santiago. The same conditions are being experienced in Bolinao, Pangasinan. Moderate to occasionally heavy rain showers with lightning and strong winds are also expected over portions of Bakun, Benguet within the next 20 […]
(Eagle News) — Fifty-eight more COVID-19 cases have been reported among police personnel. The Philippine National Police said the additional cases pushed the total PNP COVID-19 cases to 41201. Of these, 941 are active. PNP Chief Guillermo Eleazar said among the active cases, 176 or 18.7 percent are in Metro Manila while 765 or 81.3 percent are in regions outside Metro Manila. Of the active cases, 679 active are in non-PNP isolation facilities, 239 are […]
P10.2 million worth of shabu seized (Eagle News) — Two drug suspects died in an armed encounter with police on Saturday, Oct. 16, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, also seized from Nadzmil Ladja of Barangay Sipangkot and Malaysian national Hari Man Bin Sabtula were P10.2 million worth of shabu. The PNP said the shootout ensued after the suspects fought it out with police who were about to arrest them in a […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Health (DOH) on Saturday, Oct. 16, added 7,772 new COVID-19 cases, the fourth straight day that new cases were below 8,000. Total active cases stood at 85,048 or 3.1 percent of the total COVID-19 cases of over 2.7 million since the pandemic began. Most of the COVID-19 cases have recovered at 95.4 percent or 2,587,881. New recoveries were only 1,634. This is much fewer than Friday’s 13,363. New deaths, […]
