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(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases among police personnel rose to 41,201 on Saturday, Oct. 16, after the Philippine National Police reported 58 more cases. According to the PNP, of the total cases 941 were active. Recoveries rose to 40138 with the addition of 139 new ones. The PNP COVID-19 death toll remains at 122, with no additional deaths reported. The police are among the country’s frontliners amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In previous speeches, President Rodrigo […]
(Eagle News) — Three senior police officials were promoted to the rank of brigadier general. The Philippine National Police said PNP Chief Guillermo Eleazar administered the oath of office to now-Brigadier Generals Emmanuel Hebron, Nestor Salcedo, and Gregory Bognalbal on Friday, Oct. 15. “Ang bituin sa inyong mga balikat at karagdagang ranggo ay sumisimbolo ng inyong mga sakripisyo, kasipagan, at pagtitiyaga ngunit kaakibat din nito ay ang napakalaking responsibilidad at hamon na panatilihing maayos at […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.6-magnitude earthquake struck Surigao del Sur early Saturday, Oct. 16. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit at 12:54 a.m. It had its epicenter nine kilometers southeast of Marihatag. The depth of focus was 40 kilometers. The following intensities were reported: Intensity IV – Marihatag and San Agustin, Surigao Del Sur Intensity III – Cagwait, San Francisco and Tandag City, Surigao Del Sur Intensity II – Bislig […]
(Eagle News) — No Filipino was hurt in the street violence that rocked Beirut on Friday, Oct. 15, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. According to the DFA, the embassy, however, continues to monitor the situation after snipers opened fire and aimed at people’s heads in an attack on supporters of Hezbollah and its ally, according to Reuters. The group was demanding the removal of the judge investigating the explosion that rocked the city’s port […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rose to 2705792 on Friday, Oct. 15, with the addition of 7625 cases. The Department of Health said 65 cases were removed from the total case count. Of the total cases, 78999 are active. Of the active cases, 80 percent are mild, 6.4 percent asymptomatic, 1.7 percent critical, 3.9 percent severe, and 7.38 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 2586369 with the addition of 13363 recoveries. Over […]
PAGASA monitoring LPA off Palawan (Eagle News) — The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a low pressure area off Coron, Palawan. PAGASA said the LPA is embedded in the Intertropical Convergence Zone, which is affecting Luzon and Visayas. Because of the ITCZ, PAGASA said cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms are expected over Palawan. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Saturday, Oct. 16: Flight schedules may change at any given time. MIAA advised passengers to coordinate with their airlines prior to the scheduled travel for any changes. It also urged travelers to monitor the MIAA Facebook account for any announcements. The Philippine government earlier said only Bermuda was on its updated red list, which means travelers from there […]
by Viken KANTARCI with Pierre-Henry DESHAYES in Oslo KONGSBERG, Norway (AFP) — A Norway court on Friday ordered the man who confessed to killing five people in a bow-and-arrow attack to be held in detention in a medical facility, as questions mounted about his mental health. Espen Andersen Brathen, a Danish citizen who converted to Islam and is believed to have been radicalised, will be held for an initial period of four weeks, the first […]
KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) — At least 32 people were killed and 53 wounded when explosions hit a Shiite mosque in the Afghan city of Kandahar on Friday, a hospital spokesman told AFP. “Thirty-two bodies and 53 wounded people have been brought to our hospital so far,” the medic in the southern city’s central hospital said. The cause of the blasts was not immediately identified, but it came exactly a week after a suicide bomb attack […]
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) — South Africa will begin vaccinating children as young as 12 next week and also offer Covid-19 boosters against certain immune disorders, the health minister announced Friday. With a large youth population and the world’s biggest HIV caseload, the announcement affects millions of people and marks a significant scaling up of South Africa’s pandemic response. “We ready to open up vaccination for children between 12-17 years of age, and a majority […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — An expert committee on Thursday recommended a booster dose of Moderna’s anti-Covid vaccine in the United States for certain at-risk groups, a month after making a similar decision for the Pfizer shot. The opinion submitted by the advisory committee of the Food and Drug Administration — composed of researchers, epidemiologists and infectious disease experts — is not binding, but it is rare for the FDA not to follow it. After […]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) — Argentina’s government on Thursday announced it had reached an agreement with the private sector to freeze prices on more than 1,200 goods in a bid to slow soaring inflation. The country’s statistics institute announced that inflation since January was 37 percent while the figure over the last 12 months was 52.5 percent, one of the highest in the world. “These 1,247 goods with their prices frozen will provide an anchor […]
