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BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — A Thai restaurant has taken dining with a water view to the next level — its customers perch precariously on wooden stools as murky brown floodwater laps at their tables. Tropical storm Dianmu and heavy monsoon rains have caused flooding in 33 Thai provinces, inundating more than 300,000 households and claiming nine lives. Riverside areas of Bangkok are bracing for flooding in the coming days and more storms are expected to […]
by Claire LEE SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — A dystopian vision of a polarised society, Netflix smash hit “Squid Game” blends a tight plot, social allegory and uncompromising violence to create the latest South Korean cultural phenomenon to go global. It features South Korea’s most marginalised, including the deeply in debt, a migrant worker and a North Korean defector, competing in traditional children’s games for the chance to win 45.6 billion won ($38 million) in […]
(Eagle News) — House Deputy Speaker Sagip Partylist Rep. Rodante Marcoleta filed his certificate of candidacy (CoC) to run for the senate in the 2022 elections under the ruling PDP-Laban party on Friday, Oct. 8. Marcoleta was among those earlier named by the PDP-Laban party as part of their senate slate. President Rodrigo Duterte later also arrived at the Commission on Elections site in Pasay City to express support for all the senatorial […]
(Eagle News) – New Era University (NEU) was one of two schools that ranked no. 1 in the Professional Regulation Commission’s list of top performing schools in the country based on the results of the latest Real Estate Appraisers Licensure Examination. The PRC said that NEU garnered 100 percent passing rate in the September 2021 Real Estate Appraiser Licensure Examination, along with another school, the Cronasia Foundation College Inc., in General Santos City. All the […]
(Eagle News) — Over 100 more police personnel have tested positive for COVID-19. The Philippine National Police said the additional 145 cases pushed the total cases in the organization to 40,678. Of these, 1,665 were active. Recoveries rose to 38892 with the addition of 207 recoveries. The COVID-19 death toll in the PNP is at 121, with no additional deaths reported. The police are among the country’s frontliners amid the COVID-19 pandemic. President Rodrigo Duterte […]
Robredo to present complete senate slate next week; names De Lima, Hontiveros, Trillanes and Diokno as among her senatorial candidates (Eagle News) – Vice-President Leni Robredo announced on Friday, Oct. 8, that Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan will be her running-mate in the 2022 elections. In a press briefing in Quezon City, Robredo, who is running as an independent presidential candidate, presented Pangilinan as her vice-presidential bet. Pangilinan for his part said he accepted the […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has reminded foreign nationals that they need the appropriate visas to enter the country. Immigration chief Jaime Morente issued the reminder following reports of foreigners still being turned back because of the absence of visas. All three foreigners, the bureau said, alleged they were unaware that they needed the visas in the first place. According to Morente, the Philippines remains closed to foreign tourists due to the Covid-19 pandemic, […]
(Eagle News) — Over 200,000 people have so far violated protocols in Metro Manila since the start of implementation of the alert level system in the region. According to the Philippine National Police, the 236,764 were after 9,688 violators were added to the list. The PNP said the average daily number of violators from September 16 to October 7 was recorded at 10,762. Of the total violators, 167,497 people violated the minimum public health standards […]
(Eagle News) — A 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck Batangas early Friday, Oct. 8. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, an aftershock of the 6.6-magnitude earthquake that struck the area on July 24, hit at 16 kilometers northwest of Calatagan. The depth of focus was 124 kilometers. The following instrumental intensities were reported: Instrumental Intensities: Intensity II – Calapan City and Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro; Olongapo City; Makati City Intensity I – Marikina […]
(Eagle News) — Rains are expected in parts of Eastern Visayas on Friday, Oct. 8, due to the trough of Tropical Depression “Maring.” The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said light to moderate with at times heavy rains may begin affecting Occidental Mindoro, Palawan, and the rest of Visayas on Saturday, Oct. 9, as the southwesterlies enhanced by the depression begins to affect the central portion of the country. No tropical storm wind […]
by Robbie COREY-BOULET ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AFP) — Medical supply shortages are having fatal consequences in Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray region, with patients succumbing to post-partum haemorrhage or dying for lack of dialysis equipment, the UN’s emergency-response agency said on Thursday. The latest situation report from the agency comes one week after Ethiopia expelled seven senior UN officials over accusations of “meddling”, exacerbating concerns about the humanitarian response in a region where hundreds of thousands reportedly […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Friday, Oct. 8: Flight schedules may change at any given time. MIAA said travelers should get confirmation of their flights before the scheduled travel 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, which means travel restrictions are in place on passengers […]
