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by Gerard MARTINEZ Agence France-Presse MIAMI, Florida (AFP) – Umberto Gimenez loves alligators. He gives them nicknames such as “Smile” and “Momma Gator” and laughs when he thinks of their antics. Gimenez, an airboat captain, has found his paradise in Florida’s Everglades National Park, a natural gem in the southeastern US state at risk from climate change. “It’s an amazing place and there’s only one in the world,” he says. The largest wetland in the […]
(Eagle News) — Several flights scheduled on Tuesday, Oct. 5, were cancelled due to bad weather. According to the Manila International Airport Authority, the following flights are cancelled: Cebu Pacific (5J) 5J 196/197 Manila-Cauayan (Isabela)-Manila Air Swift (T6) T6 5110/5111 Manila-Puerto Princesa-Manila Signal No. 1 remains raised over the northern portion of Palawan including Calamian Islands due to Tropical Depression “Lannie.” “Lannie” is expected to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Thursday morning.
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) – Dynamite fishing and pollution — but mostly global warming — wiped out 14 percent of the world’s coral reefs from 2009 to 2018, leaving graveyards of bleached skeletons where vibrant ecosystems once thrived, according to the largest ever survey of coral health. Hardest hit were corals in South Asia and the Pacific, around the Arabian Peninsula, and off the coast of Australia, more than 300 scientists […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar has ordered a thorough probe into the twin blasts inside a Bicol University campus over the weekend. In a statement, Eleazar said he gave the directive to Police Regional Office 5 director Police Brigadier General Jonnel Estomo, who has police jurisdiction over the university’s Legazpi campus. Eleazar said he also directed the regional police leadership to “coordinate with the University officials to discuss security measures in […]
Talks for the first time about his retirement, makes no mention of daughter Davao City Mayor Sara (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said that he is hoping that the “new set of leaders” who would succeed his administration would continue his reforms and projects. During his “Talk to the People” on Monday, Oct. 4, Duterte talked for the first time about his decision to retire from politics next year. “Last Saturday, respecting the […]
(Eagle News) — Forty more overseas Filipinos have tested positive for COVID-19. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs, the additional cases pushed the total COVID-19 cases among Filipinos outside the country to 23,317. The DFA said 87 new recoveries also pushed the total COVID-19 recovery tally to 13,552. Two additional deaths pushed the death toll to 1389. According to the DFA, the Middle East and Africa are the regions with the most COVID-19 cases, […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Facebook late Monday blamed a major outage across its platforms on configuration changes it made to routers that coordinate network traffic between its data centers “This disruption to network traffic had a cascading effect on the way our data centers communicate, bringing our services to a halt,” Facebook vice president of infrastructure Santosh Janardhan said in a post. © Agence France-Presse
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Coast Guard on Monday, Oct. 4, rescued two distressed fishermen off Aklan waters as Tropical Depression “Lannie” brought strong winds and big waves in parts of the country. The PCG said Vincent Cunihar and Sonny Tayco were on their way home from fishing around 4 a.m. when they encountered engine trouble. Their boat ended up drifting towards the vicinity waters between Sta. Fe, Romblon and Nabas. The PCG said it sent out […]
by Raziye Akkoc AKKUZULU, Turkey (AFP) — Turkish farmer Hava Keles stares inconsolably at withered vines of rotting tomatoes in a field that has been devastated by a series of droughts blamed on climate change. “My tomatoes, my beans, my peppers are ruined. My watermelons didn’t even grow. The cucumbers I planted have shrivelled up on the branches,” lamented Keles, 58, standing in an arid Anatolian plot in Akkuzulu, north of Ankara. Keles is among […]
(Eagle News) — Over 100 licensed professionals took their oaths as new police commissioned officers of the Philippine National Police. The newly-inducted technical service officers include four lawyers, three medico-legal officers, one chaplain and two medical doctors. They were appointed to the initial rank of police captain with a basic monthly salary of P56,582 and allowances. Also inducted were 107 dentists, psychologists, nurses, social workers, pharmacists, nutritionists, engineers, chemists, forensic criminologists and IT officers. They […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck Isabela on Tuesday, Oct. 5. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit at 5:31 a.m. It had its epicenter three kilometers northwest of Cordon. The depth of focus was one kilometer. The following intensities were reported: Intensity IV – Diadi, Nueva Vizcaya Intensity III – Cordon, Isabela; Bagabag, Nueva Vizcaya Intensity II – Aglipay, Quirino No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
Lannie forecast to exit PHL on Wednesday, Oct. 6 (Eagle News) – Tropical depression Lannie has “crossed the northern portion of Palawan and is over El Nido bay where it recently made landfall. So far, only these areas in Palawan including the Calamian Islands are under tropical cyclone wind signal, according to PAGASA. In its 8 a.m. update on Tuesday, Oct. 5, PAGASA said that Lannie had made landfall in two areas in Palawan over […]
