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Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts a second time in less than a year, producing smoke plumes, lava fountains

by Alfred Acenas and Charmaine Cirera-Raquel  EBC Hawaii-Pacific HONOLULU (Eagle News) – The US Geological Survey’s (USGS) Hawaiian Volcano Observatory detected a glow in Kīlauea’s summit, indicating that an eruption has begun within the Halemaʻumaʻu crater of the summit caldera. This was first observed at 3:20 p.m, Wednesday, September 29, Hawaii Time (9:20 am, Sept. 30, Philippine Time). This new development began just four months after the end of the previous eruption which occurred between […]

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Kim’s sister gets post on top North Korean body

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s influential sister has been appointed to the country’s top government body, the official KCNA news agency reported Thursday. Kim Yo Jong, a key adviser to her brother, was promoted to a position on the State Affairs Commission, amid a raft of changes approved by the Supreme People’s Assembly, the rubber-stamp parliament. No fewer than nine members of the commission were dismissed, including one of […]

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DOTr: Zamboanga International Airport to expand flight routes to include Southeast Asian destinations

(Eagle News) — The Zamboanga International Airport will soon expand its flight routes to include Southeast Asian destinations, the Department of Transportation said. According to the DOTr, the planned routes of the “revitalized and upgraded” airport include a Zamboanga-Kuala Lumpur route, with the approval of the Philippines’ counterpart in Malaysia. “Zamboanga International Airport is ready for international operations. It has long been prepared for this,” Transportation Art Tugade said. The DOTr made the statement after […]

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PHL gov’t reserves 29 million COVID-19 vaccine doses for adolescents

Galvez says those with comordibities, and children of health workers to be prioritized for vaccination by October (Eagle News) – At least 29 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been allotted by the Philippine government for the inoculation of adolescents, or those aged 12 to 17, that will start by October. This was according to National Task Force Against COVID-19 Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., who said that those who will be prioritized are adolescents with comorbidities […]

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Virgin Galactic cleared to launch after US closes safety probe

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Virgin Galactic said Wednesday it had been cleared for spaceflight after the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) concluded a probe into a safety “mishap” related to its high-profile mission in July that featured company founder Richard Branson. The FAA told the company it had accepted its proposed corrective actions related to the flight, which saw the SpaceShipTwo vehicle drop below its assigned airspace during its descent back to its runway at […]

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PHL receives 1.23 million Moderna doses, nearly 400k Pfizer doses as gov’t prepares to vaccinate adolescents

Total COVID vaccine doses delivered to the country as of Sept. 30 at over 71 million (Eagle News) – The country received more vaccines against COVID-19 with the delivery of over 1.23 million Moderna doses on Thursday, Sept. 30, and nearly 400,000 Pfizer doses on Wednesday night, Sept. 29. This brings to over 71.3 million doses the total number of COVID-19 vaccine supplies so far delivered to the country as the government prepares to vaccinate […]

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China factory activity shrinks for first time since February 2020

Chinese factory activity contracted in September for the first time since the height of its initial coronavirus outbreak in February 2020, official data showed Thursday, as it faces waves of power outages and fears for the real estate sector. The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) — a key gauge of manufacturing activity in the world’s second-largest economy — slipped to 49.6 from 50.1 in August, the National Bureau of Statistics said. Any figure below the 50-point […]

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$80 oil sparks mixed fortunes for world economy

by Benoît PELEGRIN Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) – Oil prices jumped above $80 this week for the first time in almost three years, handing a major boost to producers — but fuelling more inflationary pain for consumers, analysts say. The price of European benchmark Brent North Sea crude for delivery in November hit $80.75 per barrel on Tuesday, attaining the highest level since October 2018, but edged lower on Wednesday. The market has […]

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Amazon reaches agreement with two workers who say they were fired illegally

Amazon has reached an agreement with two employees who accused the e-commerce giant of dismissing them in retaliation for their activism, both parties said Wednesday. Maren Costa and Emily Cunningham, who led an advocacy group of Amazon employees campaigning for better environmental and labor practices at the company, were fired last spring. Federal labor authorities later concluded that the dismissals of the two Amazon designers were indeed retaliatory. On Wednesday, the women said in joint […]

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COP26 ‘won’t be easy’, UN climate chief admits

by Amélie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOIS Agence France-Presse MILAN, Italy (AFP) – The forthcoming COP26 summit — which could determine the viability of the Paris Agreement — will “not be easy” but an outcome matching the urgency of the crisis is an “absolute necessity”, the UN’s climate chief said Wednesday. As the world faces stronger and more frequent droughts, wildfires, flooding and storm surges made worse as the planet warms, the COP26 summit in Glasgow is being billed […]

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PSA: Employment rate in PHL in August at 91.9 percent

(Eagle News)–The employment rate in the country was at 91.9 percent in August, the Philippine Statistics Authority said on Thursday, Sept. 30. According to the PSA’s August 2021 Labor Force Survey, the 91.9 percent translates to 44.23 million people employed out of the 48.12 million individuals who comprise the labor force. The PSA said  this was higher than the employment rate in April 2021–pegged at 91.3 percent– when the National Capital Region Plus Bubble was […]

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UK to relax post-Brexit rules on gene-edited crops

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) – The UK government announced plans on Wednesday to relax regulation of gene-edited crops, following the country’s departure from the European Union. Under the changes, which will apply to England, the government has said it will “cut red tape and make research and development easier”, allowing gene-edited crops to be tested in the same way as naturally occurring new varieties. The devolved governments of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, which set […]

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