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Percentage of COVID deaths go down to 1.57 percent (Eagle News) – Another 20,745 new COVID-19 cases were added to the Philippines’ tally on Monday, Sept. 13, bringing the total active cases to 180,293, the Department of Health’s latest data showed. The good news is that this is lower than Sunday’s count of active cases of 181,951. The percentage of active cases even went down to 8 percent from the previous 8.2 percent. New […]
VENICE, Italy (AFP) — Philippines actor John Arcilla was the surprise choice for the best acting award at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday. The 55-year-old took home the prize for his starring role in “On the Job: The Missing 8”, a crime thriller that delves into corruption and fake news. “I’m the happiest actor tonight also because I know we come from different countries and we have different languages and cultures, yet I […]
(Eagle News) — Over 100 more COVID-19 cases have been reported among police personnel. According to latest Philippine National Police data, the additional 138 cases pushed the total COVID-19 cases in the police force to 37197. Of these, 2685 are active. Recoveries rose to 34403, including the additional 108 recoveries. No additional COVID-19 deaths were reported, which means the PNP COVID-19 death toll remain at 109. The Philippines on Monday, Sept. 13, reported over 600 […]
by Cecil MORELLA Agence France Presse MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Classrooms in the Philippines were silent Monday as millions of school children hunkered down at home for a second year of remote lessons that experts fear will worsen an educational “crisis”. While nearly every country in the world has partially or fully reopened schools to in-person classes, the Philippines has kept them closed since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the UN says. President […]
by Sunghee Hwang Agence France Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea test-fired a new “long-range cruise missile” over the weekend, state media reported Monday, with the United States saying the nuclear-armed country was threatening its neighbours and beyond. Pictures in the Rodong Sinmun newspaper showed a missile exiting one of five tubes on a launch vehicle in a ball of flame, and a missile in horizontal flight. Such a weapon would represent […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs has announced the suspension of operations in its two consular offices in Santiago City, Isabela and Tagum, Davao del Norte after several personnel tested positive for COVID-19. According to the DFA, the suspension of operations in the consular offices in the GMall of the Tagum shopping center, and in Robinsons Place Santiago is in effect until Sept. 14 and Sept. 17, respectively, to allow for a thorough […]
PNP says cop faces criminal raps, too (Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar has ordered the start of dismissal proceedings against a Tarlac police officer arrested on Sept. 11 in a buy-bust operation in Gerona. Apart from the administrative charges to be filed against Police Corporal Geymar Orquero, the PNP said criminal charges will be filed against him. According to the PNP, Orquero has been disarmed and is now detained. In ordering […]
The United States military said Sunday missile tests conducted by North Korea over the weekend posed ‘threats’ to the country’s neighbors and beyond. “This activity highlights DPRK’s continuing focus on developing its military program and the threats that poses to its neighbors and the international community,” the US Indo-Pacific Command said in a statement, using the North’s official name. North Korean state media reported on Monday morning local time the country had test-fired a new […]
Of 584 additional local Delta variant cases, 122 have indicated NCR addresses, DOH says (Eagle News) — The Department of Health on Monday, Sept. 13, reported 640 more cases of the highly transmissible COVID-19 Delta variant, bringing the total Delta variant cases detected in the Philippines to 2,708. According to the DOH, also detected in the 748 samples recently sequenced by the agency, the University of the Philippines – Philippine Genome Center (UP-PGC), and the […]
(Eagle News) — The southwest monsoon is affecting Luzon on Monday, Sept. 13. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) is also affecting Southern Mindanao. As a result, PAGASA said Ilocos Region, MIMAROPA, Zamboanga Peninsula, Bangsamoro, Batanes, Babuyan Islands, Zambales, Bataan, Abra, and Benguet will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides due to heavy to at times intense rains are possible. […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Monday, Sept. 13: Flight schedules may be subject to changes. MIAA advised passengers to coordinate with their airlines prior to their scheduled travel as only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry into the airport. The travel ban on India and nine other countries has been lifted but the Philippines imposed travel restrictions on countries on its […]
China handed over to Cambodia a $150 million stadium in Phnom Penh, with officials saying Sunday it is the result of Beijing’s biggest ever infrastructure grant to the country. The 60,000-capacity venue is the latest project under China’s trillion-dollar Belt and Road initiative, a plan to fund infrastructure projects and increase its sway overseas. The presentation of the arena, intended as the main venue when Cambodia hosts the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in 2023, was […]
