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MIAA releases list of operational commercial flights for Sunday, Sept. 12

(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Sunday, Sept. 12: Flight schedules may change at any given time. MIAA advised passengers to coordinate with their airlines as only those with the confirmation will be allowed to enter the airport. The travel ban on India, Pakistan, Nepal, Oman, Sri Lanka, the United Arab Emirates, Thailand, Malaysia, Bangladesh, and Indonesia has been lifted. The Philippines, however, announced […]

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Signal No. 2 still raised over Itbayat, Batanes; “Kiko” expected to exit PAR today

(Eagle News) — Signal No. 2 is still raised over Itbayat, Batanes even as Typhoon “Kiko” slightly weakened and is now over the coast of Taiwan on Sunday, Sept. 12. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the northern portion of Babuyan Islands (Babuyan Is., Calayan Is., Panuitan Is.) and the rest of Batanes, meanwhile, are under Signal No. 1. “Kiko” is moving northward at 15 kph, and is so far packing maximum sustained […]

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Pres. Duterte threatens to cut off nat’l gov’t support to PHL Red Cross if it refuses audit of public funds

Presses COA audit,  submission of annual report of PRC on how it utilized gov’t funds   (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte warned the Philippine Red Cross to submit to a government audit and give an account of how it had utilized government funds given to them, or he would cut all government transactions with it altogether. In his “Talk to the People” aired on Sept. 11, Duterte also directed the Commission on Audit (COA) […]

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PHL logs record-high 26,303 new COVID-19 infections

(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines climbed to 2,206,021 on Saturday, Sept. 11, after the Department of Health reported a record-high of 26,303 more cases. The additional cases shattered Thursday’s record of 22,820 additional cases. According to the DOH, of the total cases, 185,706 are active. Of these, 85.3 percent are mild, 10.2 percent are asymptomatic, 0.6 percent are critical, 1.3 percent are severe, and 2.56 percent are moderate. Recoveries rose to 1985337 […]

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Northern portion of Batanes under Signal No. 4 as “Kiko” crosses Itbayat coastal waters

(Eagle News) — The northern portion of Batanes remains under Signal No. 4 as Typhoon “Kiko” crosses the coastal waters of Itbayat. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the rest of Batanes is under Signal No. 3, while the northern portion of Babuyan Islands (Babuyan Is., Panuitan Is., Calayan Is.) is under Signal No. 2. The following areas, meanwhile, are under Signal No. 1: The rest of Babuyan Islands the […]

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Covid vaccines hold up against severe Delta: US data

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Fully vaccinated people were 11 times less likely to die of Covid and 10 times less likely to be hospitalized compared to the unvaccinated since highly contagious Delta became the most common variant, US health authorities said Friday. The data came from one of three new papers published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, all of which underscored Covid vaccines’ ongoing effectiveness against severe outcomes. For reasons […]

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Typhoon Kiko (Chanthu) makes landfall over Ivana, Batanes; province under signal no. 4

“Kiko” slightly weakens as it moves over Batanes, but gusts still at 250 km/hour   (Eagle News) – Typhoon Kiko (international name Chanthu) made landfall at 8:30 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 11, over Ivana, Batanes, pummeling the province with maximum sustained winds of 205 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 250 km per hour. The whole province of Batanes is under tropical cyclone wind signal no. 4, while the northeastern portion […]

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Biden calls for unity ahead of 9/11 anniversary

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Joe Biden has urged Americans to show unity, “our greatest strength,” in a video posted Friday, on the eve of the 20th anniversary of 9/11. “To me, that’s the central lesson of September 11th. It’s that at our most vulnerable, in the push and pull of all that makes us human, in the battle for the soul of America, unity is our greatest strength,” Biden says in […]

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Divided, bruised US marks 9/11’s 20th anniversary

  by Peter Hutchison with Sebastian Smith in Washington Agence France Presse Americans mark the 20th anniversary of 9/11 on Saturday with troops finally gone from Afghanistan, but national discord — and for President Joe Biden, political peril — are overshadowing any sense of closure. A whole generation has grown up since the morning of September 11, 2001. In the interim, Al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden has been hunted down and killed. A towering new […]

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WATCH: President Duterte’s recorded Talk to the People – Sept. 11, 2021

President Rodrigo Duterte holds his Talk to the People on Sept 10, 2021, aired the following day, Sept 11, where several Cabinet members discussed developments in their various departments including updates on Typhoon Kiko, COVID-19 response, education, among others. During his public address, he again answered accusations of some senators regarding the government’s COVID-19 response. He also hit Senators Franklin Drilon and Richard Gordon — Drilon for his alleged links to Janet Lim Napoles and […]

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PNP reports 168 more COVID-19 cases

(Eagle News) — Over 100 more COVID-19 cases have been reported among police personnel. According to Philippine National Police data as of September 10, the additional 168 cases pushed the total COVID-19 cases to 36715. Of these, 2592 are active. Recoveries also rose to 34015, with the addition of 155 recoveries. The COVID-19 death toll among police personnel is at 108, with no additional deaths reported. The PNP has said over 40 percent of the […]

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PCG on heightened alert as Typhoon “Kiko” heads towards Batanes

(Eagle News) — The Philippine Coast Guard is on heightened alert  as Typhoon “Kiko” heads towards Batanes. In a statement, the PCG said PCG Commandant Vice Admiral Leopoldo V Laroya has directed the PCG District Northeastern Luzon and Northwestern Luzon to ensure that their deployable response groups (DRGs) and Quick Response Teams (QRTs) are all-set for swift evacuation and rescue operations, most especially in flood-prone residential communities in Batanes, Cagayan, and Northern Isabela. In its […]

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