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(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Friday, Sept. 3: Passengers are advised to coordinate with their airlines prior to the scheduled travel as flight schedules may change at any given time. The Philippines has extended the travel ban on India and nine other countries. Metro Manila is under a modified enhanced community quarantine until Sept. 7.
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — NASA’s Perseverance rover succeeded in its second attempt to scoop up a piece of Martian rock for future analysis by scientists on Earth — probably. Its first effort earlier this month failed after the rock was too crumbly to withstand the robot’s drill, but data received late on September 1 indicates the process worked this time around. The US space agency said Thursday it remains a little uncertain, because images […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrLaT1wyLaE Climate change and increasingly extreme weather events, have caused a surge in natural disasters over the past 50 years disproportionately impacting poorer countries, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) said on Wednesday. According to the agencies’ Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather, Climate and Water Extremes, from 1970 to 2019, these natural hazards accounted for 50 per cent of all disasters, 45 per cent […]
by Peter HUTCHISON and Nicolas REVISE NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Flash flooding caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida killed at least 41 people in the New York area overnight into Thursday, including several who perished in their basements during the “historic” weather event that officials blamed on climate change. Record rainfall, which prompted an unprecedented flash flood emergency warning for New York City, turned streets into rivers and shut down subway services […]
BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP) — A new coronavirus variant known as “Mu,” identified first in Colombia in January, is now the country’s predominant strain and behind its deadliest pandemic wave yet, a health official said Thursday. The variant was responsible for Colombia’s deadly third infection wave between April and June, health official Marcela Mercado told a local radio station. During this period, with about 700 deaths per day, nearly two-thirds of tests from people who died […]
But OCTA notes 12 percent higher number of average daily COVID cases from Aug. 26 to Sept. 1 compared to previous week (Eagle News) – The reproduction number of COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila has “decreased to 1.39” which is below the critical level cutoff of 1.4, according to OCTA Research on Thursday, Sept. 2. In its COVID-19 update, OCTA Research also predicted that the reproduction number in the National Capital Region (NCR) could even […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines climbed to 2,020,484 on Thursday, Sept. 2, after the Department of Health reported 16,621 additional cases. According to DOH data, of the total cases, 146510 were active. Of these, 96.2 percent were mild cases, 1.1 percent asymptomatic, 0.6 percent critical, 1.1 percent severe, and 0.99 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 1,840,294 including the additional 10965 recoveries. According to the DOH, 66 cases that were previously tagged […]
Community transmission of Delta cases noted as it becomes dominant variant in PHL (Eagle News) – The Department of Health (DOH) said that COVID-19 cases could still peak by mid-September based on the rates monitored on the virus infections this August. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that the department is also recommending the use of granular lockdowns, instead of regional lockdowns as a strategy to curb the increase and transmission of the Delta […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar on Thursday, ,Sept. 2, announced the dismissal from service of 15 policemen who claimed six people who died in San Jose, Bulacan on February 18 were drug personalities who had been shot in legitimate drug operations. In a statement, Eleazar said he himself signed the dismissal order against the following in June after the PNP’s Internal Affairs Service found they planted illegal drugs and firearms on […]
by Daniel HICKS TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Cycling queen Sarah Storey said she had to conquer a “race of truth” Tuesday as she claimed a British record-equalling 16th Paralympics gold medal. The 43-year-old, who won 3,000m pursuit gold on the track six days ago, blew away a high-class field in the women’s road C5 time trial at Fuji International Speedway to secure her 27th medal overall. “It’s the race of truth,” said Storey, who was […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency on Thursday as the remnants of storm Ida caused massive flooding in New York City and across the northeastern United States. “I am declaring a state of emergency to help New Yorkers affected by tonight’s storm,” Hochul tweeted, after Ida, which slammed into the southern United States as a Category 4 hurricane on Sunday, caused tornadoes and flooding as […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A student was shot and killed Wednesday at a high school in North Carolina, authorities in the southern US state said. Police dispatched to Mount Tabor High School in Winston-Salem found one student who had been shot. The student was transported to a local hospital, where he “succumbed to his injuries,” police department chief Catrina Thompson said during a press conference. The shooting suspect, believed to be another student […]
