Breaking News, Latest Philippines Headlines, World, Entertainment, Politics, Weather & Video News
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AFP) — Sri Lanka on Tuesday declared a state of emergency over food shortages as private banks ran out of foreign exchange to finance imports. With the country suffering a hard-hitting economic crisis, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said he ordered emergency regulations to counter the hoarding of sugar, rice and other essential foods. Rajapaksa has named a top army officer as “Commissioner General of Essential Services to coordinate the supply of paddy, rice, […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte again addressed the nation on Aug. 30, 2021, together with his cabinet members, to answer the various controversies and issues raised by critics. He also hit those who are using the pandemic to raise their political mileage. His address to the Filipino people taped late night of Aug. 30, 2021 is streamed on Tuesday morning, Aug. 31, 2021. (Eagle News Service)
Says he is observing the political landscape, and waiting for “Davao group” to decide (Eagle News) – Former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., said he is decided on running again in the 2022 elections and would reveal soon what top post this is. “Basta’t ako tatakbo ako bilang national candidate. Kaya naman napakahalaga na makipag-ugnayan sa mga local executives, para malaman kung ano ba ang sitwasyon sa kanilang lugar,” he said in an interview […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Tuesday, Aug. 31: Flight schedules may change at any given time. According to MIAA, passengers should coordinate with their airlines prior to the scheduled travel as a result. The travel ban on India and nine other countries has been extended. Metro Manila and other areas are under a modified enhanced community quarantine until Sept. 7.
(Eagle News) — The Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management is implementing a 10-day lockdown on its main offices after it logged 82 COVID-19 cases so far. According to the PD-DBAM, the cases were confirmed following a recent RT-PCR testing of its employees. It said as a result, the lockdown applies to its offices in Paco and San Miguel in Manila until September 5. “This is to allow the agency to conduct […]
by Ben Simon JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) — As scientific warnings of dire climate change-induced drought grow, many in Israel and Jordan cast worried eyes at the river running between them and the critical but limited resources they share. This month the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change showed unequivocally that the climate is changing faster than previously feared, heaping pressure on finite water supplies even as demands grow greater than ever before. But experts say […]
(Eagle News) — The Intertropical Convergence Zone is affecting the Philippines. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, as a result, Cagayan Valley, Bicol Region, Apayao, Kalinga, Aurora and Quezon will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of the country, meanwhile, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms. The […]
(Eagle News) — Fifty-two volcanic earthquakes were monitored in Taal in 24 hours. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quakes at the volcano, which remains on alert level 2, included 23 tremors lasting one to five minutes and a weak background tremor. Also observed were sulfur dioxide emissions, at 3848 tons on Aug. 25. Steam plumes that rose up to 2000 meters were also monitored. PHIVOLCS said entry into the Taal Volcano […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US military disabled scores of aircraft and armored vehicles as well as a high-tech rocket defense system at the Kabul airport before it left Monday, a US general said. Central Command head General Kenneth McKenzie said 73 aircraft that were already at Hamid Karzai International Airport were “demilitarized,” or rendered useless, by US troops before they wrapped up the two-week evacuation of the Taliban-controlled country. “Those aircraft will never […]
by Kelly MACNAMARA PARIS, France (AFP) — From endangered freshwater dolphins drowned by discarded fishing nets to elephants scavenging through rubbish, migratory species are among the most vulnerable to plastic pollution, a UN report on the Asia-Pacific region said Tuesday, calling for greater action to cut waste. Plastic particles have infiltrated even the most remote and seemingly-pristine regions of the planet, with tiny fragments discovered inside fish in the deepest recesses of the ocean and […]
GUWAHATI, India (AFP) — Flood waters rose Monday across northeastern India, where hundreds of thousands of people are stranded on the roofs of their homes or have fled to higher ground as more torrential rain fell. Incessant downpours for more than a week forced the Brahmaputra and other major rivers to burst their banks across Assam and Bihar states. Up to two metres (6.6 feet) of water has submerged many villages. Experts say annual floods […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Joe Biden announced he will address the nation Tuesday on the final US exit from Afghanistan after 20 years of war against the Taliban. “Tomorrow afternoon, I will address the American people on my decision not to extend our presence in Afghanistan beyond 8/31,” he said in a statement shortly after the Pentagon announced that the final US military plane had flown out of Kabul. The White House said […]
