Breaking News, Latest Philippines Headlines, World, Entertainment, Politics, Weather & Video News
The NBA said Saturday it will require Covid-19 vaccinations for all referees working games in the 2021-22 season. The league said in a statement that the requirement was agreed with the National Basketball Referees Association. It allows some exemptions for religious or medical reasons. “The referees have also agreed to take any recommended boosters,” the league said. “Any referee who does not get vaccinated and is not exempt will be ineligible to work games.” The […]
Every dish tastes better with a dash of soy sauce, even dessert: that’s the ambitious pitch of Japanese food giant Kikkoman, hoping to persuade Indians to use it in curries, sweets and everything in between. Convincing 1.3 billion people to add a staple of East Asian cuisine to their butter chicken and samosas is no cakewalk but it will likely be easier than the brand’s 1960s push into the United States. “When we entered the […]
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — A priest and three other men have been charged with the gang rape and murder of a low-caste nine-year-old girl, Indian police said, in a case that sparked days of protests in New Delhi. The girl was allegedly assaulted by the priest, 53, and three workers on August 1 after she had gone to a crematorium to fetch water. The four men, who have been in custody since they […]
(Eagle News) — The Intertropical Convergence Zone is affecting the Philippines. As a result, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Metro Manila, CALABARZON, MIMAROPA, Western Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, Batanes, Cagayan including Babuyan Islands, Isabela, and Aurora will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. The rest of the country, meanwhile, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers […]
(Eagle News) – At least 18,528 more new COVID-19 cases were added on Sunday, Aug. 29, bringing the total active cases in the country to 143,221. Sunday’s number of new active cases is the second-highest since the pandemic began. The highest so far was Saturday’s (Aug. 28) record of 19,441 cases. The Department of Health (DOH) also reported a record-high positivity rate on Sunday, Aug. 29, at 27.9 percent. Still, most of the active […]
Hurricane Ida was upgraded to a Category Four storm, the US National Hurricane Center said Sunday, staying on course to hit New Orleans with sustained winds of 130 miles per hour (209 kilometers per hour). Sunday, when Ida is due to make landfall, marks 16 years since Katrina, the devastating hurricane that flooded 80 percent of New Orleans, left 1,800 people dead, and caused billions of dollars in damage. “Major Hurricane Ida continues to strengthen… […]
(Eagle News) — More variant cases have been reported in the Philippines. According to the Department of Health, 516 more Delta variant cases, 73 more Alpha variant cases, 81 more Beta variant cases, and 41 new P.3. cases have been reported from 748 sequenced samples from 67 laboratories. With the 516 more Delta variant cases, the total Delta variant cases in the country climbed to 1,789. Of the additional Delta variant cases, the DOH said […]
Hurricane Nora made landfall Saturday near Mexico’s Pacific coastline but no casualties have been reported so far, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. The Category 1 storm made landfall near Tomatlan in Mexico’s Jalisco state and will continue north towards the states of Nayarit and Sinaloa, the National Meteorological Service (SMN) reported. As it passed through Jalisco on Saturday night, the hurricane brought heavy rain that “will likely result in life-threatening flash flooding […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan’s Okinawa region suspended the use of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine on Sunday after another contamination was spotted, the local government said. It comes a day after the Japanese health ministry said it was investigating the death of two men who received shots from tainted Moderna batches — though the cause of their death is unknown. The Okinawa prefecture, in southern Japan, said Sunday’s vaccination programme was partially postponed. “We are suspending […]
Scientists have discovered what is believed to be the world’s northernmost landmass — a yet-to-be-named island north of Greenland that could soon be swallowed up by seawaters. Researchers came upon the landmass on an expedition in July, and initially thought they had reached Oodaaq, up until now the northernmost island on the planet. “We were informed that there had been an error on my GPS which had led us to believe that we were standing […]
MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) — A lockdown of Australia’s second-biggest city Melbourne will be extended, authorities announced Sunday as they struggle to quash a stubborn coronavirus Delta variant outbreak. Almost seven million people in Melbourne and surrounding Victoria state were scheduled to exit a four-week lockdown on Thursday, but state premier Dan Andrews said it would no longer be possible with case numbers rising by 92 overnight. It is the city’s sixth lockdown of the pandemic, […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States warned Saturday of a “specific, credible threat” near Kabul airport and urged its citizens to leave the area, days after a deadly attack on crowds fleeing Taliban rule in Afghanistan. “Due to a specific, credible threat, all US citizens in the vicinity of Kabul airport… should leave the airport area immediately,” the US Embassy in Kabul said in a security alert. © Agence France-Presse
