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(Eagle News) — Over 100 more COVID-19 cases have been reported among police personnel. According to the PNP, the additional 159 COVID-19 cases pushed the total PNP COVID-19 tally to 33975. Of these, 1778 were active. Recoveries rose to 32095 including the additional 131 new recoveries. No additional deaths were reported, which means the PNP COVID-19 death toll remains at 102. The police are among the country’s frontliners amid the COVID-19 pandemic. President Rodrigo Duterte […]
(Eagle News) — The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) affecting Southern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. As a result, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Metro Manila, CALABARZON, MIMAROPA, Bicol Region, Western Visayas, Central Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, and the provinces of Isabela, Aurora, Bulacan, Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi 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 […]
(Eagle News) — There were no Filipino casualties in the bombings at Kabul airport in Afghanistan, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. The department said the information was based on preliminary information from Philippine Ambassador Daniel Espiritu, who is based in Islamabad, Pakistan. The attacks came as the United States and other countries continue to undertake evacuations of their citizens, following the Taliban’s takeover of the capital. The DFA has said a little over 20 […]
(Eagle News) — Twenty-nine Food and Drug Administration personnel have tested positive for COVID-19. As a result, the FDA main office in Muntinlupa City will be closed for disinfection on Friday, Aug. 27. Earlier, the OCTA research group said Metro Manila topped its list of 20 areas with the most new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, Aug. 25. The Department of Health has said a community transmission of the Delta variant had been observed in Metro […]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern defended her “Covid zero” elimination strategy Thursday amid fears an outbreak of the highly transmissible Delta variant has rendered the previously successful policy ineffective. A Delta case emerged in Auckland last week, ending a six-month run without local transmission in New Zealand, one of the world’s last Covid-free zones. That infection has since ballooned into the largest cluster the country has recorded throughout the […]
(Eagle News) — National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) executive director Undersecretary Ricardo Jalad has tested positive for COVID-19. This is according to his spokesperson Mark Timbal in a message to reporters on Friday, Aug. 27. He said Jalad, who is also the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) administrator, tested positive for the virus on Thursday, Aug. 26, and was among the 116 whose test results yielded positive for COVID-19. “He has mild […]
by Sebastian Smith Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Eyes closing, voice cracking, Joe Biden physically reflected the terrible blow to his presidency from the slaying of 13 US service members during the desperate Kabul evacuation. Addressing the nation from the White House, Biden bowed his head for a moment of silence before taking questions from journalists pressing him on the bloody twist in the already tragic operation to shut down the […]
“Who’s auditing COA?” he asks; tells COA to give enough “elbow room” for gov’t amid pandemic (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte called on the Commission on Audit (COA) to release only its final audit reports and to allow government departments and units “elbow room” to finish audit requirement amid the pandemic. In his “Talk to the People” on Thursday night, Aug. 26, President Duterte also saw the need to audit the COA, saying he […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Covid-19 vaccine makers Pfizer and BioNTech have joined forces with Brazilian pharmaceutical company Eurofarma to distribute doses in Latin America, the companies announced Thursday. Production will start next year and at full capacity will produce 100 million finished doses, the statement said. “Everyone — regardless of financial condition, race, religion or geography — deserves access to lifesaving COVID-19 vaccines,” Pfizer chief Albert Bourla said in the statement. “Our new […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Former president Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers lashed out at Democratic President Joe Biden on Thursday after 12 US troops were killed and 15 wounded in suicide bombings in Kabul. Trump, who has been sharply critical of Biden’s handling of the Afghan crisis, called Thursday’s suicide attacks in Kabul a “tragedy” and said they should have been prevented. “This tragedy should never have been allowed to happen, which makes […]
by Patrick GALEY PARIS, France (AFP) — Up to 95 percent of Earth’s ocean surface will have changed by the end of the century unless humanity reins in its carbon emissions, according to research published Thursday. Ocean surface climates, defined by surface water temperature, acidity and the concentration of the mineral aragonite — which many marine animals use to form bones and shell — support the vast majority of sea life. The world’s seas have […]
(Eagle News) — The NET25-Radyo Agila program “Balitalakayan” interviews Dr. Maricar Limpin, president of the Philippine College of Physicians on Aug. 26, 2021. Dr. Limpin talks explains what “breakthrough infections” are, aside from the hospital acquired infections amid the pandemic. She also talks about the condition of health care workers amid the pandemic, and appealed to the Philhealth to give the allowances and other benefits due to health workers and hospitals. Balitalakayan, one of […]
