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Caeleb Dressel claimed his fourth Tokyo gold and earned the title of world’s fastest swimmer Sunday with an Olympic-record 21.07 seconds in the 50m freestyle final. The American was untouchable in an event he has dominated in recent years, hitting the wall ahead of France’s Florent Manaudou (21.55), who won gold at London in 2012 and silver at Rio 2016. Brazilian Bruno Fratus (21.57) was third. Dressel had his usual powerful start off the blocks […]
(Eagle News) — Only authorized persons outside of residences are now allowed to travel in areas included in the NCR Plus bubble, as authorities tightened border controls in a bid to curb the transmission of the highly contagious COVID-19 Delta variant. In a statement, the Department of the Interior and Local Government said this was following Interior Secretary Eduardo Año’s directive for the Joint Task Force COVID Shield’s activation of all Quarantine Control Points along […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar welcomed the appointment of the country’s new Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff. Eleazar said he was looking forward to work with the AFP, under Lieutenant General Jose Faustino Jr.’s leadership, “in the conduct of internal security operations as part of the PNP’s mandate to ensure peace and order in the country.” “The AFP can expect that the police organization will give its full […]
(Eagle News)– The southwest monsoon is affecting the Philippines. As a result, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, and the provinces of Batanes, Cagayan, Zambales, and Bataan will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides during moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will also have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Sunday, Aug. 1: Flight schedules may change at any given time. According to MIAA, passengers should confirm their flights prior to their date of travel as only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry into the airport. The Philippines has extended the travel ban on India and nine other countries. Metro Manila is also under a general […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang congratulated Filipino athletes who made advances in their games at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics today, Saturday, July 31, including Filipina boxer Nesthy Petecio who is just a win away from another Olympic gold medal after winning in the semi-finals round. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the whole country is hopeful for the Filipino athletes competing in the Tokyo Olympics. The other Filipinos who advanced in their games […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — American powerhouse Caeleb Dressel admitted he was hurting after smashing his own world record to win the men’s Olympic 100m butterfly title Saturday for his third gold medal of the Tokyo Games. The two-time world champion touched in 49.45 seconds to better his own world best 49.50 set at the 2019 world championships. Hungarian 200m fly champion Kristof Milak was second in 49.68 — only the fourth man ever to […]
(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the Philippines climbed to 1,588,965 on Saturday, July 31, after the Department of Health reported 8,147 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases, 60,887 were active. Of these, 93.8 percent were mild, 1.3 percent asymptomatic, 2.1 percent severe, 1.3 percent critical and 1.52 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 1,500,189, including the additional 9,117 ones. The death toll is now at 27,889, including the additional 167 deaths. The […]
CDC cites study of COVID-19 outbreak in Massachusetts that found Delta variant infections among fully vaccinated individuals (Eagle News) – Even fully vaccinated people can transmit the Delta variant as significant high viral loads of this COVID-19 virus strain were found in fully vaccinated individuals who got infected with this variant, as well as those unvaccinated against COVID-19. This was according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday, July 30, which […]
(Eagle News) — Filipina boxer Nesthy Petecio is just one win away from an Olympic gold after beating the taller Irma Testa of Italy on Saturday, July 31, in the women’s featherweight semifinals. Because of this, Petecio is already assured of at least a silver medal in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics for winning in the semi-final round, and advances to the championship round set on Aug. 3 On Tuesday’s championship round, Petecio has a […]
BRISBANE, Australia (AFP) — Australia’s third-largest city of Brisbane and other parts of Queensland state will enter a snap Covid-19 lockdown from Saturday as authorities race to contain an emerging outbreak of the Delta strain. Millions of residents in the city and several other areas will be placed under stay-at-home orders from Saturday afternoon for three days, state Deputy Premier Steven Miles said. “The only way to beat the Delta strain is to move quickly, […]
Austin is first Biden cabinet member to meet with Pres. Duterte (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte decided to continue the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States government, recalling his earlier decision to terminate or abrogate the VFA. Delfin Secretary Delfin Lorenzana announced that President Duterte decided to continue the VFA after his meeting on Thursday, July 29, with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. Because of this, he said that the “VFA […]
