Breaking News, Latest Philippines Headlines, World, Entertainment, Politics, Weather & Video News
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — More than 1,000 soldiers and rescue workers joined an increasingly desperate search Tuesday for survivors in a Japanese resort town devastated by a landslide three days ago. Four people have been confirmed dead after the disaster in Atami in central Japan and officials said they were still unable to clarify the fate or whereabouts of 24 other residents. Helicopter images showed a bleak line of sludge and rubble snaking down a […]
(Eagle News) — “Emong” is now outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, “Emong” slightly weakened and is now situated 335 km northwest of Itbayat, Batanes. It is packing maximum sustained winds of 45 kph near the center, gustiness of up to 55 kph, with a central pressure of 1004 hPa. It is moving northwestward at 20 kph, with strong winds extending outwards up to 200 […]
ATAMI, Japan (AFP) — Rescuers were holding out hope of finding at least 64 people buried under the mud and wreckage of a Japanese holiday town that was hit by a devastating landslide, with teams set to resume the desperate search for survivors Tuesday. Soldiers and emergency workers used hand-held poles and mechanical diggers to sift through the muddy debris, two days after a torrent of earth slammed down a mountainside and through part of […]
by Yussel Gonzalez MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — A major construction project in wetlands seen as one of the “green lungs” of smog-choked Mexico City has raised concerns for the future of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. A more than 1.7-kilometer (one mile) long reinforced concrete bridge is being built on a freshwater lake system that helps to regulate the temperature and prevent flooding in the city of nine million people. Hundreds of trees have […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar warned the police against the possible use of fake vaccination cards for interzonal travel. “Kung ang resulta ng RT-PCR test ay pinepeke, hindi malayong may masasamang loob na gumamit din ng pekeng vaccination documents. Hindi natin ito dapat hayaang mangyari (If the results of RT-PCR tests are sometimes faked, it’s not a stretch to say some bad elements may use fake vaccination documents. We shouldn’t let […]
(Eagle News) –Thirty-nine earthquakes were monitored at Taal in 24 hours. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, also monitored at the volcano, which remains on alert level 3, was a plume that reached up to 3000 meters. PHIVOLCS said sulfur dioxide flux was at 5299 tons on July 5. PHIVOLCS reiterated its recommendation for a ban on the entry into Taal Volcano island and the high-risk barangays of Agoncillo and Laurel. It […]
(Eagle News) — Signal No. 1 remains hoisted over Batanes as Tropical Depression “Emong” continues to slow down. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, the center of Tropical Depression “Emong” was estimated 165 km northwest of Itbayat. It is packing maximum sustained winds of 55 kph near the center, and a gustiness of up to 70 kph. It is moving northwest at 25 kph and is expected to exit the Philippine […]
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Germany’s health agency said on Monday it would lift a ban on most travellers from the UK, India and three other countries hit by the Delta variant of Covid-19. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) said India, Nepal, Russia, Portugal and the UK, currently listed as so-called virus variant countries, would be reclassified from Wednesday as “high-incidence areas”. The change eases a ban on entry for travellers who are not German residents […]
Additional cases of other COVID-19 variants also detected (Eagle News)– The Department of Health has reported additional variant cases in the Philippines. In a statement, the DOH said two more Delta variant cases detected in Filipinos who returned from Saudi Arabia on May 29 pushed the total Delta variant cases to 19. The DOH said the results were based on a genome sequencing of 7,878 COVID-19-positive samples by the University of the Philippines Philippine Genome […]
by Gianrigo MARLETTA SURFSIDE, United States (AFP) — The death toll climbed to 28 Monday in the collapse of a Florida condo tower, where search work resumed after the dangerously unstable remaining portion of the building was brought down with explosives ahead of a coming tropical storm, officials said. Some 117 people remained missing after the 12-story Champlain Towers South crumbled over a week ago in Surfside, but an Israeli search official put the chances […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Tuesday, July 6: Flight schedules may be subject to changes. Earlier, MIAA advised passengers to secure confirmation of their flights on the day of their trip as only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry into the airport. The travel ban on passengers from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Oman and the United Arab Emirates is […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — France could see a new spike in Covid cases by the end of July due to the spread of the more contagious Delta variant of the virus, the government spokesman said Monday. “Over the past week the epidemic is again gaining ground,” Gabriel Attal told France Inter radio, with the Delta variant now accounting for 30 percent of new infections in the country. A fourth wave of infections is “a possibility” […]
