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SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Sydney streets were nearly deserted on Saturday at the start of a beefed-up two-week lockdown to contain the highly contagious Delta coronavirus variant sweeping Australia’s largest city. More than 80 Covid-19 cases have been reported so far in an infection surge linked to an international flight crew transported to a quarantine hotel from the airport. The flare-up was a shock for a city that had returned to relative normality after […]
Says Malacanang through ES Medialdea “offered everything that we wanted,” (Eagle News) – Actress Kris Aquino, the youngest sister of former President Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III, thanked Malacanang and President Rodrigo Duterte for acknowledging her brother’s service to the Filipino nation. Kris said the Aquino family felt President Duterte’s sincerity in expressing his condolences for the untimely death of her brother. “Maraming salamat sa Malacanang. Maraming salamat kay President Duterte doon sa […]
(Eagle News) — The Light Rail Transit-2 will suspend operations and implement “degraded operations” on selected dates to facilitate the migration work and testing of the signaling system in preparation for the opening of the East Extension Project. In an advisory, the Light Rail Transit Authority said operations are suspended on June 26 and 27, and on July 3 to 4. Meanwhile, “degraded operations” will be implemented from June 28 to 30, and from July […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases among overseas Filipinos are now at 20,662. According to recent Department of Foreign Affairs data, this was after one additional case was reported. “To date, the total number of countries and territories with confirmed cases among Filipinos abroad remains at 94,” the department said. Seven additional recoveries, meanwhile, pushed the COVID-19 recoveries among Filipinos abroad to 12,228. The COVID-19 deaths among overseas Filipinos remain at 1227, with no additional deaths […]
(Eagle News) — Private schools and non-Department of Education schools may now start their classes for school year 2021 to 2022, provided there are no face-to-face classes. The DepEd issued the statement as it noted the new general school opening and school calendar were still on hold pending approval. Earlier, the department said it was eyeing Sept. 13, Sept. 6 or Aug. 23 as the opening of classes for this school year. The department, however, had […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines breached the 1,385,000 mark after the Department of Health reported 6812 additional cases on Friday, June 26. According to recent DOH data, of the total 1385053 cases, 55293 were active. Of these, 90.3 percent were mild, 4.6 percent asymptomatic, 1.3 percent critical, 1.9 percent severe, and 1.35 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 1305608 including the additional 2867 recoveries. Over 100, or 116, additional deaths were also […]
(Eagle News) — Over 100 more COVID-19 cases have been reported among police personnel. According to Philippine National Police data, the additional 184 cases pushed the PNP COVID-19 total to 27456. Of these, 1765 were active. One hundred more recoveries, meanwhile, were reported, pushing the PNP COVID-19 recoveries to 25618. One additional death was reported; the PNP COVID-19 death toll is now at 73. The police are among the Philippines’ frontliners amid the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
(Eagle News) — Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. will participate in the Ministerial Meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh/ISIS in Rome, Italy on June 28. In a statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs said the DFA chief will be joined by Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Civilian Security and Consular Affairs Brigido Dulay and National Security Council Deputy Director-General Damian Carlos. As part of the opening, Locsin will lead the opening of the […]
by Cyril JULIEN Agence France Presse SURFSIDE, United States (AFP) — Four people were confirmed dead and 159 unaccounted for Friday following the collapse of an oceanfront apartment building near Miami Beach, as rescue teams scoured a mountain of rubble in a desperate search for survivors. As shock set in among the local community in Surfside, the state’s governor called for full light to be shed without delay on the causes of the freak […]
(Eagle News) — American citizens with expired and expiring passports are now allowed to leave the country using those documents. This was after Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente signed a memorandum ordering bureau personnel to allow the departure of American nationals whose passports expired from January 1, 2020 and are expiring up to December 31 of this year. Morente said, however, that the use of these passports will only be allowed until December 31, 2021. According […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police has approved the dismissal of two policemen allegedly involved in the killing of a colleague whom they initially claimed to have committed suicide in Quezon City. According to PNP Chief Guillermo Eleazar, the dismissal was after Police Corporal Sherwin Rebot was found guilty of grave misconduct (murder), for violation of Presidential Decree 1829 (Obstruction of Justice), simple irregularity in the performance of duty (loafing), less grave neglect of […]
(Eagle News) — The southwest monsoon is affecting Northern and Central Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said as a result, Ilocos Region, Batanes and Babuyan Islands will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of the country, on the other hand, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated […]
