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NZEREKOE, Guinea (AFP) — The World Health Organization on Saturday officially announced the end of Guinea’s second Ebola outbreak which was declared in February and claimed 12 lives. At 16 confirmed cases and seven probable infections according to WHO figures, the limited size of the latest flare-up has been credited to experience from the 2013-16 epidemic, which killed more than 11,300 people mostly in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Just 12 people died this time […]
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — The UAE has quietly launched vaccine tourism, with the emirate of Abu Dhabi offering visitors free jabs after approving the inoculation of all those with visas issued by its authorities. Abu Dhabi has not officially announced that it is vaccinating tourists, but authorities in the emirate said in a brief statement earlier this month that free Covid-19 vaccines were approved for everyone with an “entry visa”. The UAE […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Sarangani on Monday, June 21. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit at 12:30 p.m. It had its epicenter 84 kilometers southwest of Kiamba. The depth of focus was 480 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News) — Malacanang has declared June 24, 2021 a special non-working day in Manila. According to Proclamation No. 1167 signed by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, the declaration was in commemoration of the city’s 450th founding anniversary. The proclamation said Medialdea signed the same “by authority” of President Rodrigo Duterte. The Palace added, however, that ceremonies, should there be any, should be subject to “community quarantine, social distancing, and other public health measures.” Manila is […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines recorded the lowest percentage of active COVID-19 cases this month on Monday, June 21, at 4.1 percent as the number of active cases decreased to 55,847. Total COVID-19 cases reached 1,364,239 in the country, but most of these are recoveries at 1,284,643 representing 94.7 percent of all COVID-19 cases as of Monday. Most of the active cases are still mild and asymptomatic at 95.5 percent, with 4.1 percent of them […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a tropical depression outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility. According to the weather bureau, the tropical depression is so far located 2265 kilometers east of Visayas. It is packing maximum sustained winds of 55 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 70 kilometers per hour. It is moving west northwest at 70 kilometers per hour. According to PAGASA, […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 1364239 on Monday, June 21, after the Department of Health reported 5429 additional cases. According to DOH data, of the total, 55847 were active. Of these, 91.4 percent were mild, 4.1 percent asymptomatic, 1.3 percent critical, 1.9 percent severe, and 1.32 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 1284643 including the additional 7053 ones. The death toll is now at 23749 including the additional 128 ones. According […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Bitcoin tumbled more than 10 per cent Monday after China broadened a crackdown on its massive cryptocurrency mining industry with a ban on mines in a key southwestern province. Chinese mines power nearly 80 percent of the global trade in cryptocurrencies despite a domestic trading ban since 2017, but in recent months several provinces have ordered mines to close as Beijing turns a sharp eye to the industry. Authorities in the […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — The US special representative for North Korea on Monday offered to meet with Pyongyang “anywhere, anytime, without preconditions”, with no public contact so far between the Biden administration and the nuclear-armed nation. Sung Kim’s remarks came after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un last week gave his first reaction to Washington’s recent review of its approach to his isolated country, saying Pyongyang must prepare for both “dialogue and confrontation”. The […]
by Sara HUSSEIN TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo Olympics organisers and Japanese officials meet Monday to decide whether fans will be allowed at the pandemic-postponed Games, just weeks before they open. With the opening ceremony looming on July 23, organisers are scrambling to finalise preparations, but the decision on spectators has been left as late as possible. Overseas spectators have already been banned, in an Olympic first that reflects the difficulties of staging the Games […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Coast Guard began on Monday, June 21, its anti-terrorism and anti-piracy exercises in Southern Mindanao. In a statement, the PCG said the maritime security and law enforcement exercises particularly off waters in the Zamboanga Peninsula, Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi will last for a week until June 27. Four capital ships of the national government – the BRP Gabriela Silang (OPV-8301), BRP Tubbataha (MRRV-4401), BRP Bagacay (MRRV-4410), and BRP Cape Engaño […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — A magnitude 6.3 earthquake shook the area around New Zealand’s Kermadec Islands early Monday, the US Geological Survey reported. The quake, which struck at 1705 GMT Sunday, had an epicenter located 938 kilometers northeast of Ngunguru, on New Zealand’s North Island, at a depth of 10 kilometers, the USGS said. There were no immediate reports of damage or a tsunami. The tiny Kermadec Islands are mostly uninhabited. © Agence France-Presse
