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(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 1,346,276 on Friday, June 18, after the Department of Health reported 6833 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases, 61776 were active. Of these, 97.2 percent were mild, 3.7 percent asymptomatic, 1.2 percent critical, 1.7 percent severe, and 1.22 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 1261115, including the additional 3441 cases. The death toll is now at 23385 including the 110 additional ones. Metro […]
Balitalakayan interviews Sen. Francis Tolentino on the issue of “war on drugs” which the former International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Fatou Bensouda tried to revive before her term ended at the ICC on June 15, 2021. Tolentino revealed that Bensouda herself is being investigated by the United States State Department, and that even her US visa has been cancelled by the US State department. The senator questioned Bensouda’s timing in pressing the full investigation […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines is temporarily suspending the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers to Oman. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said in an interview this was after Oman included the Philippines in its list of countries covered by a travel ban. Bello said the temporary suspension was upon the recommendation of the Department of Foreign Affairs. Bello did not say when the suspension would be lifted. The Philippines has also included Oman in its […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Chinese police have detained eight suspects over a gas blast that killed 25 people and reduced several buildings to rubble in the central city of Shiyan, authorities said Friday. Over a hundred people were injured in the explosion, which struck a busy two-storey building packed with shoppers and people eating breakfast in the Hubei province city on Sunday morning. Eight suspects, including the general manager of the company that owned the […]
(Eagle News) — Eagle Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) received the prestigious “Pro Patria” Journalism award from the Rotary Club of Manila (RCM) on Thursday, June 17, for its commitment to truthful and responsible reporting and information dissemination in these challenging times. EBC President Rowena Dela Fuente Deimoy received the award on behalf of EBC in online virtual ceremonies, and thanked the Rotary Club of Manila for the recognition. “On behalf of the men and […]
(Eagle News) — Fourteen Filipino seafarers received their first doses of an anti-COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, June 17. According to the Department of Transportation, the ceremonial inoculation was part of the Maritime Industry Authority’s 47th founding anniversary celebration. It was aimed at encouraging Filipino seafarers to get inoculated before their trips, now that they are part of the A4 priority group, and recently, of the A1 category, the DOTr said. Seafarers were initially categorized as […]
by Paul RICARD Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) – The Delta variant of the coronavirus, first identified in India, is a cause for global concern with studies showing it is more contagious and resistant to vaccines than other forms of Covid. But there is also evidence vaccines retain important effectiveness against Delta after two doses. Here is what we know about how variants respond to jabs. Fewer antibodies… Several lab tests show that the Delta […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has warned the public against individuals pretending to be bureau officials and seeking favors. The bureau issued the statement following reports of the scammers targeting heads of its provincial offices. “These scammers would call up the office and pretend to be from the BI’s top management, often requesting cellphone load and other small favors,” bureau chief Jaime Morente said. According to Morente, the modus was a recurring scheme, […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — One person was killed and a dozen injured in a drive-by shooting spree Thursday as a gunman roamed the streets in the southwestern US state of Arizona, police said. Over the course of one-and-a-half hours, a suspect opened fire in at least eight sites around communities outside Phoenix, apparently at random, before he was taken into custody at a traffic stop. As well as the fatality, three other people […]
PNP says ex-Talitay mayor also on national drug watchlist, BIFF arms supplier (Eagle News) — A former mayor of a Maguindanao town behind the 2016 Davao bombing was killed after he tried to grab the firearm of a policeman who was taking him to Camp Crame in Quezon City after his arrest, and shot him, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, Montasser Sabal, alias Sabal, former chief executive of the municipality of […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said his country needs to prepare for “both dialogue and confrontation” with the United States under President Joe Biden, state media reported Friday. At a plenary meeting of the central committee of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea on Thursday, Kim outlined his strategy for relations with Washington, and the “policy tendency of the newly emerged US administration”, the Korean Central News Agency […]
Rest of Luzon affected by ridge of High Pressure Area (Eagle News) — The southwest monsoon is affecting extreme Northern Luzon. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, the ridge of the High Pressure Area is affecting the rest of Luzon. Due to the southwest monsoon and localized thunderstorms, the weather bureau said Metro Manila will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides […]
