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Prince of Wales extends warmest wishes to all Filipinos in video massage marking the 75th year of PHL-UK diplomatic relations (Eagle News) – Britain’s Prince Charles extended his “warmest wishes” to the Philippines and thanked the country for its help through the “thousands of nurses and other health care workers” whose selfless service had aided UK’s efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. In a video message marking the 75th year of diplomatic relations between […]
(Eagle News) — Foreigners cleared of criminal cases can still be deported. The Bureau of Immigration Board of Commissioners issued this ruling after a Swiss-Italian national appealed the bureau’s order for him to leave the Philippines despite having been cleared of some of the criminal cases against him. In upholding the findings of the Bureau’s Special Board of Inquiry against Alfred Josef Honegger, 67, the board said the criminal conviction of foreigner was not a […]
(Eagle News) — Over 100 more COVID-19 cases have been reported among overseas Filipinos. Recent Department of Foreign Affairs data showed the additional 153 cases pushed the COVID-19 total among Filipinos abroad to 20,090. The DFA said the spike in cases was due to a reported spike in the same in the Asia Pacific. Meanwhile, four more have recovered, while two others died, bringing the total recoveries and deaths due to COVID-19 among Filipinos abroad […]
(Eagle News) — Commuters can board the Metro Rail Transit-3 and Light Rail Transit-1 trains for free during selected hours on June 12. According to the MRT-3 and LRT-1 management, the free rides are in celebration of the country’s Independence Day. The two rail lines said commuters may board trains free of charge from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m., and from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The LRT-1 said the service gates will not be […]
(Eagle News) — Three drug suspects were killed in a buy-bust operation in Cebu on Thursday, June 10, and seized P68 million worth of shabu, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, Levon and two unidentified male cohorts were shot dead in the operation in Talisay City around 9 p.m. Recovered at the crime scene were 10 large packs containing suspected shabu weighing around 10 kilograms, one black traveling bag, one silver Toyota […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental early Saturday, June 12. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the earthquake hit at 5:37 a.m. It had its epicenter 73 kilometers southeast of Jose Abad Santos. The following instrumental intensities were reported: Instrumental Intensities: Intensity I – Kiamba, Sarangani; General Santos City No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a tropical depression outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility. According to PAGASA, the tropical depression is so far located 1,005 kilometers west of Northern Luzon. It is packing maximum sustained winds of 55 kph, with gustiness of up to 75 kph. The weather bureau said the weather disturbance is moving west northwest at 20 kph. Meanwhile, Central and Eastern Visayas, Northern Mindanao, […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Saturday, June 12: Flight schedules may change at any given time. MIAA also advised passengers to secure confirmation of their flights as only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry into the airport premises. So far, travelers from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Oman and the United Arab Emirates are banned from entering the Philippines until June […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines breached the 1,300,000 mark on Friday, June 11, after the Department of Health reported 6686 additional cases. Of the total 1,300,349 cases, 61345 were active, according to the DOH’s recent data. Of the active cases, 91.6 percent were mild cases, 4.3 percent asymptomatic, 1.2 percent critical, 1.7 percent severe, and 1.15 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 1216497 including the additional 3190 ones. The death toll is […]
Donation aside from 80M US vaccines to be “supplied to the world” by end of June in efforts to end COVID pandemic worldwide (Eagle News) — US President Joe Biden said that the United States will be purchasing 500 million or half a billion doses of Pfizer vaccines which the US government will be donating to 100 low and lower-middle-income countries to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic. This will be aside from the 80 million […]
(Eagle News) — The World Health Organization and UNICEF have officially declared an end to the polio outbreak in the Philippines. In a joint statement, the two international bodies commended the Department of Health, partners and civil society for the “comprehensive outbreak response actions including intensified immunization and surveillance activities in affected areas of the country” that resulted in the virus not being detected in a child or in the environment in the past 16 […]
by Rob Lever Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) President Joe Biden has revoked executive orders from his predecessor Donald Trump seeking to ban Chinese-owned apps TikTok and WeChat from US markets on national security concerns, a move receiving a cautious welcome from Beijing. Trump had claimed the apps posed national security risks and sought to force a sale to US investors of TikTok, which is owned by China-based ByteDance and remains one […]
