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(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government on Wednesday, June 19, urged the New People’s Army to surrender the people behind the landmine blast in Masbate that killed a Far Eastern University varsity player and a relative. In a statement, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said it “now becomes their duty to turn over the terrorists responsible” for the deaths of Kieth Absalon, 21, and his relative Nolven, “so that justice may […]
KOLKATA, India (AFP) — Lightning strikes killed 27 people and four passengers on a flight were hospitalized after severe turbulence during monsoon storms in eastern India, officials said Tuesday. Lightning strikes during the June-September annual monsoon are fairly common in India. Officials said West Bengal was hit by thunderstorms late Monday, with lightning strikes in parts of the state. “Many of the 27 killed on Monday evening… in the state were farmers and working in […]
HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — Vietnam, once a model for its successful handling of the pandemic, has started asking for public donations to buy vaccines as it struggles to contain a new coronavirus wave. The Southeast Asian country has vaccinated only about one percent of its population of nearly 100 million, and authorities have become increasingly alarmed by a recent spike in cases. Since last week, mobile phone users have received up to three text messages […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Joel Embiid scored a career playoff-high 40 points and added 13 rebounds as the top-seeded Philadelphia 76ers topped the Atlanta Hawks 118-102 on Tuesday to level their Eastern Conference series at one game each. Tobias Harris tallied 22 points, Seth Curry finished with 21 and five threes, and Shake Milton came off the bench to score 14 points as the Sixers reserves scored 26 points in the second half […]
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AFP) — Burkina Faso said Tuesday that more than 7,000 people had fled the country’s volatile north following the bloodiest massacre in a six-year-old jihadist insurgency. “Steps have already been taken to give (displaced people) a minimum level of comfort, lodgings, and food,” Prime Minister Christophe Dabire said, promising on a visit to the area that the attack “will not go unpunished”. Dabire’s advisers told AFP that 7,600 people had fled to […]
MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) — Five million Melbourne residents will exit lockdown Thursday after Australian authorities said their adherence to strict rules had “changed the course” of a coronavirus outbreak in the city. After two weeks under stay-at-home orders, the toughest restrictions in Australia’s second-biggest city will be lifted from 11:59 pm Thursday, after just one new virus case was recorded on Tuesday. “This is a good day. Everyone should be absolutely proud of what we […]
by Jerome RIVET with Adam PLOWRIGHT in Paris TAIN- I’HERMITAGE, France (AFP) — French President Emmanuel Macron was slapped in the face while greeting a crowd in southeast France on Tuesday, in a shock incident he shrugged off as “isolated” but which drew widespread condemnation in a tense political climate. Video footage on social media shows Macron shaking hands with voters when a man in a green t-shirt takes hold of his forearm and slaps […]
by Heather SCOTT WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Fueled by widespread Covid-19 vaccinations in advanced nations, the world economic recovery has picked up speed, but the upbeat outlook obscures a worrying picture in poor nations, the World Bank said Tuesday. The global economy is now expected to grow 5.6 percent this year, 1.5 points faster than projected in January — the fastest post-recession bounceback in 80 years, according to the latest Global Economic Prospects (GEP) […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities are probing the killing of a policeman assigned at the Philippine National Police Aviation Group based in Clark Field, Pampanga on Tuesday, June 8. In a statement, the PNP said Police Regional Office-3 Director Brigadier General Valeriano De Leon ordered the Tarlac police to “thoroughly” look into the killing of Police Staff Sergeant Michael Maun, a resident of Barangay Cristo Rey, Capas, Tarlac. Maun was plying a road in his barangay […]
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AFP) — The CoronaVac vaccine reduces coronavirus mortality by 97 percent, according to early results of the immunization campaign in Uruguay, which relies heavily on the Chinese jab. In people who had received two doses, it reduced infection with the coronavirus by 57 percent and intensive care admissions by 95 percent, said a report by the health ministry of the South American nation. Compared to other vaccines in use, there have been few […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs’ consular office in Cagayan de Oro will remain open for the duration of the modified enhanced community quarantine. The DFA said, however, that affected applicants with confirmed appointments who are unable to avail of consular services due to the implementation of the MECQ throughout the city must secure another appointment by emailing CO Cagayan de Oro ([email protected]) with the following information: – Name – Date of birth […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said that he wants to retire after his term ends in 2022, and has no plans of running for vice-president. In an interview aired Tuesday night, June 7, President Duterte said he is resisting calls by his partymates in PDP-Laban who nominated him to run for vice-president in the 2022 elections. Duterte said he doesn’t want to be accused of wanting to perpetuate himself in power. “Mahirap ‘yon, […]
