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Felix Y. Manalo Foundation delivers 10K Pounds in donations to charities in Canada, plus blood donations (Eagle News) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau thanked the Iglesia Ni Cristo’s Felix Y. Manalo Foundation for its continuing Aid To Humanity in Canada, saying its efforts “play a valuable role in keeping Canadian families safe and healthy” amid the COVID pandemic. He sent this message after the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC or Church Of Christ) through […]
MADRID, Spain (AFP) — Spain will allow all vaccinated travellers to visit the country from June 7, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Friday, as the tourism hotspot aims to revive its virus-battered travel industry. “From June 7, all vaccinated people and their families will be welcome in our country, Spain, regardless of their country of origin,” Sanchez said at an international tourism fair in Madrid. He also announced that British travellers would be allowed to […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Surigao del Norte early Friday, May 21. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit at 1 a.m. It had its epicenter 21 kilometers northeast of Santa Monica. The depth of focus was 13 kilometers. The following intensities and instrumental intensities were reported: Reported Intensities: Intensity IV – Santa Monica, Surigao Del Norte Intensity III – Burgos and San Francisco, Surigao Del Norte Intensity […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 1,171,403 on Friday, May 21, after the Department of Health reported 6258 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases, 55531 were active. Of these, 93.5 percent were mild, 2 percent asymptomatic, 1.4 percent critical, 1.8 percent were severe, and 1.22 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 1096109, including the additional 2586 cases. Over 100–or 141–more deaths pushed the COVID-19 death toll to 19763. The […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan formally approved Moderna and AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccines on Friday, but the latter will not be used immediately because of lingering concern over very rare blood clots. The decision comes just over two months before the pandemic-postponed Olympics, with growing disquiet in Japan about the country’s comparatively slow vaccine rollout. Nine regions including Tokyo are already under a virus state of emergency, with the measure now being expanded to Okinawa in […]
by John HADOULIS ATHENS, Greece (AFP) — Hundreds of Greek firefighters fought for a second day on Friday to bring a large forest blaze under control, with better weather conditions providing hope the flames could be subdued. Nearly 300 firefighters battled throughout the night to keep the fire contained on the Geraneia mountain range, some 90 kilometres (55 miles) from Athens. “Conditions are much better (today),” fire department spokesman Vassilis Vathrakogiannis told Skai TV, adding […]
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Friday welcomed a ceasefire brokered between Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist movement which controls the Gaza Strip, after 11 days of deadly fighting. “Good that there is now a ceasefire,” Maas tweeted, a day after he visited Israel and Ramallah for talks. “Now we have to deal with the causes, rebuild trust and find a solution to the Middle East conflict,” he said. © […]
Palace says directive is in accordance with COVAX guidelines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said the Pfizer vaccines donated by the COVAX Facility should be reserved for indigent Filipinos in accordance with the conditions set by the World Health Organization (WHO) on the vaccines’ delivery. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr., said that the instructions were given amid the reported preference by many, especially the well-off for the Pfizer doses that have been donated […]
(Eagle News) — Two new stations that are part of the Light Rail Transit-2 East Extension project will be formally opened on June 22. “Matagal na ‘hong inaantay yan ng ating mga kababayan. Ngayon nakita ko na matutuloy na at magiging operational ang ating tren (Our countrymen have long been waiting for those. Now I see they finally become operational),” Transportation Secretary Art Tugade said of the Marikina and Antipolo stations. Once completed, the LRT-2 […]
(Eagle News) — The Light Rail Transit-2 will implement “degraded operations” in the last two Saturdays and Sundays of this month. In an advisory, the LRT-2 said the “degraded operations” scheduled this weekend, May 22 to 23, and from May 29 to 30, are to allow for the integration testing of the signaling system at the Line 2 East Extension in the Santolan-Recto line. Operating hours will start at 5 a.m. According to the LRT-2, […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo could freeze all aid to Myanmar, Japan’s foreign minister warned in an interview published Friday, as the military junta continues to use lethal force against opponents of its coup. Japan is a top donor to Myanmar, and has already suspended new aid after the military ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi. But Toshimitsu Motegi, speaking to the Nikkei newspaper, said the freeze could be expanded. “We don’t want to […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration’s offices in the NCR Plus area will continue to operate with a skeleton workforce. Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said the bureau’s main bldg. In Intramuros, Manila and its satellite and extension offices in Metro Manila, Laguna, Rizal, Bulacan, and Cavite will operate from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Morente said the downsizing of the bureau’s operations in those areas was in compliance with the resolution of the […]
