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(Eagle News) — Two have been arrested over the killing of two children in Bulacan on May 12, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, Romeo Astelero Ruzon confessed to the killing of an 11-year-old girl and an eight-year-old boy whose bodies were found in a dense forest in San Jose del Monte. A lab examination confirmed that the 11-year-old girl had been raped, the PNP said. The PNP said Ruzon initially implicated […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines’ bet Rabiya Mateo made it to the top 21 of the 69th Miss Universe pageant being held in Florida, United States on May 16 evening (Monday morning, May 17 in the Philippines) The other top 21 Miss Universe 2020 candidates who made it were the following: – Colombia, Peru, Australia,France, Myanmar, Jamaica, Mexico, Dominican Republic, USA, Indonesia, Argentina, India, Curacao, Philippines, Brazil, Great Britain, Nicaragua, Thailand, Costa Rica, Vietnam. […]
(Eagle News) — The easterlies are affecting the Philippines. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said as a result, Metro Manila will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms. The rest of the country, PAGASA said, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. PAGASA said Luzon, VIsayas, and Mindanao will have light to […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Monday, May 17: The NCR Plus area is under a general community quarantine but with heightened restrictions until May 31. Under the community quarantine, non-essential travel in and out of the bubble area is prohibited. The travel ban on passengers from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka stays. Also added to the list of countries covered by […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Stephen Curry scored 46 points and claimed his second NBA scoring title as the Golden State Warriors won their sixth straight by beating the Memphis Grizzlies 113-101 on Sunday in San Francisco. Curry finished the regular season with a 32.0-point scoring average, claiming the league title over Washington’s Bradley Beal who scored 25 points earlier Sunday to finish at 31.3 points per game. “I had a lot of good […]
Taipei residents started panic buying as Taiwan ordered stricter social distancing measures for its capital and surrounding areas on Saturday after a sudden spike in coronavirus cases in a place that has so far weathered the pandemic comparatively unscathed. Taipei residents stocked up on instant noodles and canned food amid the new restrictions imposed by the government. Authorities raised the alert level for Taipei and New Taipei City after 180 new domestic coronavirus infections […]
Citing still high COVID positivity rate, Dr. Leachon says surge in COVID cases like what happened in March could occur again https://youtu.be/SbTzKGOqXTQ (Eagle News) — It is still too early to shift to a General Community Quarantine protocol even if “with heightened restrictions” for Metro Manila and the surrounding provinces of Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal, according to the former special adviser of the National Task Force against COVID-19, Dr. Tony Leachon. Even if […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain on Sunday passed the milestone of vaccinating 20 million adults with two doses of the coronavirus jab, just a day before a raft of restrictions are lifted across most of the country. According to government statistics, 20,103,658 million have now received their full two vaccine doses — 38.2 precent of the adult population. Still more have received a first dose — 36,573,354, or 69.4 percent of the adult population […]
AHMEDABAD, India (AFP) — At least four people have died in torrential rain and winds as virus-hit India braces for a powerful cyclone, officials said Sunday, with tens of thousands set to be evacuated from their homes. Cyclone Tauktae — India’s first major tropical storm this season — is moving northwards in parallel with the country’s western coast, bringing heavy rains, thunderstorms and strong winds to several states, the meteorological department said. It is expected […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Seven Indonesians drowned after an overloaded boat capsized because of tourists attempting a selfie in a reservoir on Java island, police said Sunday. The accident happened when all 20 passengers suddenly moved to the one side of the vessel to take a group photo on Saturday in the Boyolali regency, said Central Java police chief Ahmad Lutfi. “The cause of the accident was overcapacity,” Lutfi told reporters. “The 20 people took […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — One child died and four adults were injured early on Sunday after two houses collapsed in a suspected gas explosion in northwest England, police said. Police in the county of Lancashire said they were called to the row of terraced houses at 2:40am (0140 GMT) where they evacuated other residents and set up a safety cordon. “We remain at scene of a suspected gas explosion on Mallowdale Ave Heysham which […]
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — At least five opposition rebels have been killed after days of clashes in Myanmar, an anti-junta militia said Sunday, as Britain and the United States condemned the military’s violence against civilians. The country has been in an uproar since the military ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a February 1 coup, triggering a massive uprising that authorities have sought to quell with lethal force. Some in the anti-junta movement […]
