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(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police will maintain its quarantine control points at NCR Plus area borders, with non-essential travel in and out of the bubble still prohibited. In a statement, PNP Chief Police General Guillermo Lorenzo T. Eleazar also ordered policemen manning the points to arrest and charge those caught smuggling people in and out of the bubble, which covers Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal, using cargo vehicles and vans. Eleazar […]
(Eagle News) — The easterlies are affecting the Philippines. As a result, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Palawan and Caraga will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. PAGASA said flash floods or landslides during moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Meanwhile, moderate to heavy rain showers with lightning and strong winds are expected over portions of Surigao del Sur (Carrascal, Cantilan, Hinatuan), within the next one […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Saturday, May 15: MIAA advised passengers to secure confirmation of their flights as only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry into the airport. It added flight schedules may change at any given time, so passengers should consult with their airlines. NCR Plus, including Metro Manila, is under a general community quarantine, but with heightened restrictions. The […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The WHO urged wealthy countries Friday to stop vaccinating children against Covid-19 and instead donate doses to poorer nations, while warning that the pandemic’s second year looked set to be more deadly. World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus voiced outrage that a number of rich countries were now vaccinating children and teenagers, while poorer states had barely begun vaccinating health workers and the most vulnerable groups. Instead of offering […]
by Joe STENSON Agence France Presse DUBLIN, Ireland (AFP) — Ireland’s health authority said Friday it had shut down its computer systems after experiencing a “significant ransomware attack”, a week after the largest US fuel pipeline network was also targeted. The Irish attack was blamed on international criminals and was said to be targeting healthcare records, but officials said patient safety was not at risk. “We have taken the precaution of shutting down all […]
“There is no way of knowing how long this (pandemic) would last,” he says (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte again appealed for everybody to avoid mass gatherings and observe minimum health protocols as Metro Manila and the surrounding provinces of Bulacan,Cavite, Laguna and Rizal were placed under General Community Quarantine (GCQ) with heightened restrictions. President Duterte noted that May is the month of “fiestas” but that these should be forgone for now amid […]
(Eagle News) — COVID-19 cases in the Philippines are now at 1,131,467 after the Department of Health reported 6,784 additional cases. The DOH said of the total cases, 58986 were active. Of these, 93.5 percent were mild, 2.3 percent asymptomatic, 1.3 percent critical, 1.8 percent severe, and 1.13 percent were moderate. Recoveries rose to 1,053,523 including the additional 2972 ones. The death toll climbed to 18958, including the additional 137 deaths. The DOH has said […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines will not withdraw its ships from the West Philippine Sea. This was President Rodrigo Duterte’s stance himself, which he made public again days after the country filed another diplomatic protest against China, this time over the more than 200 Chine maritime vessels in the West Philippine Sea. The Asian giant has staked its claims on almost all of the body of water, citing the nine-dash line it said demarcated its […]
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — A Japanese journalist arrested while covering the aftermath of the Myanmar coup is to be deported, Tokyo said Friday, after charges against him were dropped as a diplomatic gesture. Yuki Kitazumi, held in Yangon’s Insein prison since his arrest last month, was one of at least 80 reporters detained during the junta’s crackdown on anti-coup dissent. Security forces have killed more than 780 people since protests erupted following the February 1 […]
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — Singapore announced a ban on dine-ins and cut group sizes to two people on Friday as it further toughened virus curbs to stem a rise in local transmissions. After a partial lockdown and a rigorous regime of testing and contact tracing, Covid-19 had almost disappeared in the city-state, with authorities reporting hardly any local transmission in recent months. But over the last few weeks cases have risen, with officials announcing several […]
by Noel Celis and Qian Ye SUINING, China (AFP) — The Titanic is being brought back from the deep, more than a century after its ill-fated maiden voyage, at a landlocked Chinese theme park where tourists can soon splash out for a night on a fullscale replica. The project’s main backer was inspired to recreate the world’s most infamous cruise liner by the 1997 box office hit of the same name — once the world’s […]
(Eagle News) — “Crising” has weakened into a low pressure area. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said as a result, all tropical cyclone wind signals are lifted. Light to moderate with at times heavy rains, however, may still be experienced over Zamboanga Peninsula, Davao Oriental, Davao de Oro, Davao del Norte, Davao City, Davao del Sur, Cotabato, Maguindanao, Bukidnon, Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur, and Misamis Occidental, with the LPA estimated in […]
