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(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Wednesday, May 12: MIAA advised passengers to secure confirmation of their flights. It said only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry into the airport to prevent the transmission of the COVID-19 virus. Flight schedules may change at any given time. The NCR Plus area, which includes Metro Manila, is under a modified enhanced community quarantine until […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization said Wednesday that a variant of Covid-19 behind the acceleration of India’s explosive outbreak has been found in dozens of countries all over the world. The UN health agency said the B.1.617 variant of Covid-19, first found in India in October, had been detected in more than 4,500 samples uploaded to an open-access database “from 44 countries in all six WHO regions”. “And WHO has received […]
(Eagle News) – Convicted “drug queen” Yu Yuk Lai died on Tuesday morning, May 11, due to “acute myocardial infarction” or heart attack after she tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor). Yu has been confined at the East Avenue Medical Center since May 4. She died at 9:47 a.m., Tuesday, May 11, after her COVID-19 condition became critical, according to BuCor Spokesperson Gabriel Chaclag The drug queen was convicted in […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US announced on Tuesday that it had granted final approval for its biggest wind power project yet, which will be located off the coast of the eastern state of Massachusetts. The “Vineyard Wind” project calls for up to 84 wind turbines to be built 12 nautical miles off Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, two islands off the Massachusetts coast. The administration of President Joe Biden has set a goal of […]
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) — Brazil will begin vaccinating Olympic athletes and other members of its Tokyo-bound delegation against Covid-19 this week, officials said Tuesday. The hard-hit South American country is struggling to secure enough vaccines for its 212 million people, but will be able to immunize its Olympians thanks to donated doses from pharmaceutical companies, health officials said. Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga told a news conference that 1,814 members of the delegation would be […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The world’s largest and most powerful space telescope unfolded its giant golden mirror for the last time on Earth on Tuesday, a key milestone before the $10 billion observatory is launched later this year. The James Webb Space Telescope’s 21 feet 4 inch (6.5 meter) mirror was commanded to fully expand and lock itself into place, NASA said — a final test to ensure it will survive its million-mile (1.6 […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Joe Biden said Tuesday that almost half the world’s leaders have contacted him, asking for US help in obtaining Covid-19 vaccines. “Every country in the world is now looking at us to provide for their lack of capacity to produce and/or have vaccines,” Biden said in a virtual meeting with US state governors. “I literally have, virtually 40 percent of the world leaders calling and asking, can we help […]
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Canada’s most populous province of Ontario on Tuesday suspended use of the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine as a first dose, citing new data showing increased risks of blood clotting. The move followed the province of Alberta’s announcement to also stop administering the vaccine over possible supply shortages. The two provinces combined represent half the population of Canada. “Effective today, Ontario will be pausing the rollout and administration of first doses of the […]
Proclamation 1143 to enable nat’l govt, LGUs to appropriate quick response funds to help PHL hog industry (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has declared a nationwide state of calamity due to African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak for over one year. Through Proclamation No. 1143 signed on May 10, 2021, President Duterte mandated all government agencies to cooperate with each other and to mobilize the necessary resources to curtail the spread of ASF as […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — A former dancer with the English National Ballet was convicted by a British court on Tuesday for sexually assaulting his students during massages between 2009 and 2016. Yat-Sen Chang, a Cuban dancer who joined the English National Ballet in 1993 and performed as a principal dancer until 2011, was convicted of 12 counts of sexual assault and one count of assault by penetration. His conviction follows the death in April […]
(Eagle News) — Former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., has filed a motion for reconsideration seeking to reverse an earlier decision of the Presidential Electoral Tribunal that dismissed his poll protest against Vice-President Leni Robredo. The decision of the Supreme Court sitting as the PET was handed down in February. In his 96-page motion dated May 6, Marcos asked the tribunal to reconsider its ruling on Feb. 16, and proceed with his third cause of […]
by Andrew BEATTY Agence France Presse CANBERRA, Australia (AFP) — Australia set a new target of vaccinating all willing adults by the end of 2021 on Tuesday, hoping to speed a glacial vaccine roll-out that threatens the country’s pandemic success story. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg — unveiling a free-spending, crisis-tinged budget — said the continuation of the country’s “roaring” economic recovery depended on “effective suppression of the virus”. To that end, he said, the conservative […]
