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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has decided who the next Philippine National Police chief will be. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, however, said he was still not at liberty to disclose who this was as he has yet to receive the appointment paper. Roque made the announcement five days before PNP Chief Debold Sinas was set to retire. Earlier, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año submitted only one name for the post to the President. Interior Spokesperson […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities seized P4.6 million worth of marijuana in a buy-bust operation in Tarlac on Sunday, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, also arrested during the operation were Cornelio Chumil-Ang, 33; Jomar Pallar, 24; and Marcelino Caraowa, 40. The PNP said the apart from the illegal drugs, seized from the suspects were two bottles of suspected cannabis oil with an estimated value of P30,000, one Samsung cellphone, one Vivo cellphone, […]
(Eagle News) — Foreign tourists are still not allowed to enter the Philippines. The Bureau of Immigration issued the clarification, as it added that that particular restriction has yet to be lifted by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases. Immigration bureau chief Jaime Morente said the recent easing of travel restrictions applies only to foreign nationals who were allowed to enter the Philippines before March 22, when the country imposed […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — An increasingly powerful China is challenging the world order, acting “more repressively” and “more aggressively” as it flexes its influence, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in an interview that aired Sunday. “What we’ve witnessed over the last several years is China acting more repressively at home and more aggressively abroad. That is a fact,” the top American diplomat said in an interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes.” His […]
by Glenda KWEK / Atish PATEL Agence France Presse NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — More emergency medical aid from foreign donors to alleviate a dire oxygen shortage arrived in India on Sunday, as Covid-19 deaths in the South Asian nation rose to a new record. India is setting almost-daily records for new infections and deaths as the virus crisis engulfs overstretched hospitals in cities and spreads into rural regions. The country of 1.3 billion […]
(Eagle News) — Cloudy skies with isolated rains are expected in parts of the Philippines today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers in particular, are expected in Metro Manila. The same conditions, PAGASA said, are expected in the rest of the Philippines. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. According to the weather bureau, the weather conditions are due to the […]
(Eagle News) — Over 100 more COVID-19 cases have been reported among police personnel. Recent Philippine National Police data showed the additional 118 cases pushed the PNP COVID-19 total to 20509. Of these, 1677 were active. Over 100, or 110, more recoveries also pushed the recovery total to 18776. No additional deaths were reported, which means the death toll remains at 56. The police are among the country’s frontliners amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier, the […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities seized P3.4 million worth of shabu in Tarlac on Saturday, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, two, Cervando Gayas Jr., 26; and Aurora Gayas Montano, 29; were arrested by joint operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Regional Office III,Tarlac Police Provincial Office and Concepcion Municipal Police Station during the buy-bust operation along Magalang-Concepcion Road, in Barangay San Francisco, Concepcion. The PNP said apart from the more or […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines has protested what it said were the “belligerent” actions of the Chinese Coast Guard against the Philippine Coast Guard and their illegal presence in Bajo de Masinloc. The Department of Foreign Affairs announced the development in a statement on Monday, May 3, days after the incident from April 24 to 25. According to the DFA, the Chinese Coast Guard was responsible for “shadowing, blocking dangerous maneuver” and for conducting “radio […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Monday, May 3: MIAA advised passengers to secure confirmation of their flights before going to the airport as only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry into the airport premises. Flight schedules are also subject to changes, MIAA said. On Wednesday, President Rodrigo Duterte announced the MECQ would be extended in the NCR Plus area, including Metro Manila, […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Sydney was enveloped in a thick bank of hazardous bushfire smoke Monday, forcing authorities in Australia’s largest city to scale back controlled forest burning nearby. Ferries were cancelled and the city’s five million residents were told to stay indoors if necessary, as air pollution levels spiked. Levels of hazardous PM 2.5 pollution — particles that can seep deep into the lungs and cause respiratory illnesses — were among the worst in […]
HELSINKI, Finland (AFP) — Crowds gathered in the capitals of Finland and Sweden on Saturday as hundreds marched in protest over their governments’ measures to limit the spread of Covid-19. A protest in Helsinki that drew around 300 participants resulted in about 50 arrests, Finnish police tweeted. Organisers of the event in the centre of the capital announced there would be only six participants, the current limit on public gatherings due to the pandemic. Those […]
