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(Eagle News) — Over 100 more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19. Recent Philippine National Police data showed the 128 additional recoveries pushed the recovery total to 17418. Over 100, or 141, additional cases, however, pushed the PNP COVID-19 total to 19536. Of these, 2065 were active. An additional death pushed the PNP COVID-19 death toll to 53. Earlier, the PNP said PNP Chief Debold Sinas had also tested positive for COVID-19. The police are […]
(Eagle News) — There are over 600 active COVID-19 cases among rail line personnel so far. The 641 active cases were based on recent data released by the Department of Transportation, which had ordered the COVID-19 mass testing of all rail line personnel in a bid to ensure the safety of all commuters. The mass testing is still ongoing. The 641 active cases are broken down as follows: Light Rail Transit-1: 24 active cases LRT-2: […]
(Eagle News) — Coast Guard personnel recovered two bodies in search and rescue operations for the missing crew members of LCT Cebu Great Ocean that ran aground off Surigao del Norte waters on April 19. A report from the PCG said the body of Klint Auxtero was found off Barangay Oslao in San Francisco at 6:05 a.m. on April 23. At 6:38 a.m., the PCG said the body of Limuel Dadivas was found in Barangay […]
(Eagle News) — Fifteen more overseas Filipinos have tested positive for COVID-19. Recent Department of Foreign Affairs data showed the additional cases pushed the COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad to 18237. Nine additional recoveries also pushed the recovery total to 11190. “Compared to last week’s percentages, the total number of COVID-19 recoveries saw a slight decrease to 61.36,” the DFA said. The COVID-19 death toll is now at 1,126, including the three additional deaths among […]
(Eagle News) — “Bising” has left the Philippine Area of Responsibility. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said “Bising,” now a tropical storm,” left PAR at 5:40 a.m. on Sunday, April 25. Metro Manila and the rest of the country, however, are expected to have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. According to the weather bureau, the northern and eastern sections […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Sunday, April 25: MIAA advised passengers to secure confirmation of their flights. It said only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry into the airport in a bid to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus. MIAA added flight schedules were subject to changes. Starting April 12, the Palace said the NCR Plus area, including Metro Manila, […]
By Dr. Ma. Angela Leonor Aguinaldo Contributor/columnist I lost a close relative to Covid-19 this past week. It was unexpected. His family thought that he would make it but he did not. Sadly, this occurrence is not anything new. There is this stark reality that even with a sliver of hope, Covid-19 hits us where it hurts the most. Indeed, the news of my relative came along with other posts from close friends, […]
(Eagle News)–“Bising” has weakened into a tropical storm. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said so far, “Bising” was estimated 1,080 kilometers east-northeast of extreme Northern Luzon. It is packing maximum sustained winds of 85 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 105 kph. It is moving east-southeastward at 15 kph, and is forecast to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Sunday morning. According to PAGASA, moderate to […]
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — India’s daily coronavirus death toll set a new record Saturday as the government battled to get oxygen to hospitals overwhelmed by the hundreds of thousands of new daily cases. Twenty patients died in one night at one New Delhi hospital suffering from oxygen shortages, medical officials said. A Delhi court said that the new pandemic wave had become “a tsunami”. Queues of Covid-19 patients and their fearful relatives were […]
by Sonny Tumbelaka Agence France Presse BALI, Indonesia (AFP) — An Indonesian submarine that went missing off the coast of Bali has sunk, the navy said Saturday, dashing hopes of rescuing any of its 53 crew. The navy’s chief said a search party had recovered fragments from the KRI Nanggala 402 including items from inside the vessel, whose oxygen reserves were already believed to have run out. Warships, planes and hundreds of military personnel […]
9,661 new COVID cases added on Saturday; total cases at almost 990k, could breach 1M by Monday (Eagle News) – The percentage of active cases compared to total COVID-19 cases continued its decline from 10.5 percent on Friday, April 23, to just 9 percent on Saturday, April 24, with the addition of 9,661 cases. This brought the total active cases to 89,485. The 9 percent active cases is the lowest percentage of COVID-19 active […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Southeast Asian leaders will hold Myanmar crisis talks Saturday with junta leader Min Aung Hlaing who has become the focus of international outrage over a military coup and crackdown that has left more than 700 dead. The senior general was expected at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting in Indonesia’s capital, marking his first foreign trip since security forces staged a coup that ousted civilian leader Aung San […]
